speaking of WallyWorld...

[wx247]

You want your Walmart employees to be well lit Linda?

[Lindaloo]

Now dangit, you got me!! ROFL!!

[j]

I think I've let me distaste for (at least) this WalMart influence my opinion. I absolutely loathe a visit to WalMart. The grocery section is a disaster, most of the employees use English as a second language, and the parking lot is always trashed. My ONLY reason for shopping there is to buy something at a lesser price..PERIOD!

I just see the gathering up of RV's as an extension of the pit this store has become.

Now mind you -- this is a Super WalMart, less than 3 years old. The store it replaced less than a half mile away, was every bit as filthy as this one. I suppose that is what happens when you move the same inept management and employees from one location to the next.

On the other side of town is another Super WalMart and it is significantly cleaner.

[Rainband]

Has it become common (and accepted) practice for travelers in RV’s to park them in WalMart parking lots instead of stopping at RV parks?

The last few weekends I have seen at least 2, and as many as 4 in the back of the lot. Perhaps they are just catching them a bite of Rat Salad next door at Ruby Tuesdays, but I don’t think so. I think they are freeloading and turning an already trashed up parking lot into an RV Trailer park (which isn't a whole lot better).

Is this something WalMart is letting them get away with??

With all due respect. Who cares?? and wasn't it a mouse. What do you mean by freeloading?? They aren't using anything but space. I guess the walmarts in Florida have a lot better management ours are clean.

Well, frankly, I care or I wouldn’t have said what I said. You may have a clean WalMart, and that’s great, but we are not blessed with a clean one here in my home town. Perhaps it’s just a SC thing, because trash in general is a problem. Trash is one of my pet peeves, and I see caravans of RV’s partying it up at WalMart amongst the litter and illegals, as just more trash.

I care if RV’s stack up in WalMart parking lots because it’s a reflection on the community, and please don’t tell me that’s a good thing. To me, it’s no different than all these grocery stores letting people put there trash heaps for sale out on the parking lot perimeters. It’s a grocery store, not a used car lot!

It all sounds good in principal, but before you know it, it becomes an eyesore.

IMO, if you have enough money to drive around the country in a house on wheels, that gets about 6 MPG, then you have enough money to park your RV in a place sanctioned for RV’s.

Oh…and yes it was a mouse, but lets not get technical RB. I was taking some editorial freedom.

J. Now that you went into detail. ... I kind of see what you are talking about. I am sorry if I came off harsh. It was late and I thought you were justing complaining to complain.LOL I don't see any harm with rv's in parking lots as long as they are quiet and clean. Having parties is another game and I agree with you on that.. The mouse/rat thing. Yuck... but I was simply saying that if one establishment has an issue, we can't blame everyone in the company. That was my point. I apologize again if I was rude.

[j]

Rude?? Nah...I didn't take it that way...and I was running my mouth a bit anyway.

As far as the RAT/mouse...I'm not boycotting other Ruby Tuesday's...my beef is with this particular establishment, or any other restaurant that is careless enough to let a parasite infested rodent end up on a paying customers plate.

Now...if RT's should be obsolved of any wrongdoing, I will probably go back, but in the meantime, they have joined a growing list of "Don't eat here" restaurants I will never eat at again.

....And yes..I know they all do disgusting things, I've worked for 3 restaurants in my life but the simple fact is there are way too many fine places to eat, all more than willing to take my money in return for a meal and service worth the price we have paid.

[Rainband]

Rude?? Nah...I didn't take it that way...and I was running my mouth a bit anyway.

As far as the RAT/mouse...I'm not boycotting other Ruby Tuesday's...my beef is with this particular establishment, or any other restaurant that is careless enough to let a parasite infested rodent end up on a paying customers plate.

Now...if RT's should be obsolved of any wrongdoing, I will probably go back, but in the meantime, they have joined a growing list of "Don't eat here" restaurants I will never eat at again.

....And yes..I know they all do disgusting things, I've worked for 3 restaurants in my life but the simple fact is there are way too many fine places to eat, all more than willing to take my money in return for a meal and service worth the price we have paid.

I am guilty of that too on occassion About the mouse. How could they over look a 6inch mouse?? I wonder if in the days ahead we will find out it's another hoax.

[j]

Rude?? Nah...I didn't take it that way...and I was running my mouth a bit anyway.

As far as the RAT/mouse...I'm not boycotting other Ruby Tuesday's...my beef is with this particular establishment, or any other restaurant that is careless enough to let a parasite infested rodent end up on a paying customers plate.

Now...if RT's should be obsolved of any wrongdoing, I will probably go back, but in the meantime, they have joined a growing list of "Don't eat here" restaurants I will never eat at again.

....And yes..I know they all do disgusting things, I've worked for 3 restaurants in my life but the simple fact is there are way too many fine places to eat, all more than willing to take my money in return for a meal and service worth the price we have paid.

I am guilty of that too on occassion About the mouse. How could they over look a 6inch mouse?? I wonder if in the days ahead we will find out it's another hoax.

Here's the thing. The manager is quoted (somewhere) as saying he believes the mouse came in with the lettuce (as opposed to coming from inside, after all its very clean there)... Well hello...DUH! In my eyes, and please tell me some of you agree with me, the restaurant is definitely guilty of negligence if this is the case!!!!!

[j]

whoops....I messed up...this is the Walmart thread not the rodent thread.

[gtalum]

DUH! In my eyes, and please tell me some of you agree with me, the restaurant is definitely guilty of negligence if this is the case!!!!!

What are the damages? In order to be guilty of negligence, there have to be damages.

[Lindaloo]

Negligence (in this case) is the fact that they allowed the mouse to be in a paying customers plate, therefore they could file a civil suit.

Negligence is the act, not the damages.

[gtalum]

What I should have said is that for a court to find for the plaintiff in a negligence case, there have to be measurable damages resulting from said negligence. "I found a mouse in my salad" is not measurable damages.

Further, it seems pretty clear to me that this is a hoax along th elines of the Wendy's finger in the chili hoax. I hope the perpetrator gets nailed.

[Rainband]

If it's a hoax..I agree. We are still recovering from the finger in the chili.

[george_r_1961]

I think I've let me distaste for (at least) this WalMart influence my opinion. I absolutely loathe a visit to WalMart. The grocery section is a disaster, most of the employees use English as a second language, and the parking lot is always trashed. My ONLY reason for shopping there is to buy something at a lesser price..PERIOD!

I just see the gathering up of RV's as an extension of the pit this store has become.

Now mind you -- this is a Super WalMart, less than 3 years old. The store it replaced less than a half mile away, was every bit as filthy as this one. I suppose that is what happens when you move the same inept management and employees from one location to the next.

On the other side of town is another Super WalMart and it is significantly cleaner.

There are 2 Walmarts near me. One is filthy..stock in the aisles waiting to be put up, nasty bathrooms, sales staff who will ignore u when u ask for help. The second one is CLEAN...very neatly stocked shelves..and employees who cant do enough for u.When my battery died last summer at 2am at that Walmart an employee who was just getting off work and dead tired gave me a jump. Poor girl told me she worked her shift plus half of someone elses because the other person didnt show up.

Guess which Walmart I shop at?

[Josephine96]

I see RV's in my wal mart lot every once in a while. They don't bug me, I am actually glad we have a policy where we allow them to spend the night in the lot so that they can sleep.

Now if they were having tailgate parties that'd be different

[Persepone]

Too bad they do not take care of their employees like that, Garrett!

Yes, I agree. While I don't much care whether RVs park in Wal-Mart lots or not, it's because I avoid shopping in them after I went to several Wal-Marts last winter in New Hampshire/Massachusetts where the temperatures and wind chill factors were reported on the news as "dangerously cold." While municipal workers, etc. got pulled indoors, Wal-Mart Greeters were out there between the store and the outer doors in about 10 degree weather without coats! They had to be wearing their greeter uniforms!!! I actually called the local hospital about one woman because you could see she was getting frostbite!

The dilemma is that while Wal-Mart management says this duty is "voluntary," I think it is far from voluntary--and the workers who have those jobs at our local Wal-Marts NEED their jobs, NEED the goodwill and approval of their managers, etc. and are not about to talk back to their managers or rock the boat. Often they have limited educations, are elderly, etc. and are in areas where there just aren't any jobs to speak of and Wal-Mart knows this! There seem to be a bunc of policies and practices to take advantage of them... Some, like classifying workers as "part time" etc. so they don't get benefits (how they do this I don't know because their part timers seem to work 50+ hour weeks) but putting them at risk for serious injury from intense cold is totally unacceptable! And once you get that kind of frostbite when your fingers turn totally white, etc. (which is what I observed at two separate Wal-Marts during last winter's cold spells) you are, as I understand it, permanently affected. But even if not, it really really bothers me to see these elderly people or the not elderly but "not very bright" (in some cases) people obediently risking their health (and risking losing fingers, toes, etc.) for Wal-Mart!

Do they do similar stuff in other parts of the country? What can consumers do about it? I complain--but I must be one lone voice... Although the people at Nashua, NH Hospital are livid about the situation and they may be able to do something...

What happens in your part of the country in extreme weather?

[george_r_1961]

Too bad they do not take care of their employees like that, Garrett!

Yes, I agree. While I don't much care whether RVs park in Wal-Mart lots or not, it's because I avoid shopping in them after I went to several Wal-Marts last winter in New Hampshire/Massachusetts where the temperatures and wind chill factors were reported on the news as "dangerously cold." While municipal workers, etc. got pulled indoors, Wal-Mart Greeters were out there between the store and the outer doors in about 10 degree weather without coats! They had to be wearing their greeter uniforms!!! I actually called the local hospital about one woman because you could see she was getting frostbite!

The dilemma is that while Wal-Mart management says this duty is "voluntary," I think it is far from voluntary--and the workers who have those jobs at our local Wal-Marts NEED their jobs, NEED the goodwill and approval of their managers, etc. and are not about to talk back to their managers or rock the boat. Often they have limited educations, are elderly, etc. and are in areas where there just aren't any jobs to speak of and Wal-Mart knows this! There seem to be a bunc of policies and practices to take advantage of them... Some, like classifying workers as "part time" etc. so they don't get benefits (how they do this I don't know because their part timers seem to work 50+ hour weeks) but putting them at risk for serious injury from intense cold is totally unacceptable! And once you get that kind of frostbite when your fingers turn totally white, etc. (which is what I observed at two separate Wal-Marts during last winter's cold spells) you are, as I understand it, permanently affected. But even if not, it really really bothers me to see these elderly people or the not elderly but "not very bright" (in some cases) people obediently risking their health (and risking losing fingers, toes, etc.) for Wal-Mart!

Do they do similar stuff in other parts of the country? What can consumers do about it? I complain--but I must be one lone voice... Although the people at Nashua, NH Hospital are livid about the situation and they may be able to do something...

What happens in your part of the country in extreme weather?

Greeters and cart pushers at the Walmart here are expected to perform their duties regardless of weather conditions.

Not sure if u are talking about just WalMart or other jobs as well but most employers here expect their employees to report to work except in the most extreme weather. Extremes in temperature wont stop me (although I tolerate heat poorly) but an ice storm or serious flooding will. So will heavy snowfall...anything over about 8 inches since my car will bottom out.