You don't expect much walking into a walmart, but this has got to be one of the worst. Ever.
The produce selection is always pathetic. It either looks like its been sitting forever, is about to go bad, or, comes from some special farm that only puts out miniature produce.
They're also always out of something. So getting what you need here is very hit or miss.
The worst part of coming here though, is the people.
The employees running through the aisles with carts for online orders have zero manners. They don't scoot to the side to make room for shoppers, they stop in right in front of you while you're looking at the shelves, and they stop to chat with one another in the aisles and don't bother moving when they see you coming. They have no idea how to say 'please', 'thank you', or 'excuse me'. Learning those three phrases would make a world of difference.
Next, lets talk about the self-checkout police. Never before have I had a self-checkout camera accuse me of a 'missed scan' as much as the cameras here. And when an employee comes to check it and override, they come over with the most accusatory attitude possible. When they realize they're in the wrong, and so was the damn camera, they can't even humble themselves and apologize for the attitude or inconvenience. They just fix the system and walk away. I also had a situation where the machine ate a few coins, called the worker over to help and the guys response was 'maybe you miscounted.' Are you kidding me?! That's your resolution? An assumption, an accusation.. and you just expect me to accept that? Absolutely unprofessional. We let him know that on the spot and asked for him to call HIS manager. She was also an ass. We told her the machine ate a few of our coins and she didn't say ONE word. She grabbed the change from her pocket, put it in the machine and walked away. She didn't say 'so sorry about that', 'there you go', literally nothing.
Finally, theres a sitting cashier here named Jen-Jen who either hates her home life, her job, or possibly both. She has zero personality, makes zero effort to have one, and talks to you like you're an idiot.
I had a payment situation she couldn't figure out. She ended up having to call someone over to help and he couldn't figure it out either. So they ended up calling a manager, Elena, to 'help'. After literally 10 minutes of all three of them doing the same two things over and over again, the line was building up. I finally just asked if it was my gift card or the computer that was the problem. Elena and Jen-Jen both looked at me like I was speaking a different language, hesitating momentarily before confirming it was the machine. I then asked if they could just run my credit card cause I was tired of waiting. Jen-Jen replied 'Yeah', like I was wasting THEIR time. Elena just stood there. She didn't apologize for the inconvenience, to me or the people in line, nothing. She just walked away once Jen-Jen processed my card without issue 2 seconds later. Of course the computer 'doesnt work' when processing store credit.. but it sure as hell took my money immediately. Whatever.
On the ride home, how the situation was handled was really bothering me. I ended up calling the store with the intent to let the STORE manager know that maybe Jen-Jen could use a pep talk and Elena could use some training when dealing with customers. That was it. I was calm, and I was just sick of the crappy experiences. I was put on hold while they went to find the manager. When the line picked up again, the voice on the other end just said 'hello?', to which I replied 'Hi. What's your name?'. The response? 'Elena. What's up?'.
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!? Elena!? And Did she seriously just respond to a customer, while representing a professional company, with 'What's up?'
I was fuming. She barely reacted and never apologized. She so nonchalantly didn't care.
I called corporate. And I ended up having to call them TWICE. Because of course I did.
The first time, I filed an official complaint and received a callback from the STORE within 20 minutes. I spoke with a girl who was VERY pleasant and exactly the opposite of everyone else I had been dealing with over there. Turns out she reported TO Elena. The situation was so unreal at that point, it was almost comical. Poor girl was so nice, but I let her know that it was absolutely inappropriate that they made her call me.
I went to corporate again and told them what they did. I refused to deal with anyone IN Fernley at that point. We resolved from there.
The majority of the people at this store wouldn't survive life outside of Fernley. They don't know how to communicate or behave around normal people. read more