Personal Narrative: Walmart

Dispatch advised me that Walmart loss prevention was currently observing a male subject attempting to pry open a necklace while in the jewelry department of the store. Loss prevention described the subject as a white male, wearing a green tee-shirt, and black baseball cap.

When I was working at Target there were two mangers that I was to train and help if they needed it. The conflict was that they come in and changed everything in our stations. Which was uncomfortable due to that I had more experience and was working there longer. Nothing work well within the ream after that point.

I can see the punch coming, it lumbers closer and closer to me just like a basketball when it is passed to you. Only I had to dodge this punch, which was still coming. The punch itself had several unique aspects, except for its slowness, - it was coming from my best friend-David- and he was ‘trying’ to get us on the same page. Looking back, it was the punch itself which lead to so many things changing between us; however, in the present moment it spurred my other best friend to try to come between the punch and me. Maybe he was making fun because he moved as slowly as he possibly could and the punch was still coming my way. Whereas Paulina sitting on the other side didn’t even bother looking at the commotion going in this side of the room. This made me wonder how did it

Once upon a time, I went Black Friday shopping. I know right scary. It all started because I needed to get the best present for my best friend but i needed it before she moved. So i knew there was gonna be all these great deals and begged my mom to take me shopping all week. Finally she agreed to take me to walmart. We had to camp out in front of the store for a couple hours but we got there early. When we finally got to go inside the smell of packing tape and christmas filled the air. I took off in a sprint across the store because everyone was rushing to get to all the great electronics that were available. I knew her favorite movie was the polar express so i wanted to get that movie with all her other presents. Don't tell anyone but some

Oh Walmart, how I love thee. Every fourth of the month, all six teachers of mine decide to assign a major project worth twenty percent of our grades. Being in high school, all I want to do is save my money. Thus, I go to the cheapest, yet the most reliable, department store there is. Walmart. I love walking through the grand doors of Walmart, and being greeted by the fresh scent of expired candy. As soon as I am inside, I make my way towards the easy to find office aisle. While attempting to search for the extremely short list of forty plus supplies that I need, I figure that it’s time to ask an associate for help. Just as I turn to ask, I notice a full moon. Of course not because it is night, but because the mother ahead of me decided to change her daughter’s diaper in between the

If I won a shopping spree for Best Buy, then I would buy a computer, chair, phone, fridge, and a laptop.

One day, I was getting ravenous. But I wanted something sweet. So I thought, maybe I could ask my mom to go to the store and buy me some candy. So I put ‘candy’ on the grocery list , and my mom goes to the store every Friday. So when Friday came, i came home from school and THERE WAS CANDY ON THE COUNTER! Bags and bags and bags! I want to dive right in! But, i wasn't allowed. My mom said,“You have to wait til the memorial day parade.”

Well if you say so I get started. It all began in a time where you could walk down a street and get exhausted by only doing five minutes of walking; yes I'm talking about a few weeks ago. I was going to a place where all the scum of humanity goes to shop, Walmart. It was father and I who he mention I say that he is the most handsome person in the family, but anyway we just entered the abyss known as Walmart. I was tasked with acquiring the cart. As I caught up to him I accidentally hit him with it and he believes I purposely did it. After we got passed that I got angry about how he blamed me for an accident. So as we entered the dog toy aisle I began my plan by grabbing the pig squeaker toy and letting it rip. So throughout the store I continued

Eyes toward the entrance, I walk quickly, attempting to conceal my joy while also trying to get inside as soon as possible. Sliding away, the electronic doors automatically greet me in. The fresh air conditioning blows my hair a little, and the security camera computer screen identifies my familiar face and welcomes me in.

Shopping in Walmart can be confusing. Signs every where!People scrambling around. You can get lost and also trip over cans and clothes that are on the floor. Hands reaching and carts moving. Well we were in Walmart it was very crowded at that time! Flash! Where did my mom go? Walking about to cry my eyeballs out all I see was black! Next, thing I was on the ground and passed out! Next thing I knew I was in the hospital! I didn't know what happened. My mom was sitting right next me!

Practice makes perfect. We came into this project knowing we can improve from our first presentation. We knew what areas we had to focus on this time around. We became more comfortable around each other, allowing us to be more expressive without fearing judgment from each other, at least in my point of view. At first, we were a little upset, since we did not want to do a presentation on Walmart. Walmart had a negative connotation to them based on their business practices towards their employees, which pushes me away from their company. Instead, we were hoping to base our project on a sustainable company we, as college students, are closer to, such as New Belgium Brewing. It’s funny, but I believe that somewhat make us more close and unified to one another, being able to rally around a common source of frustration. But in the end, we were good.

Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) were introduced in 1980 with the purpose of saving energy. They initially were very expensive and consumers were aware of many flaws that made them hesitant to purchase the bulbs and bring them into their homes. The positive effects of switching from alternative bulbs to CFLs were overshadowed by media attention highlighting the issues that remained unresolved. Wal-Mart pushed promotional programs in 2007 that were very successful. They introduced a private label at a lower price, offered online ordering, posititioned the products well, installed interactive displays and engaged with new partners to promote energy efficiency. In 2009 the CFLs were redesigned and

“It may sound like a waste of time, but it unites our Wal-Mart branch as a family!” Bob preaches.

A. Wal-Mart realized through third party studies and internal research that the Chinese customer were significantly more cost-sensitive than those in other countries and that there existed a strong, established culture of frequently shopping around to find the absolute lowest prices. Through these studies, Wal-Mart also realized that customer satisfaction level greatly influenced customer loyalty in China. The greatest determinant of this satisfaction was made up of perceived value. The perceived value is composed of three sub factors: (1) Product price, (2) Relative price and (3) Promotion. The other factors for customer satisfaction in descending order of its importance are Image,

Wal-Mart is a company which operates in the service sector, more specifically in the “Discount, Variety Stores/Retail” industry. The company’s superior performance is demonstrated through the fact that it was America’s largest company (in terms of revenue) in 2002, and the reputation of the company is reflected in the opinion of “Fortune” who have identified Wal-Mart as one of the world’s most admired companies. In 2004 Wal-Mart had been hiring 1.4 million employees – making it the largest corporation in the world. Wal-Mart’s share prices have also been stable at time of stock market volatility. There are