My favorite Wal-Mart fabric cutters at one store in particular are the guys from either hardware or sporting goods! One even mentioned one day that he always gives at least 1/4 yard extra since they were never 'trained' on how to measure or fold fabric. All of the guys always cut long. The cutting table is catty-corner across the aisle from the sporting goods and even tho they claim to know nothing, they keep an eye on that table to see when someone comes up with bolts. If they get paged, someone is there pronto!
All of this in contrast 180 degrees to the next Wal-Mart...cutting table is in the 'middle' of a section, not on the outside - and it can't be seen by any associate who isn't in the immediate area. IF you walk up to the front, they will page someone, not so much from the other departments. And your wait depends.... maybe its the cycle of the moon...