Buying ammo at Wallyworld!!!

[denfoote]

Well, I went to my local Wallyworld to buy some ammo today.
There's nothing unusual about this except, this time, I wanted to buy a case instead of two or three boxes. It comes out to be right around $6/50 rounds which is better than I can have it shipped in from over the internet and I don't have to wait for the feces colored truck to take a week or better to deliver it!!

Soooooo.
I'm standing in line.
I make my request.
Blank stare!! Apparently nobody had ever purchased that much ammo before!!
"Please go to the back and retreve me a case of the 100 round bulk pack 115gr Winchester White Box 9mm."

" Sorry, I can't do that!!!"

"WHY" says I?? "You know there is no Federal or State law that prohibits me from purchasing ammunition in bulk!!!"

"We don't sell it by the case" said the befuddled counter clerk!!!!

OOOOOOK. "If I wanted to buy, say, 10 boxes of the same ammo, would you sell it to me??"

"Of course, she said."

Then, what's the difference between what I asked for previously and this???"

"We don't sell ammo by the case!!!" :banghead:

By this time I was almost laughing to hard to be steamed!!

I said "Please give be 10 boxes."

She then got my ammo, BAGGED IT UP, took my money, and I went on my merry way!!

As long as it's NOT in a box, Wallyworld will gladly sell it!!

I finally had an existential Wal-Mart experience!!

 

[mbs357]

*nods*
Assault boxes.

 

[George S.]

So what would the clerk have done if they didn't have 10 boxes on the shelf? What if you wanted 15 boxes? Or 20? Would she have gone into the storage area and come back with a case and added 5 or 10 boxes from the counter?

Wally World clerks are clearly not Rhodes schloars and you obviously ran up against a 6th grade dropout.

 

[denfoote]

There was 11 boxes on the shelf!!
Up until now my experience with Wallyworld has been fine!!
I HAD found the sporting goods clerks to be knowable and helpful!!
I guess I found the exception!!

 

[bpisler]

I must be lucky,the wal-mart by me has had
the same clerk for a couple years now.I once
asked him the difference between 45acp and
45 GAP,of course i do,i'am not one of the
clerks i read about on the internet
.

 

[Duneblade]

Odd

Well, yes they are not the smartest people out there. But hey everyone needs a job right? For all we know there might be some wal-mart rule that tells you, that you cant sell it by the case. Have a friend that works in wal-marts sporting goods area, I will find out, just for GP

-Dune

P.S. I love the "feces colored truck"

 

[Byron Quick]

At the local Wallyworld, it's not unusual for various Winchester white box calibers to be either bare or only one or two boxes left on display.

I've never had a clerk refuse to go look in the storage area in back.

I've had them try to tell me that store policy is state or federal law several times. I have them call a member of management. I then ask them to please email me the pertinent statute reference number if it is a law or to admit that it is simply store policy. I've never received a statute reference number yet.

One employee tried to tell me that state law prohibited selling ammunition after 10PM.

 

[Lupinus]

ever had to correct a dumb wanna know it all who is givimg people advice that could get them killed?

"Sure you can use 300 mag in your 30-30, so long as the caliber is the same the rest is just brand specifics."

 

[Azrael256]

We don't sell ammo by the case!!!

What he meant was "Our cases are not marked for sale, only individual boxes. I am not smart enough to simply ring up all the individual boxes in the case. Thank you for shopping at Wall-Mart."

 

[mole]

One employee tried to tell me that state law prohibited selling ammunition after 10PM.

I've bought ammo from a super wal-mart around midnight several times.

I guess we're lucky here. The sporting goods manager is a nice older lady that reblues guns on the side. Of course there was that one time when the clerk described the .223 round as "freakin huge."

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

Wally World clerks are clearly not Rhodes schloars and you obviously ran up against a 6th grade dropout.

You guys wanna lay off? Employees at Walmart in the sporting goods sections are just working class people who probably have no interest in guns. My guess is that it's not their life's choice to work at Walmart. My guess is that they have few options in life.

One elderly lady I know was the wife of a major in the 82nd Airborne. He did two tours in Vietnam. He died, shortly after his 20 year retirement, of lung cancer. The army autopsy concluded it was due to exposure to Agent Orange while he was in Vietnam.

His wife, the elderly lady to whom I'm referring, had little money left after his cancer treatments, burial, etc. The VA stalled paying much. The army paid even less. She now works at Walmart. And she works hard, too.

I happen to have her husband's medals. The medals occupy a very prominent place in my home. The lady is my mother-in-law.

So maybe we should all cut these people some slack. You don't know their story.

 

[cbsbyte]

Ignorant, and arrogent sales clerks are the main reason I stopped shopping at Wal-mart for ammo. I gave up buying ammo at the local walmart a few years ago since they rarely had any in stock, the clerks where young kids who didn't know a 9mm from a 12Ga, and to top it all off, at that time the sporting goods manager was extremley anti-gun. I had more than a few run ins with him. Filing a complaint with the store manager only made it worse. I recently heard from some friends that the local wal-mart no longer carries any guns or ammo. I wonder why?

I should add that I don't shop at Wal-mart becuase of the employees but do to the corporation's business practices. Wal-mart is one of the most anti-worker corporations in the world. They sell mostly Chinese junk, that could be made by an American.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

Duplicate post.

 

[Byron Quick]

Not dissing them. I respect anyone who works for a living. In the past, I once had a job where I needed chest waders to stand in the liquid manure I was shoveling. The experience didn't leave me much room to look down on the status of others' employment. I don't judge a person for shoveling manure. I do judge whether the manure is shoveled well or shoveled poorly.

The Waynesboro, Georgia WalMart has a superlative lady working in Sporting Goods. She's very knowledgeable and also knows when she does not know-a rare quality anywhere.

It's only when she's not there, that you get the strange state and federal laws quoted at you.

I've complained to WalMart management about various gaffes by their employees. I've also commended various employees to management.

 

['Card]

So maybe we should all cut these people some slack. You don't know their story.

Bravo.

 

[zerosignal]

PinnedandRecessed, your story is very touching, but has absolutely no bearing on the original posters story.

By your logic, because a taxi driver may not enjoy his job, he shouldn't be expected to know how to drive or get to a specific location.

Heavens, we can't expect that a McDonald's employee know how to put a hamburger together can we?

The fact is, Wally World employees are assigned duties in a specific section of the store, and are expected to have at least a general knowledge of the products they deal with.

I'd just love to use your excuse at work, and have one of our fighter jets crash.
"But Colonel, I don't enjoy my job!"

Sorry for being so sarcastic, but the argument just doesn't wash in the real world.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

but has absolutely no bearing on the original posters story.
By your logic, because a taxi driver may not enjoy his job, he shouldn't be expected to know how to drive or get to a specific location.

It has bearing on manners and compassion. The elitist, arrogant attitude I see displayed is not High Road. Even if a taxi driver loses his way, I'm not going to stoop to ridiculing him on some anonymous internet forum.

Heavens, we can't expect that a McDonald's employee know how to put a hamburger together can we?

(See first response.)

The fact is, Wally World employees are assigned duties in a specific section of the store, and are expected to have at least a general knowledge of the products they deal with.

And I'm sure they do have a "general" knowledge of the products with which they deal. But cut them some slack, ok? They make mistakes.

I'd just love to use your excuse at work, and have one of our fighter jets crash.

A clerk at Walmart is hardly in this category, don't you think?

Sorry for being so sarcastic, but the argument just doesn't wash in the real world.

I don't know about your real world, but if you ever wander into my real world, I will treat you with dignity and respect, to your face and behind your back. And I will do so regardless of whatever mistakes you may have made.

 

[zerosignal]

Not a single person that posted in this thread has endorsed insulting a clerk to their face, or even having bad manners.

It's one thing to point out a persons shortcomings, and entirely another to deride them in public. If you don't point out a problem, the person will never know to correct it.

I am always polite, even with the most idiotic of people. It is not a good idea to let a person make up rules, especially when it comes to firearm laws.

If they can make up a rule about not selling ammo after 10pm, they can also FORGET a legitimate rule and get into trouble with the BATF.

Once again, this is not about insulting people, everyone makes mistakes. It only becomes a problem when a person is constantly incompetent.

I don't know about you, but I was raised to do the best job I could, no matter If I liked the job or not.

 

[AJ Dual]

If I get assisted by a bright, inteligent go-getter at a Wal-Mart it's one of several things.

- He/She is a retiree.
- He/She is only working for a second income.
- He/She is a high-schooler or college student.
- He/She is a manager.
- The U.S. Economy is in the toilet.

Pick your poison.

Whenever I get bad service in the service sector. It's a sign that the economy is helathy.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

Not a single person that posted in this thread has endorsed insulting a clerk to their face, or even having bad manners.

And I never accused them of such. But I consider it ill mannered and ill bred to ridicule these minimum wage employees on THR.

I responded to the insult that such employees are

clearly not Rhodes schloars [sic] and you obviously ran up against a 6th grade dropout.

So what if they're not Rhodes Scholars. I'm not a Rhodes Scholar. Does that make me less of a human being?

If you don't point out a problem, the person will never know to correct it.

Yeah, nobody's talking about that. I'm talking about showing respect (to people less fortunate than ourselves) even on an anonymous internet forum. This is, after all, "The High Road", is it not?

It is not a good idea to let a person make up rules, especially when it comes to firearm laws.

You're assuming they're making up laws? What if they're merely mistaken? Or, more likely, are in unfamiliar territory?

Once again, this is not about insulting people

That's exactly what this is about. This thread is replete with insults. Gross generalizations based upon a minority of experiences.

I don't know about you, but I was raised to do the best job I could, no matter If I liked the job or not.

I contend the clerk in the opening post was doing her
best.

 

[zerosignal]

If the person in the initial post was "doing her best", then she had no business working around ammunition, firearms, and federal laws that can result in the commision of a felony. I understand that there are people in the world whos brains simply don't work right through no fault of their own. The responsibility then lies with Wal-Mart to ensure that those employees are only trusted with jobs that they can ably perform.

You simply don't trust a mentally handicapped person unsupervised with firearms.

Yes, some of the posters above have made some comments that can be construed as insults. They are simply trying to make a point. If an employee truly has no better than a 6th grade education, it is nothing but their own fault, unless mentally handicapped as stated above.

Any able bodied person, even the less intelligent among us, can easily finish high school or obtain a GED. It is a simple matter of motivation.

Many people these days are rewarded to remain ignorant because we wouldn't want to "hurt their feelings".

I see it as a matter of using The Golden Rule. If I were in their shoes, I would expect that people inform me when I do something wrong, and I wouldn't not take it as an insult unless they intended it as one. That is why, when I see an error being made, I will try to correct it.


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I'd just love to use your excuse at work, and have one of our fighter jets crash.

A clerk at Walmart is hardly in this category, don't you think?


When a clerk is dealing with firearms, yes, they are in this category. Guns, just like fighter jets can be a matter of life and death. Much in the same way, I would expect that a gas station attendant was smart enough not to smoke at the pumps. Sure, he only pumps gas, but even the most menial of jobs can be deadly serious in the wrong hands.


This entire argument comes down to two issues.

If the person is able bodied, they have no excuse to be incompetent at their jobs. If the person is actually handicapped, then the responsibility lies with the employer.

My other issue with your argument is one of "the high road". Yes, it is important to take the high road whenever we can, but like chocolate, too much of a good thing can become a bad thing. A person can be TOO NICE.

Sometimes you simply have to point out a persons faults, even if they take it as an insult.

 

[22-rimfire]

I have had few problems buying ammunition at Walmart. The employees all seem interested in assisting you. Sometimes they look at you funny if you are buying quite a bit of anything other than 22 shells. But, they always sell it to ya. My only complaint about Walmart is the selection.... no 158 gr 357's or 38spls. No 41 mag shells. Poor selection of 40S&W. Most everything they sell is plinking ammunition.

 

[MErl]

went in this morning and got 3 boxes of probably the same thing. clerk seemed kind of suprised I wanted 300 rnds of 9mm.

he rang it up and said "have a happy.. whatever"

oh well

 

[real_name]

I have 3 very minor problems with buying Wal*Mart ammo.
1. I have to lean over the counter to see what is in stock and compare prices.
2. I have to wait to get served as it's a popular store here for ammo.
3. I have to pay cash so my wife doesn't find out I went to Wal*Mart.

The staff don't really factor into the equation, I'm not the sort to chat and if they say no to a request I can go to at least 3 other Wal*Marts. Or other stores.
Compared with most retail staff I actually prefer Wal*Mart staff, at least they don't pounce on you with inane promises to help, at least they aren't on commission.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

You simply don't trust a mentally handicapped person unsupervised with firearms.

We went from "not a Rhodes scholar" to "mentally handicapped?" Wow. What a leap!

I see it as a matter of using The Golden Rule.

Let's see.

Matt 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

You would have no problem with people you serve coming onto an internet community and insulting you? If I were to insult you, do you think you would take umbrage? I guarantee you would.

If I were in their shoes, I would expect that people inform me when I do something wrong, and I wouldn't not take it as an insult unless they intended it as one.

You're digressing. We're talking about the attitude of posts on this thread, NOT about confronting a misinformed Walmart employee.

Guns, just like fighter jets can be a matter of life and death.

Just exactly what do you do?

If the person is able bodied, they have no excuse to be incompetent at their jobs.

One has nothing to do with the other. Your initial insult had to do with them being mentally handicapped. That has nothing to do with "able bodied."

Yes, it is important to take the high road whenever we can

The High Road is not a matter of convenience. It is when it is inconvenient that it becomes "The High Road."