I think Wal Mart is trying to go out of business
Just came back from WM on this busy shopping night (12/19). When I went to check out @ around 6:30pm the genius store manager decided to close all the registers but 2. 1 was left open for "20 items or less" and many (probably a dozen) were converted to self-check which nobody wants to use. Of all times of the year to pull such a stunt. I don't know if they laid a lot of people off or what but there was only 3 manned cashiers in the whole store and this is one of the big Wal Marts with about 25 registers or so. As it is I have to shop at least 2 different WM's to find what I need. Not all of them carry the same items. For a long time the shelves have been bare of many things and now this battle for check out. It took longer to check out than it did to shop. I have used the self check for one or two items but for a cart full of stuff it is not feasible . You have to go and get an empty cart to transfer everything due to no counter space.
Perhaps these "ghost town" WM's are a result of the minimum wage going up?
Just a short rant and wondering if they are this bad nation wide or just here.