What a horrible experience! I know Walmart is not known for their customer service, but this is the worst, beyond bad, among the worst..... you're setting up many customers for a horrible experience and a complete waste of their time. When you close at 11 PM and allow entry into the store up 11 PM, there were no announcements that the store was closing. I thought I was in good shape when walking up to the registers and looked in my watch to notice that it was solve at 11:04 PM (again there were no announcements, I just happen to look at my watch). There was a group of about 10 employees just standing around. Not only did they refuse to help me, they were extremely rude and nasty. It certainly felt like they enjoyed being unhelpful, wasting my time, and even embarrassing me in front of a group of their coworkers. It was dehumanizing. Something I've never dealt with before at store. They refuse to even hold the items until tomorrow morning..... if you're gonna close at 11 PM, you should keep your registers open at least until 11:15 PM .... Or otherwise, If you're gonna shut down the registers at 11 PM to stop allowing entry at at 10:45 PM.
What do you tell customers to walk in at 10:59? Perhaps you say, " hope you have your running shoes on, you have 30 seconds to get to the registers". I'm sure no one says that, it would be too courteous for Walmart. This is the first time I've ever written a negative review. I usually use my time to promote positive experiences. I know I'm not an unreasonable person. Walmart seems to have lost touch with what's important.
Since they couldn't hold my merchandise and I have to do my shopping all over again, I might as well go to a competitor. A retailer that actually cares about their customers and doesn't find joy in the horribly unreasonable treatment of others. Why would any retailer keep their doors open until 11 PM and then shut down the register exactly at 11 PM. I understand you don't want customers there all night, but why not give them 10 or 15 minutes to get what they need and get to register. It was your employees that allow entry until 11pm, but not give them five minutes to get what they need and make it to a register (to add insult to injury conclude the experience with being rude, unhelpful, and unapologetic). The worst experience I've ever had in a store. You should close your store at 10:30 PM, if you allow such nasty treatment to your customers if they check out at 11:01 PM. We're at #MIN and making an announcement so your customers have a fighting chance.
I spend more money at Walmart than I like to admit. Normally shop during the day, however, this experience, shopping at their closing time, has made me question if I'll ever return. read more