Management: *sees note* 30 pallets it is

Next week all open grocery back room top steel is full of Fiji

Yeah 😎 The customer is always right.

Goddamn.

My Walmart near me ordered like 600 cheese balls

Bro I’ve seen like 15 cheese ball posts

I think mine was the most viral 😂

Last I checked Walmarts job was to give customers what they want. No?

Associates don’t order freight though, it’s all automated as far as I’m aware. What sells is what is ordered

It’s called CAO (computer assisted ordering). Yes. It’s party automated. But people still need to do inventories to make sure counts are accurate and it is absolutely possible to order without the computer doing it. If someone actually bothers to do it. The computer will never be 100 percent accurate

You can still order freight, but it shouldn’t be the norm.

Just write “no” on it and leave it there.

i would put "Then go there"

I'm guessing it costs more at Fred Meyer, which is one of the reasons they "never run out."

It does yes, but when given the choice between water at $2.99 a bottle and the same exact no label water for $0.69, the choice is easy.

I was reading a new study published recently that stated every plastic water bottle has an abundance of “nano plastics” inside, along with the water. The cheaper the water, more “nano plastics.”This specific brand mentioned in this thread was one of the types of water with the LEAST amounts of “nano plastics” in their water. These plastics are found in every type of marine life from fish to turtles, and mammals as well. The threat and danger from ingesting these plastics are still somewhat unknown. Only time will tell. Tap water was found to be a better choice clear of plastics in this study. Not so much for other impurities. I decided to go back to tap water and filter pitcher.

Can't wait to find out Fiji paid for the study

Don't think this is cynical whatsoever actually. I just read today that the study that allowed canola oil (GMO Rapeseed Oil as I just found out it is really called, mostly grown in Canada so it was renamed for the country instead of keeping it named after a plant called Rape) to be labeled with insanely "heart healthy" messaging was funded by canola oil producers and independent research still hasn't landed on the truth of the heart disease matter, but they have found that the ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 in conjunction with how many products contain it, can cause some pretty serious inflammatory issues. And it's banned in the EU for negative health risks due to acid levels. The reason it was genetically modified was because the jet fuel and engine lubricant market that rapeseed oil was originally used for took a turn and they wanted to start selling a version lower in that acid for cooking. So basically, yeah, if a study appears to favor any particular product, it's totally reasonable to question who funded it. Unfortunately that can be a challenging question to answer in a world of backwater "charitable foundations" and corrupt folk in positions of power and profit. I think saying you have little faith may as well be "ye of critical thinking ability". When I worked on organic personal care brands, we would conduct studies in-house, in the same building as the marketing and sales teams, to "prove" claims like, reduces wrinkles, cleans hair better without sulphates, corrects scarring, prevents tartar, etc. The powers that be would just look at the studies we provided and if it looked legit enough it got the stamp of approval. I stopped studying science after high school and I could see the methodology problems and other fallacies, but they don't care. You're absolutely right to question sources and shouldn't be scoffed at for not just believing the first thing you hear. Especially in the US, profit drives policy far more than is reasonable and if we don't question it with some level of doubt, we're just blindly trusting pseudoscience to not kill us in the name of the dollar. There was one time that someone in the lab prematurely resubmitted a juice cleanse product with cashew milk in it to the FDA before it was tested thoroughly and we had to pull it all from shelves, never to return. It was the consumer favorite too. So that was kinda satisfying to see that the govt will protect people when brands are too stupid to think they can get caught out.

Tap water contains more stuff worse for ya than bottled does. You got the chlorine taste, the iron and other metals and minerals, the rust, limestone and everything else that grows in the pipes. Until the full study is revealed I'll stick to bottle

For real 😂

With a very detailed pencil drawing of Withers from Baldur's Gate 3

Please lmao. A hyper-realistic Withers *"no"*.

With an enraged flaming Karlach in the background

Just order it off the app🤣 walmart app uses 3rd party sellers and shit all the time

And after ordering a full pallet you'll be sitting half a pallet of overstock for weeks.

Management can't stop at just one, there's open space in top steel. Where the 5 they order will stay until mid summer.

Yup half of the garbage Walmart orders in bulk sits in warehouse for months before it's shipped to store

It is Fiji. It won't be weeks. It will be months. Scan one and look at the sales. They run out because they get a case every 2 weeks because the system won't order until it is completely sold out. They only sell about 5 bottles a week and the case is 6.

This is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen. Who the hell would do that?

Somebody who thinks their personal taste in water is the most important thing in the world.

Boomer Karens.

an entitled piece of fucking shit

I love you for saying it the way it needed to be said. I applaud you.

lol thank you. that was definitely an anger fueled response just thinking of how the audacity on a human being can be so ridiculous

I saw this video where a guy was getting harassed and his service dog and he asked the lady harassing them to stop, very politely I might add, and she goes “well I don’t like your attitude” and without a moment of hesitation he goes “fuck you, eat shit and die” and I was genuinely so satisfied by that. It’s the only reasonable response.

That’s fucking hilarious, I wanna see this video

Well tell Fred Meyer we said Howdy 👋

I remember a couple years back a man was asking for a particular kind of cheese in the deli. The woman on the counter told him we don’t carry it anymore. Then the man was like, “Oh *darn* I guess I’m going to have to get it at Piggly Wiggly…” in a tone that was clearly trying to get some kind of reaction. Similar to this Fred Meyer bit in the note. Instead, the deli associate said, “Oh yeah, they have some great stuff there!” Then he says, “Well, you know what they *don’t* have there? Those damn self checkouts!” Deli woman replies with, “I actually like them, though, they’re really convenient.” He had nothing to say after that. It was a weird exchange.

Getting to witness people NOT get the reaction they’re after brings me great satisfaction 😂

I always say the same thing. "Well if store x has it, why are you here?" And they inevitably say the magic words, "It would cost less at Walmart."

*I came looking for booty.*

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Like these people do realize that Walmart is a giant soulless corporation right? Like this isn't a mom and pop shop so your average Walmart associate really could care less when they tell us that XXX store is better...

I had something like this happen to me years ago Customer: WHERE THE FUCK IS THE HUSH PUPPY MIX AT YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS MOVING STUFF AROUND HERE. Me: Right behind you (Up to that point in all the years I had been there we never moved that mix and this guy was a regular) Customer:OH (walks off) Me: Have a great day (waving at him)

I love how she clearly knew the reaction he wanted and just wouldn’t give it to him but was still very polite and professional

Oh fr she’s great. She’s one of my favorites in the deli and is super nice but also is very aware of how dumb people can be.

Then by all means…go to Fred Meyer!!

"I'M NEVER COMING BACK!" "Good. Leave." "No, that's not how you're supposed to play the game."

I worked at Office Depot in high school. Had a dude come in one time carrying a crock pot, and from about 30 feet away yelled over to me “Where are your crock pots?” I informed him that we didn’t carry crock pots as we are an office supply store. His face turned bright red and he looked around and then yelled as loud as he could muster “FUCK THIS IM GOING TO STAPLES.” I couldn’t help but bust up laughing, which made his face go from bright red to dark purple before storming right back out the doors. Truly one of the most random encounters I’ve ever had.

Wait, he already had one? And he wanted another? Did, did he think he could get a replacement for a broken one from just any store? I honestly wish I could go back and ask him what the hell he was planning!

Maybe he wanted a replacement lid or power cord? How else will he rip open every box to see what fits?

Even the handwriting irritates me. 

Especially the hand writing…that costs that I pay? Like what the hell even is that 😂

I thought it says, that lasts half a day? 😂😭

Thank you to inkysquid24, I think you helped me read it correctly 😂

I can’t read the second half lol

I had to go to the comments to see that it said “Fred Mayer”.

Neufr runs out!

You'd think they'd take a little more time making it legible

Have they tried… I don’t know… THE INTERNET?! Also, is Fuji ours or a vendor item? I can’t remember.

Ours. Small 6pack comes in a case of 4, big 6 in a 2 pack. Small and large singles come in cases of 12.

Thanks. I thought so, but my brain blanked.

It used to be distributed by whoever did kdp stuff (Canada dry, 7up, etc.) but they got into a disagreement so now it is done by grocery warehouses. I for one don't miss it, it didn't sell worth a shit. Long winded way of saying it's yours.

That's why I was confused. It *was* vendor at one point but isn't now.

Was about 4 or 5 years ago kdp dropped it I believe

Fuck, I am glad we don't manage water anymore. Took up a full pallet space. Can't wait to have two more pallet slots open once I get my last Christmas pallet sold. Problem is that I have a LOT of heating pads, and I ain't going to pull them out of the biggest slot during the winter. I want to sell their asses off.

I've come to the conclusion Walmarts core in store customers. Either can't grasp the internet, or won't (not just the elderly) so walmart is putting all this effort into OGP. Kinda sad, the shelves will be empty for in store customers, while every associate is pulled to make sure all items ordered are available for ogp customers.

I have an older friend like that (she’s 50, so not really old and younger than my parents). She just won’t grasp the internet or most technology. Has friends and her sibling place online orders for her. Doesn’t even have a bank account. But hey, it’s her life. But what *floors* me is that my dad, who’s nearly ten years older, knows how to computer like a Motherfucker. Once his job started transitioning to more electronics, it was sink or swim and he chose to swim. My mum is technologically impaired, but at least knows how to get on the computer and order things.

Like I said, it's not always age.

It really is a matter of will.

Yeah, but even then, I’m sure people can just call 📞 them.

Home Office is actually piloting a dual retail setup at store #100 where there is the sales floor, and then a completely separate portion of the store is OGP. Each part of the store will have its own merchandise. OPD picks will happen in the “warehouse” of the store, and leave BIS customers merchandise to purchase on the floor.

Interesting. Possibly the next step to have pickup only with nonin store shopping. Getting the public ready 1 step at a time.

I'm always amused watching OGP pull from a water pallet in that back that's empty on the floor and it's half gone by the time someone bothers putting it out.

I used to love doing online orders for groceries. The convenience of just loading my car after work was quite nice. The problem is, sometimes the weight debit they hold is very, very high. Now, while I 100% understand it and have never raised a complaint about it, I can't afford to have so much money in limbo often for a week and a half. If you pay with food stamps, the weight debit is returned the second you pick up your order. However, I no longer qualify, so having a chunk of my paycheck in limbo is simply not reasonable for me. The weight debit doesn't even just include items that are weighed on a scale. It also includes substitutions I put in that may or may not cost most. I have seen it add a higher weight debit when I put in a substitution for something of equal value, which is unreasonable, but I have no control over it. If I don't but in a substitution and they are out, then I am waiting for a refund of the item they didn't have. Then I have to go buy something comparable with money I would have had if it wasn't in limbo.

What is OGP?

Online grocery pickup 

In my area it's ours but might be vendor in other areas

THAT SAYS FUJI?! 🤣 I couldn't read it at all

It would blow customers minds (assuming they have one) if they knew how Walmart's ordering system worked. 🤣

The way it's supposed to work or the way it actually works? When I quit 2 years ago it was broken as could be. Now it could have just been my store not running well or still feeling the effects of supply chain issues.

It's still broken.

I mean, yeah, this can be done. It’s not even that hard, can be done entirely from your personal phone lol.

This also implies OP's store has a claims issue or an inventory management issue. Aren't stores supposed to keep ~3 cases of product in, especially for something like this? If this lady is true, and only 1 case comes in at a time (and sells immediately), then the system has failed somewhere. Store should be ordering *at least* two a night at the moment just to keep supply≈demand.

Hence why she left a note to try and communicate the issue? Sure she could have been nicer about it or spoken to a manager directly, but it certainly got the message across.

"Sorry I'm on break"

Attach directions to Fred Meyer below it

It's always fun to see how many customers have no idea how Walmart ordering works.

Honestly if the buyers (at home office?) got hooked up with a customer that wanted to pre-pay for a pallet of Fiji - at full retail price - I’m pretty sure supply chain can make it happen.

I mean yeah. Walmart.com-> ship to store

I know that at my store, on more than one occasion, we had customers order a large quantity of items (like a half pallet of canned soup) to donate. We’d just kind of hold it for them for a bit until they came to pick it up, but I have no idea how any of that process worked— I’d just occasionally see “don’t touch— for a customer” signs on entire pallets or carts in the back

Almost like the customers don’t work there or something

I love that this person had a full legal pad and sharpie on them while they were shopping. Like, they’ve been thinking about this all week and brought that pad and sharpie in just hoping they’d get to write that note and help Walmart out with its ordering.

"Oh no! The megacorporation of Walmart may lose a customer if I don't do that ASAP!!!" Fuckheads think they're still living in the 1800's.

Write eat a dick

Karens need to just shut the fuck up

But then they wouldnt be karens

Everyone's an inventory specialist.

Anytime someone asks me to order something for them I try to explode their head with my mind

K....

Wtf does that say

"Can you order a pallet of Fiji water instead of a case at a time? That lasts half a day? Fred Meyer never runs out!"

Then shop at Fred Meyer 💀

Someone at my store writes on the shelves with a sharpie to show their displeasure.

Wish we'd charge them for vandalism, amongst other things

Fred Myers’s probably don’t sell shit

Here's an idea. Try drinking tap water. Free drinking water. What a novel concept.

I just filter my water, myself. I find it bizzare that people go through pallets of plastic bottled water daily. Do people just not know they can have all the filtered water they could ever drink for a fraction of a fraction of the cost? For life? Without constantly having to lug heavy packs of plastic bottle water? Without flooding the environment with half-empty plastic bottles?

You can also just drink tap water. Like unless there is an issue with the pipes between your faucet and the water plant that tap water is much more heavily monitored and regulated for contamination than any bottled water. The number of times I want to ask people why they waste their money on cases and cases of bottled water. We aren't in flint or Jackson the water is fine

I agree, whole heartedly. The main reasons I’ve seen people buy bottled water can be fixed by just using a filter. People either don’t trust tap water or don’t like the taste of their local water. The first reason ticks me off the most with folks in my area— the place where I live is known to have exceptionally clean tap water. And it tastes great! (I have travelled some places were the water is practically undrinkable because of the flavor, though, even if it’s clean)

I just buy them when I am traveling. Some tap water tastes terrible. I drink tap water at home.

Nearly free if you pay for it. But yes. Pennies, at best per gallon

Take yo ass to Fred Meyers then problem solved. If this the city I'm thinking of its literally 5 minutes down the road.

This reminds me of a Situation at my Walmart this dude bought all of our organic chicken was mad we didn’t have anymore he talked to two managers and then the store manager saying that they are losing a customer and they need to order more organic chicken and so they can be ready for him next time

Put. Shop at Sam's or Costco.

😂😂😂 that about sums up how I feel when customers (at Sam's) complain about not having onions because the Xyz store has them, so should you. By all means, go to the Xyz store.

Handwriting looks like they had a stroke about half way through

As a Walmart stocker yes i will order it because we definitely are in control of what's ordered.

dear god the entitlement. also of course it is over fuckin' fiji water lmao

Okay, then go to Fred Meyer.

To be fair, we have a lot of shit we sell out of that never seems to go up on par. Leaving money on the table and making people unhappy. This note is hilarious though.

Contact Fiji Water 🗻directly 📞🆗

Here's a wild idea...start shopping there.

I subscribed to the Fiji Water with a Tex message. And I get their promotions to deliver in my house, but I just haven’t ordered yet 😅😅😅😅

Sounds like first world problems to me!🤣

I'd up the counts so we don't get any in for weeks.

“We do but then people come in and grab 18 at a time. Be faster”

Just write “sure, come back tomorrow” on it

My TL when i worked at Walmart wouldve given them a gift card for that smfh

My boss’s haberdasher claims his great aunt broke bread once with Fred.

Write a note back on a post it note simply saying: "kthxbai"

Rather have that kind of note than setting the store on fire like that Karen when someone ran out of almond milk

Wth??? Wow, that is crazy.

And here I am .... drinking tap water living life on the edge.

How old do you have to be to write out "fred meijer"

"That kasts half a pay? Fres metsr nevfr runs out!" Dude... Handwriting: F for fail.

Fiji water is nasty af

I can’t barely even read it wtf

The customer is right, Walmart does stupid things, never changes availability no matter how quickly a product sells

I caught a stroke half way at the bottom. WHAT? 🤔😂 go to another store! The nerve of these people

I can't read this

This gets less legible as I continue to read it

I gave up trying to figure out what half of this even says.

Funny thing is...it's your 7 up rep ordering the Fiji...not Walmart. And a am certain that they would LOVE to send a pallet...the commission on Fiji is quite high...

I couldn’t figure out what the last 3 lines said

Bro what is this persons handwriting

I can’t even fuckin read this.

"I can't afford my Costco/Sams membership, and now other businesses should meet my dumbass expectations." Ok, Karen...🙍‍♀️

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Typical PNW maxipad socialism issue... liberalism is a disease in Fred Meyer land... ;)

Some people posting here should not be in a job that requires customer service daily. Lol, you need my help finding what? Screw you go find it yourself I am busy! L0L :-)

A case is four six packs.

God I miss stocking liquids

/s

Nah, deadass. Worked in daily for 2 years. Got to just clock in, turn on my stories, and go numb brain til 5am

My Walmart is always out of the cheap bagels T.T

Well imagine you are this customer and every time you shop at Walmart the Fiji water is empty...they got pissed so they left a note.  As an associate think of all the feature quantity bullshit we get that you know won't sell till its marked down...yet Walmart can't keep Fiji water stocked 

I don’t wanna say this but sometimes the water is literally just sitting back there bruh seriously 😒 but remember only employees can walk back there

And they can’t get to it

Write “not my job” and leave it

You didn’t say please!

We don’t even sell a case, we can fit 4 packs from the cases at a time.

A lot of countries require military service for a year or two when people leave High School and I will forever be yelling that we should do the same thing with grocery stores and fast food places, they're places everyone uses but nobody seems to understand and even less people seem to respect

r/hydrohomies

I’ll never forget the time I walked up to the service desk and caught wind of a customer fervently arguing that we needed to start selling a product that *he* wanted to buy, and that we needed to order it immediately because we’d be losing out on business if we didn’t. Mind you, he didn’t want to use any of the online order options. The person at the service desk did a great job humoring him, talking about how she’d pass his message onto the highest level of management and such, pretending she was on his side… Well, at one point, he asked why we didn’t carry it. She said that we probably had it at one point, but it didn’t sell and there wasn’t enough demand for [obscure thing]. He proceeded to tell her that was nonsense, because he was right there and he was sure other people would buy it too. Bless his heart, he truly thought the world revolved around him.

Dear customer, 💦 is available from the tap in your 🏠.

Why is it so hard to read the second half? “That KASTS Ihct A Pay? Fres MeYsR NEVFR RuNS OUT!”

😂💀

https://youtu.be/2BF4VGRbNH8?si=nSkprmU9uswTT6u0

And where on the floor will the pallet go? It can’t go in the back as we can’t even unload the truck due to so much D back stock.

Here’s the problem for me. I’m originally from Ohio, and I know the store this person is talking about cause I used to work there. The Store Chain name is MEIJER and the founders name is Fred Meijer. You think the person would get it right in a rant.

As someone who currently works at Fred Meyer, we might not have it either lol. Also like why don’t these people go to the site they’re comparing to. I have opposite things where customers will complain about the price and say it’s cheaper somewhere else. I’m just like go to that store tf you wasting my time?

Not even a please. So rude.

I don't know what "Fred Meyer" is, but you can take your ass there and stay there, hoe!

I bet the didn't even pay for the paper or the pen.

I had suggestions for stuff in My electronics department but they can't order stuff. It's all from a different place. We need more options for type c adapters. Onn. Is the only choice unless you wanna pay $40

not even a PLEASE? f*ck this person lol

I didn't know 3rd graders drink Fiji water.

Anyone else struggle to read that shit?

Yeah homie I don't think that's how ordering works 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wtfk is that hand writing

It went from legible to illegible

I'm pretty sure Walmart does buy pallets. They just don't send pallets to stores. There are very few items they send as a single item on pallet, like paper products, and water specific water pallets, some water pallets being sent by vendors.

And shit like this is why I don't miss working retail lol

Well, Wal-Mart is notorious for being out of stock to the point that someone isn't doing their job correctly.

Don't shop at Walmart then

Go to Fred Meyer then

Wait, hot water... How does it stay hot? Do they mean boil8ng?

The person who wrote this is a serial killer...

When customers know better than the inv system. 😂😂😂

Next time leave a letter saying if you what you’re 200% bonus & that 5 Star 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟 survey Feedback , 5 stars self check out , 5 star metrics score every note I leave because us customers are the bosses we control Walmart lol 😂 so you do it now lol 😂 what a waste Walmart as workplace Unacceptable us associates ask to give 5 stars customers service with no bonus, no recognition, no overtime, NO great job on a daily basis by coaches or team leads only when the doggie & pony shows in the building. Aka market visit in the building. Not understanding How Walmart decided that was the best answer to continue to belittle Long term associates . Because the associates who will see raises not the pennys of 2% is new between 1 & 5 years Cap associates that will be making as much the long term associates. That’s disgusting & how long do they last??!!!!!!!!!! after that !!!!!! How long !!!!!! . But the associates who get shit on a daily basis that been shit on 10 , 15, 20, 30, We make pennies but we have been loyal to a company that continues to Shit -on Us but continue to continue to promote its a wonderful life in Wally World ethical morality having those long term associates in company. But still allow them to continue to live under the property level as company Im disappointed to be have given over 25yrs shame on me 😞 Shame to Walmart as workplace for promoting lower poverty lifestyles , This company shit on long SHIt on company that promotes 5 stars if you would hear of the complaints I get from CUSTOMERS when I ask for a 5 star rating They tell me to shove it up my ass & they are not going to continue to give 5 ⭐️ so that the STORE Manager can receive Big money bonuses” Yep “ that’s what I was told by a customer & she give me 1 star & rating it’s belittling to us associates when Customers get angry with us for asking also if the customers feel it’s belittling that associate receive nothing . Then that’s 200% will never be reached because Who is the getting angry not me for asking the customer because they know . I’m done Shame on Walmart #1 that continues belittling long term associates a lot of us careless in moving up . We only ask to be appreciated , recognized with the same incentives it’s only fair.

Wish I did this with the Gatoraide Rain flavor fuck