Originally Posted by JanieW
The impression I am getting from reading some of these posts is that people are more intent on telling us how they got one over on Walmart by "standing up for themselves" than they are in complaining about Walmart.
I always thought quilters were a kind, generous bunch for the most part. It is a bit unsettling for me to read posts by several people who are describing their own rude behaviour and seem to be proud of it.
Janie
WalMart has many, many good employees, managers, and stores. However, complaining to WalMart about bad customer service is like trying to take a child's spade and bucket set to clean up the Gulf Coast beaches. It's not going to work. They're too monolithic and control too much of the market. In many cases they're the only game in town. The only thing you can do is vent.
Also, I do not believe that standing up for yourself is being rude. Just like disagreeing with Congress, the President, your governor, local Sheriff, etc., is not unpatriotic.
My primary physician winces everytime I refer to another doctor in his organization as "that idiot doctor". However, as I pointed out to him, he has never misdiagnosed me and is in no danger of ever being referred to in that manner. On the other hand, when I complained about having had a cough for six months that wouldn't go away, "that idiot doctor" made a snap diagnosis that because I suffered from the fatal F's (fat, female and over forty) there was nothing wrong with me but Acid Reflux disease and gave me Pepsid. Turned out that I had lung cancer - fairly advanced. That's why I call him "that idiot doctor."