Wal Mart

[UTVols2]

I have never had a problem either. Beer is cold and the food is normally good when I eat at Applebee's. As for Wal-Mart, you just gotta pick the right times for it to be a pleasant experience. I normally go around 7:30 or 8:00 on Saturday or Sunday and it is practically empty.

[imported_mega]

I think some of you guys go into walmart with road rage. Practice a little patience and understand that it is what it is.

As for applebees, I think they hire too many college kids that while may be pretty and presentable, they dont have the work ethic of other people that may be a little rougher around the edges but will bust their butts to make customers happy.

As far as Bart getting transferred to Lebanon, puhlease, he owned his own business and sat on his hands while watching it go out of business.

I havent had too many problems with applebees but I have had friends that have had problems, especially when it gets busy.

[CoeburnCane]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mega</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As far as Bart getting transferred to Lebanon, puhlease, he owned his own business and sat on his hands while watching it go out of business.</div></div>

Cosign on that one.

[centennialdawg]

I have a great solution for those who are complaining about both places......DON'T GO THERE ANYMORE!!

That would solve a lot of problems for both, the patrons and the businesses.

I really am dreading the reactions of the posters on this board when Sonic opens up.

[imported_elp6n]

As much as I like Sonic food, I'm going to do my arteries a favor and stay away!

[yankeebaseball]

I wouldnt say that, I go usually once a week and only once was a problem and that wasin the to go portion.

The only problem with wal mart is leave the one attendant for the self check outs, that would solve the only problem I have with that place. They close those to early.

[R0cketer]

So far, I've not really had a problem with Applebee's. I've had a few slow servers and such, but its generally been decent.

Walmart is Walmart. Honestly, they understaff the registers a lot of the time, but like someone said, that could be fixed by keeping the self checkouts open more.

Just avoid it the first of the month and you'll probably live though [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

[Merlin]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R0cketer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Walmart is Walmart. Honestly, they understaff the registers a lot of the time, but like someone said, that could be fixed by keeping the self checkouts open more.

Just avoid it the first of the month and you'll probably live though [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img] </div></div>

You got that right, brother. The most of the times I've been in the Norton WallyWorld I've made the comment that they must be trying to be just like K-Mart. You know, the place that tries to get by with at most one cash register open regardless how many people are in the store or standing in line trying to checkout. After Ol' Sam passed away, customer service in general at his stores have literally nose-dived. Its all about the almighty dollar now and since they are so big it doesn't matter if they offend some customers 'cause they'll just go down the road a few miles and build another store just to spite you. OK, maybe that last part was a bit over the top and not all stores are as bad as others, but this would never have been allowed to happen when Sam was running the place.

[TheBeast]

Another aspect of you get what you pay for.

[Merlin]

I guess that's a reasonable response, but a reasonable excuse? Don't think so. I'd love it if Target was a bit closer -- Good quality products at reasonable prices without most of the WallyWorld negatives IMO. Until some other retailer decides to come into this area and give this Walmart some real competition, they will have no incentive to improve customer service. But, I know this is probably unlikely. I don't think too many people actually complain about the pricing for the merchandise they handle, but I don't hear many positive comments about THIS Walmart in particular nor the entire chain as whole. Even the Magic Mart in Pikeville, KY (i know the one in Norton is way too small and with a terrible location) is a fairly decent alternative to the big chain stores, but I don't see them improving their presence here any time soon either. So, I guess we'll just have to "grin and bare it" so to speak since I don't foresee too many new options presenting themselves to this area in the immediate future.