The one star review was for the elderly Asian greeter today - he didn't seem like he was out of his mind like other greeters they usually have. He seemed completely normal.
Now even though I live within walking distance from this Wal-Mart, I drive to Dublin to go to Target. Today I just needed a gallon of white vinegar and some kitchen sponges so I thought, "hey, how about we save the gas and just go to Wal-Mart?" MISTAKE.
Somehow it still takes a million hours to get through this place. Some asiles are vertical, some are horizontal and the displays they have cutting an aisle in two are a big pain in the a** since it seems like if you shop at Wal-mart, you have to have a huge booty or a preference for leaving your cart diagonal in the aisle while you do whatever. They need to set the place up like Safeway - all vertical and wide enough to have two carts pass each other like ships in the night.
It seems like everything at this Wal-Mart is compacted. Forget about trying to pass another cart. Your best option is to only buy what you can carry.
Like items aren't always grouped together and there is a TON of stuff that needs to be put back in the area. The other reviewer who mentioned "a thong on a plate" wasn't joking. The place is a mess and it is dirty. For example - before they changed the store up, greeting cards, books and magazines used to be grouped together - now books and magazines are near the enterance by the bathrooms in what used to be the photo area, and the greeting cards are in the food asile next to the chips and salsa. Oh, and they carry like 4 magazines. (I guess they just want you to go to Borders next door.)
Too much opened merchandise and too many customers who look like they need to be thrown in the looney bin rather than be allowed to shop. Apparently they haven't realized how to shop in stores - no leaving your cart, no laying in asiles (for real!) no eating food from packages, no painting your nails etc. The place is just a mad house.
Because they have a million customers from GOD KNOWS WHERE (there is no way these people could live in Pleasanton - I can barely afford it here.) it would be beneficial for them to you know, open up more than 3 registers so you aren't 20 people deep per line.
Another thing about the employees - even if you ask them where things are, you're not going to find it. This is because they either don't speak English, pretend to not speak English, or the place is such a freaking mad house with junk everywhere that they have no idea. Then there is the last option - they have no idea what the common item is or looks like. I've come here before and asked for help with finding a roasting pan - I ended up having to buy a $30 electric self roaster machine that I could fit a 4 year old in because they didn't have what I was looking for and didn't understand me.
They need to stop allowing all the friggin' solicitors as well. Newspapers, girl scouts, random people asking for money, etc. read more