Originally Posted by PimTac
Originally Posted by chainblu
Originally Posted by JohnnyJohnson
In Western Washington the Auto Centers have mostly closed.
I wouldn't be totally shocked that if in 5 to 10 years, all WM Auto Centers are history. I'm sure some bean counter in Arkansas has already figured out how to put that square footage to better use (read profit). They've lowered the pay of TLE techs to what a teen aged cashier makes, so there is no incentive at all to work in an un-airconditioned shop. Plus, with today's sue-happy customers (Walmart gets sued every 20 minutes, on average) it's probably getting to the point where it's just not worth keeping.
Really? Every twenty minutes? I take it you don't like Walmart?
Liking Walmart has nothing to do with how many times they are sued per hour, day, year, etc. Here is an article from 2005 which is showing one lawsuit about every 30 minutes. I am sure that now, almost 15 years later the lawsuits haven't gone down in number. More stores, more shoppers, more LAWYERS!
Walmart Lawsuits 2005 almost every 30 minutes
Copied from that article. However, if 5000 lawsuits a year were filed, that would only average about every 105 minutes or a little more than every 1 1/2 hour. Again, this is from 2005.
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ndeed, suing Wal-Mart is now a cottage industry, with some 5,000 lawsuits filed against the company each year. After one of Wal-Mart's 1.2 million employees gets to work at 9 A.M., three lawsuits will be filed against the company by the time he or she takes a 10:30 A.M. coffee break. By lunchtime, the count is up to six. By the time the employee heads home at 5 P.M., no fewer than 17 people or groups have brought a complaint in court. The same pattern will repeat itself tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that.