In 22 states, Walmart is the largest employer

[Mr Quatro]

http://www.businessinsider.com/large...bama-walmart-1

Walmart isn't just the world's biggest retailer in terms of combined revenues, profits, assets, and market value.

In 22 states including Kansas, Texas, Florida, and Ohio, Walmart is king, with about 1.5 million full-time workers in the US overall, according to 24/7 Wall St report.

[August]

Even sadder is the fact that there is only one state with the largest employer being a company that actually makes things.

[Skybird]

August beat me to it - my first thought when I read the headline. Its strange when just selling and consuming becomes more important and profitable than producing.

However, some years ago Walmart tried to "conquer" Europe. Trying to copy habits and behaviours that have been established by shops in the US, right these were the reason why in Germany Walmart suffered a crashing backfall to reality - they failed to get a foot on the market, and some time later withdrew. Lesson to be learned: German customers are different than American customers.

German customers especially did not like employeees who behind the cashdesk packed the bought iterms into bags for customers. Nanny-shop, some called it. Germans prefer to pack their bags and stuff themselves.

Internal and quite intrusive policies of mobbing and spying on own stuff also ruined Walmarts reputation over here. And brought the unions up into arms.

[August]

Originally Posted by Skybird

employeees who behind the cashdesk packed the bought iterms into bags

Packing bags for customers? The savages!

[Rockstar]

I prefer the self checkout myself, I get to bag it pay for it and get out. Normally less of a line, no idle chit chat, or waiting in line for the cashier to do anything. My shopping mantra is 'Get in and get out'

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

I prefer the self checkout myself, I get to bag it pay for it and get out. Normally less of a line, no idle chit chat, or waiting in line for the cashier to do anything. My shopping mantra is 'Get in and get out'

Nah that is no good, do it all online listening to music and knowing full well you need not don your battle armour and fight your away around the shop. Plus free delivery and all done in a relaxing way not forgetting lower blood pressure.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Lesson to be learned: German customers are different than American customers.

German customers especially did not like employeees who behind the cashdesk packed the bought iterms into bags for customers. Nanny-shop, some called it. Germans prefer to pack their bags and stuff themselves.

Internal and quite intrusive policies of mobbing and spying on own stuff also ruined Walmarts reputation over here. And brought the unions up into arms.

This is a spiritual problem, Sky. Your people don't like other people touching their stuff. While we just pick up the bags the cashier packs and leave the store. They have to touch them to scan them anyway, plus ya'll seem to bring your own bags too and we are now being forced to with plastic bags being banned in most stores.

The Japanese had the same spiritual problems when the war was over they wouldn't wear the clothes we sent over to repair the war damaged citizens.

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

This is a spiritual problem, Sky. Your people don't like other people touching their stuff.

I guess I don't need a DNA result to know my roots, my car doesn't even like other cars parking beside it. It parks way out to avoid those fools with their doors caught by the wind, and their chewing gum spitting out urchins. ...or the extremely bad electric kart drivers.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

This is a spiritual problem, Sky. Your people don't like other people touching their stuff. While we just pick up the bags the cashier packs and leave the store. They have to touch them to scan them anyway, plus ya'll seem to bring your own bags too and we are now being forced to with plastic bags being banned in most stores.

The Japanese had the same spiritual problems when the war was over they wouldn't wear the clothes we sent over to repair the war damaged citizens.

No, it is somethign different. There is nothing wrong and no difficulty in packing our just bought stuff into our bags ourselkves. If we need somebody elser to do this for us, that is like somebody carrying us around on his arms, feeding us, cleaning our lower end when we made our poopoo. Its like being treated like an idiot who is disabled, is slobbering and cannot drink without spilling half of it on the table, so to speak.

Many people here also do not like cashless payment. Its simply takes more time. A good cashier beats card terminals easily, every time, no matte rhow long the line (and I did that as a job for several years as a temporary aid, so I know it for sure). Also, we want to maintain cash payment so that the plundering state finds it more difficult to force people to keep their wealth and possession in digital format where state can expropriate it by force easily by a simply pressing of a button, so to speak. Also, banks and credit card companies can dicate terms and conditions and take just any fees they want if cashlessness would be enforced. Finally the mobsters of the central banks could enforce the plundering of those people via negative interest rates who so far do evade this robbery by keeping their money somewhere else and outside the reach and control of banks. Monopolies are always a bad thing for the sonsumer, and depening on companies is always a lousy idea - its better if business and companies depend on their customers, for else the customer is no free customer, but lifestock to exploit.

Cashless payment may give you that "Hey, I'm cool, man!"-moment for just a second of your day, Rockstar. But the longterm costs are much, much, much higher. You pay, in the end of this criminal development, with loss of protection of private property, and loss of civil rights and liberty. Is that really worth it? Its like locking yourself to a sinking boat, and throwing the key away. OInce the money is gone completzely, what you then are left with is planned pseudoi money and planned economy where they tell you what you have to want and what you have to do. Germans have been there. Twice. State-run economy ain't no pleasant thing to experience. And it always ends in just one way. Always the same way.

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Skybird

No, it is somethign different. There is nothing wrong and no difficulty in packing our just bought stuff into our bags ourselkves. If we need somebody elser to do this for us, that is like somebody carrying us around on his arms, feeding us, cleaning our lower end when we made our poopoo. Its like being treated like an idiot who is disabled, is slobbering and cannot drink without spilling half of it on the table, so to speak.

Please tell me you haven't done away with these yet?

I'd hate to just get beer, when I order beer.

On not letting them do away with cash, I'm with you. Ever tried carrying around thirty pounds of silver? Makes gold look much more attractive.

[em2nought]

I wonder if state and federal governments were included in the data?

[Jimbuna]

Looks like they succeeded in the UK when they purchased ASDA, the third largest retailer (in terms of sales) in the UK

http://www.retaileconomics.co.uk/top10-retailers.asp