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Plants at Wal-Mart
I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to
look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... Angie |
Plants at Wal-Mart
Angela Coffey wrote:
I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... Two years ago, our local K-Mart had the same types of problems. But these mass-marketers live and die by numbers, so as the monthly and quarterly numbers come in, and one particular store stands out as having more losses and fewer sales than comparable stores, someone will have to answer for it. So maybe next year they might have some good, well cared-for pants. Or maybe not. ;) -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. |
Plants at Wal-Mart
Angela Coffey wrote:
I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... Angie Yet another reason not to shop at the Evil Corporate Giants. Go to a local garden center instead. Yeah, I'm preaching, I know. |
Plants at Wal-Mart
ROTFLMAO.
Yeah sure. That will happen when pigs can fly. They pay wages that would even be insulting to a master gardener. It really wouldn't matter who takes care of the plants if those managing the store do not cooperate. You go and call the corporate offices. They couldn't care less. To them, the plants are a just a gimmick they use to attract customers. They simply write off the losses. There should be laws requiring a certain degree of minimal care to those who sell live plants. On the other hand, you can rest assured that Wal-Mart still sells hand guns!!!! Angela Coffey wrote in message ... I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... Angie |
Plants at Wal-Mart
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:53:36 GMT, "Cereoid-XXX"
wrote: ROTFLMAO. Yeah sure. That will happen when pigs can fly. They pay wages that would even be insulting to a master gardener. It really wouldn't matter who takes care of the plants if those managing the store do not cooperate. You go and call the corporate offices. They couldn't care less. To them, the plants are a just a gimmick they use to attract customers. They simply write off the losses. There should be laws requiring a certain degree of minimal care to those who sell live plants. And how about the same thing for those who sell live animals? I don't want to get into the conditions that obtain in so many pet stores! Talk about cruelty!!! Why isn't this more closely supervised? Answer: No money; but billions available to go kill Iraqui children. On the other hand, you can rest assured that Wal-Mart still sells hand guns!!!! They are the target of law enforcement for selling guns to felons. Their excuse: Untrained clerks. Yeah, sure! I just don't buy in Wal-Mart, period. Angela Coffey wrote in message ... I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... Angie -- Polar |
Plants at Wal-Mart
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:11:50 -0400, spampot wrote:
Angela Coffey wrote: I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... Angie Yet another reason not to shop at the Evil Corporate Giants. Go to a local garden center instead. Yeah, I'm preaching, I know. I calls it giving rational advice. I go to local garden centers where I am known, treated with respect, cheerfully offered exchange-refund on request if plants/seeds N.G., and generally feel I am dealing with human beings instead of an "Evil Corporate Giant" (love it!) -- Polar |
Plants at Wal-Mart
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 11:53:14 -0500, "Angela Coffey"
wrote: I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... If you knew what those employees are paid, and how they are exploited (forced overtime, no pay, for example), you might understand how they have no time to care for the poor plants. I think it would be way cool if you showed up with a watering can and pruning shears and went around caring for the plants; watering; dead-heading, etc. Have a camera crew from your local TV station accompany you. -- Polar |
Plants at Wal-Mart
I calls it giving rational advice. I go to local garden centers I'm very lucky in that our landlady apparently did a lot of business at a local nursery and the employees all know her and (more importantly, from my perspective) her yard and are able to help me out with different problem areas that I have had. :) Tracey |
Plants at Wal-Mart
Home Depot has the same results. They sell plants extremely cheap to draw
in customers to buy other things in the store and don't really care that the plants don't fare well. Lowe's Home Improvement was doing the same thing until last summer. They have now contracted with a company that has people water and maintain the plants. What a difference! I actually knew the girl who was maintaining the plants. We had worked for a local garden center together in the past. She knew her plants. The nice part is that Lowe's still offers plants at the same competitive price as Home Depot. I have a flower planting business and sometimes can get plants at Lowe's cheaper than what I can buy from my wholesalers. Again, it's a ploy to get customers to enter their store. So they can afford to lose some money or break even, if it means higher sales inside the store. I don't know if Lowe's is doing this nationally or not. This is in Raleigh, NC. Go ahead and vent to Wal-Mart management and see if you get some results. They don't know until you tell them. Penny Zone 7b - North Carolina "Angela Coffey" wrote in message ... I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... Angie |
Plants at Wal-Mart
Thank goodness many of them were in prisons and torture chambers away from their parents when the bombs fell... On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:49:25 -0700, Polar wrote: And how about the same thing for those who sell live animals? I don't want to get into the conditions that obtain in so many pet stores! Talk about cruelty!!! Why isn't this more closely supervised? Answer: No money; but billions available to go kill Iraqui children. |
Plants at Wal-Mart
Funny, I went to Lowe's Friday - their plants were pathetic - went to Home
Depot and their plant were in great shape (Plano, TX). |
Plants at Wal-Mart
I bought a whole bunch of plants from Walmart last week from the Round Rock
store. They had tons of herbs and I bought a few flats of bluebonnets and some vines here and there. Mind you, I have no idea where they will go. I have covered about every inch of our property and every vertical are with plants. I have seen very poorly run Walmart garden centers in my time. I go into the manager and express my disgust both as a gardener and shareholder. At the same time, when the garden center looks good I go to the manager and give a compliment to the staff. On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 11:53:14 -0500, "Angela Coffey" wrote: I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. Seems to me they should hire some people for that department that know what the hell they're doing:( I'm thinking I may call the corporate offices and complain. Poor plants, didn't have a chance with the people they've got working there now! Maybe I should go work there, LOL! Ok...just wanted to vent... Angie |
Plants at Wal-Mart
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:53:24 -0700, Polar wrote:
If you knew what those employees are paid, and how they are exploited (forced overtime, no pay, for example), you might understand how they have no time to care for the poor plants. No, I don't. Please site how much they are paid and how they work for no pay. I'd be interested in the source for this information. I think it would be way cool if you showed up with a watering can and pruning shears and went around caring for the plants; watering; dead-heading, etc. Have a camera crew from your local TV station accompany you. Don't laugh. Way back when, I got my job at a garden center where I was a customer at first. I'd spend hours walking around the 10 acres cleaning plants, pulling weeds, etc. I did this because I lived in a condo and I really NEEDED to be on some land. One day the owner came over to me and asked if I'd like to work there and that's how I became a commercial grower. Talk about no money...don't get me started. I made money, but barely what I was making doing Weapon Spec work for the government. Back in the early 80's I was making 25 dollars an hour. I left all that to make about 10 dollars an hour, maybe it was even a bit less. |
Plants at Wal-Mart
"John S. DeBoo" wrote in message
... Angela Coffey wrote: I went to my local Wal-Mart Supercenter (in Mount Pleasant, TX) last week to look at some flowers for my gardens. They were the most pitiful looking things I've ever seen! I almost cried! At least 3/4 of their plants (flowers, veggies, EVERYTHING) was either dead or dying. One of the superstores in Albuquerque has some decent looking ones - finally, but only because they built a fairly civil area to store them inside wherew they are protected from the elements. Went by a Lowes 2 weeks ago and they left theirs outside (very cold and in the wind that night) overnight. Pathetic looking little things. -- John S. DeBoo As a bit of defense for Wal-Mart, we have a great person in charge of the garden section at our local super center. I have know him for the past four years and found him dedicated to his job. When I look for him with a question or problem, I most often find him with a water wand in his hand taking care of the newly arrived acquisitions or older plants that need tending. (Most of the stuff moves so rapidly that it doesn't have time to dry out or die.) His biggest complaint is that the management forces him to contend with "bodies" in getting things done. I have purchased a lot of plant material from bulbs to fruit trees from this Wal-Mart and feel I've always received good product and good treatment. I made it a point to write several letters to the management regarding what a great employee he is. BTW, Wal-Mart has been an extremely generous supporter of local beautification projects in the parks and public buildings our area by the local garden clubs. Not all Wal-Marts are community pariahs. John |
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