10 weird things I saw at WALMART | Visiting the USA as a European
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- WALMART! The products, the shopping, the people! In this video, I'm taking you on a whirlwind tour of Walmart, and let me tell you, it's unlike anything I've ever seen back home in Europe! 😲 PLUS I'll be giving you my list of 10 Weird things I noticed in Walmart since my first visit to the USA. A 2 for 1 if you will.
From quirky product finds to unique shopping experiences, I'm diving headfirst into the fascinating world of Walmart. You won't believe some of the unusual things I came across during my visit to this American retail giant. 🛒
So, whether you're a fellow traveler, an international explorer, or just a curious soul, join me on this adventure through the aisles of Walmart as I share 10 truly weird and intriguing discoveries. It's a shopping trip like no other! 🌍🇺🇸
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How could you get Lucky Charms without singing "they're magically delicious!" in an Irish accent....oh, right...
😂 I’m so sorry! They are!!
Yeah, Europe was ahead of the curve when it came to limiting and restricting certain types of ads to children.
@@collectingonthecheap56353
Why would that be illegal in Europe? If they sell lucky charms there, I'm sure there are ads about it. One major difference is that TV started out a government service in most European countries, and commercial stations came later. Whereas here, it was commercial stations first.
I would imagine that, like with PBS, there isn't much advertising on the BBC. 🙂
@@DianeJennings They may be 'magically delicious', but they (and 90% of General Mills cereals) contain trisodium phosphate (TSP)-- a manmade chemical that is not only a paint thinner, but used to clean stubborn oil stains out of **concrete**!! 😳
@neutrino78x not necessarily illegal, but they just chose not to have their kids be influenced by advertising mascots as much as in the US.
Diane: "10 weird things I saw at Walmart"
Me: "I swear my family was no where near Walmart that day"🙃😜🤪
😂😂😂
The "people of walmart" videos say differently....
What you find in Walmart veggie and fruit wise is never "Fresh" yeah they look fresh and are fine to eat but truely if you want fresh fruits and veggies you get them in local farmer markets, or on the farms themselves or if you are inclined you can also easily grow them. There may be more side of the road fresh veggie and fruits where I am in the South Eastern section but the difference from the store bought is night and day.
That sounds like something I would say!😂🤣👍
@@DianeJennings: You saw 10 weird things in Wal Mart. . .how long were you in there, 5 seconds?😁😁
Sometimes, shopping at Walmart is like having a nightmare on purpose. We go anyway.
Diane went to Walmart, where everything is gigantic
But she knew what to expect, so she didn’t panic
She didn’t buy any fruit and nothing organic
But she got some cool earrings to bring back across the Atlantic
I guess you forgot to wear the earrings for the talking part
Or maybe you didn’t actually buy them, a change of heart?
They’re in my jewelry box!!
@@DianeJennings Noice, I'll keep an eye out for them in future videos
Wouldn't be a proper Friday without a dose of Razzberry! Splendid, as always 😃
@@DianeJennings Now I'm wondering if the "jewelry" rather than "jewellery" is because that's an acceptable spelling in Ireland or if you just spelled it that way for the benefit of us Americans.
as a Canadian I feel cheat, your video was an eye opener as the Walmart's in Canada don't have selection that they in the Us. I hope you have and Chewie have a good weekend
Crocks are earthenware vessels, frequently use to store butter. Slow cookers are often called "crock pots."
Walmart gets a lot of flak, usually from snobs who buy $15 coffee at Starbuck's. I shop at the local Kroger, as it's literally down the street. When I still had a car there's a Walmart and a Meijer's only a few miles away. My favorite was Biggs before they closed down.
I guess you could say that it's a little confusing that there are Crocs shoes in the 21st century too.
Ignorant old people have no original thoughts. Starbucks is never fifteen dollars, and snobs are above Starbucks. Just live your own life and stop trying to judge other who you know nothing about. There are plenty of worker’s rights, cleanliness, and other issues that keep people from Walmart 😂
Diane finally fully digested the mountain of Lucky Charms from the 8lbs of cereal video, time to refill 😂
Oh no!
@@DianeJennings Lucky Charms and Cinnamon Toast Crunch have been lending their flavor to a bunch of stuff in recent years - granola bars, oatmeal, pancake mix...you could have an entire meal plan with Lucky Charms
@@ctmdarkonestm I was at the Dollat General yesterday and noticed a Cinnamon Toast Crunch spice in the spice section.
What I appreciated about this video is, I was able to write up my shopping list as I saw you cruise past everything I need. Thank you Diane. You are actually more helpful then you’ll ever know. 😮❤
Glad it was helpful! 😂
@@DianeJenningsthat's a "super walmart"(groceries). Power waffles aren't bad, try Gain on your next laundry experience-it smells really good. Sorry, you couldn't even drive the toy car, right?
I don't eat poptarts, but yes, they bring back flavors bc people go over the top crazy when their favorites disappear
Love how you're singing the "Sandman" tune.
Depending on the disability, businesses can get tax bonuses for hiring the disable. Bigger houses + bigger refrigerators = longer conveyor belts. I have recently started eating lots of cereal again. 😁 Between Walmart and HomeDepot, you may never need to shop any where else ever. Yes! Target video.
Oh I seeeee 😊
Yes. Americans eat a lot! We love our comfort food!
I'm a Walmart mom! My daughter has been working at a smaller Walmart "neighborhood market" for about six months now and she loves her job. The smaller market stores are just regular grocery shops without the clothes/homewares/etc. that you see in the big store. They do have a lot of workers with "special accommodations" as they put it. At least a dozen of her co-workers are autistic and there are a quite a few elderly workers. They treat her well as an autistic employee but they also recognize that autistic people can have razor sharp focus and it does help that the government gives them money to "train" people who need accommodations. They only go so far though. If you can't keep up they'll find a reason to fire let you go or cut your hours so much you quit. My daughter likes the work but honestly from my perspective workers are treated like crap by the company. One of her co-workers who has been there for years was just fired a few weeks ago because she took too long for bereavement when her dad died and she had to travel to see him. How can you fire someone for that? A company that's so big they forget their workers are humans. I have seen a lot of stories like this about Walmart but when my daughter started working there it really hit home how terribly they're treated both by the company and many of the customers who think every Walmart worker is their personal shopper.
Yes anyone can use the "mobility carts". It's against the law to even ask customers if they're disabled. So yeah a lot of times you'll see teens testing them out. They do have plenty though so if someone usually needs one they're available. Since they go so slow most people who could walk would decide it's not worth the effort. You can just lean on your trolley I MEAN CART! :)
They will never, ever accept Apple Pay because they have their own program, Walmart Pay. You use it just like Apple Pay but you go through the Walmart app. Also a lot of merchants in the US refuse to allow Apple Pay. Maybe they charge companies more for their service. I have no idea but I know it's rare to find a retail or grocery store that accepts it.
Thanks for the video Diane! We have Walmart's in Canada as well, but although they are ginormous, they tend to be much smaller than ones found in the US. Product sizes look to be much larger in the US Walmart's as well! As an aside, we had Target locations in Canada for about 15 minutes (a very slight exaggeration) until they fled back to the US a few years ago.
😂 omg they did!?
@@DianeJennings Yes. A lot of US retailers think the Canadian market is the same as the US. It isn’t, so companies that don’t do the proper research often fail. (Isn’t it about 3am your time now?)
I worked at Walmart as a manager. There is a manager for every department. I was the bakery manager. We are responsible for how the aisle looks and the products on the shelf and responsible for making sure the items are ordered. We have employees in each department that help us. Plus we have the 6ft rule, acknowledge the customer when you are with 6ft of them. Also, the bigger packaging are for local restaurants and food trucks and not only for families and preppers.
So cool
I think a lot of people at mine forget the 6 ft rule and it's not enforced 😅. Cell phones....
Kohl's had the "Grin & Greet within 8 feet" policy... guess Walmart wants to be within the bubble. ;)
@@LindaC616 I worked at my local Wal-Mart a couple years ago, and it had the 10' rule. It was enforced as it affected the store rating which affected bonuses.
@CaptainFrost32 That's awesome mexicalism point. I'm just going on the fact that every time I go to Walmart where I live, I see a ton of younger employees playing on their cell phones, and not even aware that there are people around them.
Most Walmart stores don't charge for bags or carts. They are just slow at changing their pay systems, but most do have ATMs that allow you to get cash.
They'll never allow Apple Pay because it's a competitor to their service, Walmart Pay. You can pay through the app just like you can with Apple Pay.
California law requires them to charge for each bag.🙄
@@dking1836does the money paid go to the California government? A tax scheme rather than environmental protection.
The bag stuff is state law, albeit increasingly common. No store would do it without a legal requirement.
@@dking1836 Awful law.
I remember seeing several weird things walking through Walmart after midnight when they still were open 24/7. Not so anymore after c-19.
Booooo 😂
Getting groceries at 2am was the best shopping experience ever. Just you and the stockers. No idiots amd their kids running around.
I worked at Walmart for 5 years. You don’t need to wait til midnight . 8pm is when all the creeps and weirdos show up
@@dobermanownerforlife3902in WI, it was Eoodman's. Actually miss that store, even though one hot, horrible summer, I worked there
@@dobermanownerforlife3902 I was an overnight cashier and we still had idiots. They took multiple mobility scooters for joyrides and jousts, often wearing the oversized unicorn masks from the bins in the toy section. Those masks were worn by multiple people and never cleaned. If you buy one, hit it with the disinfectant spray before putting it over your head.
You paying on the names of stuff is so much more wholesome than me. I used to work at a supermarket and the Pepsi vendor and I would challenge each other to see who could do the raunchiest innuendo possible. "I've been thinking I need a12 pack of Dr. Pecker" "I'd put 7up you" that kind of stuff. You're far more wholesome.
Hi Diane! I used to work for walmart, very near its global headquarters in northern Arkansas, many years ago when these big super centers were just becoming "a thing". Boy do I have some stories... These stores did not always have a grocery section. Nowadays, I buy most of my groceries there. Those ginormous cans are for use in cafeterias, big family parties, etc. Even small restaurants will buy stuff from walmart in those huge cans and jars. And yeah, keeping them in your "end of the world bunker" works too, ha ha. 🙂 Thank you for the video, and give Chewie a treat for me!
Yep, Aldi does the coin access for carts. Sometimes, they end up having homeless people hanging out in the parking lots, trying to get carts from people, or say they will return the cart for you. They aren't doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. They do this to get the $0.25 for themselves. Some have gotten aggressive getting carts from shoppers. 😢
So you fight someone over giving them a quarter to return your cart? I return the cart and leave the quarter for the next person. I give the cart to people in the parking when they are headed into the store. It's a quarter, not $100
I'm from Montreal in Canada and a store called Maxi tried the coin trolley/cart thing but people complained that they didn't have a 25 cent coin so then they tried giving free tokens that you could use instead of a coin but people kept loosing /not bringing them and asking for a new one every time so the store finally gave up on the whole thing after a year.
P.S. Walmart in Canada takes Apple Pay.
Weird. I left BC 20 years ago, and it'd been standard practice at pretty much every grocery store for over a decade (maybe close to 2 decades) before that.
same years ago in the U.S.
Funny thing about those big cereal boxes. They started getting bigger several years ago, to the point where some no longer fit in the shelves where I usually keep my cereal. But I noticed as they began to change to them, I had some cereals of the same brands with the same content weight on my shelves as the content weight as the bigger boxes that wouldn't fit on the shelves! I also noticed that some of the boxes with the same amount of cereal had become wider and taller, but much thinner, which of course made them look much bigger on the shelves.
I eat a bowl of Corn Flakes every morning. And not, like, a ginormous bowl, just a regular one, I think? Anyway, one "Family" box lasts about a week for single person me, which seems wrong. On day 8 there's usually some cereal left but it's mostly "cereal dust".
Assuming that the grocery store didn't need to adjust their shelves, they are easily able to cram more cereal boxes on the shelves.
Keep in mind that the US is the size of a continent and a lot of people live in the middle of nowhere where the nearest store could be like 30-1 hour away, so it’s convenient for Walmart to sell products in bulk for people who live in the countryside/in states that are less populated.
I would love to see a Target walk through. I live in middle Tennessee and I have 5 super Walmart stores and 3 Walmart Neighborhood Markets (Mostly Grocery Stores) within 20 minutes of my house. I have no idea why they're so weird about their checkout systems. It's like they're about a decade behind on stuff. I'm really annoyed by the receipt checking as well. I only shop there when I know I can't get what I need elsewhere... which is pretty rare. I think I go to Walmart about once every other month.
If you're old enough, you call them "buggies." As for checking receipts, it probably depends on where you go to the store. Here in Tennessee, they only ask you if you are leaving the store with your stuff unbagged. As for the motorized carts, it's more or less on the honor system. And, if you want to see FANTASTIC Walmarts, visit a Walmart in Mexico. They are MUCH better than any Walmart I've seen in the US.
You have to explain how in the world Walmarts in Mexico are better than the US. I have never been to a Mexican Walmart but I statement like that definitely deserves more information!🤔
@@robtheroadie2240 First of all, they carry EVERYTHING! You can buy motorcycles, washers and dryers, stoves -- all sorts of things you can't get in US Walmarts. You can even get the kitchen sink.
Then they have HUGE bakeries. And we're not just talking about a couple of types of bread and a cake or two. They have lots of different types of bread they bake on-site. For the sweets, they have everything from extremely fancy cakes to regular pastries.
Then you go to the produce department. The selection is amazing. And they have so many varieties of food that we just don't have. Even their yogurt aisle (and it is a whole aisle) is amazing.
On top of that, the prices are (or were) much lower than in the US. People from Mexico must sneer at American Walmarts when they come here.
@@CCoburn3 I wonder if that's because as much as Walmart has cornered the market on mom-and-pop shops in America I can only imagine how much easier it would be to Corner the market in Mexico. For example motorcycle shops washing machine dishwasher shops Etc. I don't really get sticker shock when I travel other places anymore because I understand that their whole economy is completely different than what ours is. That being said I'm always surprized at how cheap orange juice is in Florida. Oh wait that's cuz they grow oranges there!!😀
Buggies isn't so much of an age thing as it's a southern thing. Where I'm at in the south, the younger generation that were born and raised here still call them buggies. Transplants like me will either learn to call them buggies or still call them shopping carts.
@@gwguxYes, I was going to say that. It was always "cart" in the midwest. Here on the east coast, I hear "carriage" , although younger people might be saying cart my_ore because of the influence of the internet.
Diane NEEDS Lucky Charms. But of course she does. LOL She needs to see a Mr. Whipple commercial so she can pronounce what she's not supposed to squeeze.
My daughter works at Costco. They check every receipt. They count the items to see if they match the Number of items in the cart. Since your cart goes by it's self on the cashier side and they take the items out, my daughter says that it is for the protection of the customer to make sure the cashier got it right and not about shoplifting. Note; you have to go through the cash registers to get to the out door which is separated from the where the merchandise is.
Please, it's not for your protection, it's to discourage theft.
And at any store you can ignore the request for a receipt. They can only ask.
@@Eire-xq9jz True, except for stores that require a membership, like Costco.
They check every receipt at Costco in part because it is in the membership agreement. Stores like Walmart CANNOT require you to show your receipt. If they force the issue, they can be sued as it is false arrest, or illegal detainment. The only time they can legally stop a person is outside the store and they have to have proof that something was stolen. They can't just suspect it, they have to have absolute proof. The law is clear on this.
I'm not sure where you were visiting in the US, but where I live, we don't have to pay for bags. Very interesting!
Chewie wants some treats, toys, and teddys from the Wal-Mart dog aisle.
He does!!
@@DianeJennings Chewies so smart that we need a customized cart for Chewie to walk around with.
I loved the part about how much product is in WalMart. There are a lot more people in the USA.
I just saw Pumpkin Spice Cherios at the grocery today- more cereal choices, just what we need!
Halloween is the next holiday coming up. Plenty of cider. Then eggnog November and December
Omg 😂
Yes unfortunately they've taken away the delicious LEMON flavored Cheerios to replace them for the new season.
@@cs5384 Can peach, watermelon, strawberry, raspberry be far behind for seasonal flavors.
@@paulelliott682 They've already done strawberry and banana. I didn't try that but my daughter said she wasn't a big fan.
...and oh my God, I too **always** get the noisy, rattle-y shopping cart! I feel your pain LOL
Only 10 weird things? Hell, you could probably find 10 weirdos in one aisle. Oddly enough, there isn't a Walmart close to me. There is a Sam's Club, which is a membership store that has even bigger containers of products. They are part of the Walmart empire.
They ask to see your receipt because of the shoplifters. That has become a very big problem.
Food deserts for fresh foods are generally in the inner cities.
😂😂😂
Here in Canada, only Costco has someone checking your recept. It seems that the grocery stores in my area just rely on the security and loss prevention staff to monitor suspicious activity.
They have no legal basis to ask to see the receipt. Only at a membership club can they do that as you agree to it in the membership agreement. A store like Walmart is just asking to be sued by doing it.
I wish Diane would be an actor! She would look and be great on the big screen. Love her voice and personality! It's not to late, the "Irish" are great at everything!
Check her bio; she has been an actor, and a singer.
I am glad that you quickly caught it and corrected yourself.
Over here "trolly" is short for trollycar a.k.a. a street car.
You should've gone to a big store like BJ's, Sam's Club or Costco to show the big shopping carts. Walmart shopping carts are what we'd consider the standard size.
Crocks are containers made from stoneware, which were used in household kitchens before refrigeration to hold and preserve foods such as butter, salted meats, and pickled vegetables.
Yea, I admit that Walmart can be a weird place sometimes but it still is a good place to get just about everything you need. Just about everything, not all of the things you need.
I luv it!
@@DianeJenningsGlad that you do. Walmart used to be viewed as the Devil roughly 20 years ago.
I can't help but love this girl. I'm first generation over here on this side of the pond. My family says sooooooo many things that she does. Funny, my first job was Walmart lol. The other companies working inside the store are called vendors. Convenient one stop shopping is their angle. Man I love your reactions. As more of my family leaves for the big sleep, you remind me very much of my family. And I need that a bit because I married a Russian lol!!!
Some of these things must depend on where in the US this was and what time of the day. I've never been asked to show a receipt and although there are often employees around, not that many! The "crock" in that spread refers to large stoneware jars or buckets used in rural areas in the early days to store/preserve food items before refrigerators. They were called "crocks". One grandparent had a butter churn vessel made of that same material that probably came from her parents in the early 1900s.
They're more likely to check receipts in lower income areas. They don't check them in my middle-class suburban town but every one of them in Memphis will block you for that receipt.
You need to come visit a Walmart during Christmas.
We don't just have a "Christmas aisle", like half of Walmart becomes "the Christmas section".
Trees, decorations, wrapping paper, toys, cookies, special ice creams, special candy, special coffee, candles, pillows, blankets, coats, poinsettias, etc etc etc....
@@slayer100141 Fairly sure she's posting these videos AFTER she got home.
I love it when Diane visits the U.S. ❤
Yeah Walmart is the place to get huge things, our regular grocery stores have normal sizes. I love the deals at Walmart but hate going inside one so thankful for pickup and delivery these days
We have both Aldi and Lidl in the US, but American Lidl stores (in my area, at least) don't use coin-locked shopping carts.
Interesting!
Same here in NC, Aldi has the carts with the coins but lidl doesn't.
@@DianeJennings Lidl is currently only in 9 states and DC. We almost got Lidl in Texas,, but, for some reason, the company just sold all the land they had planned to use in 2022.
I've never seen either of those stores. I suspect it's regional (as most other grocery store chains are)
@@LiqdPT oddly if an area has a Aldi it would be near a walmart.
Diane’s super power finding the noisy trolley, among the noisy trolleys 😂😂😂❤
It's my superpower
Hi Diane! I will have to try Lucky Charm Pancakes! That's a new one! Usually, our local Wal-Mart doesn't really check your bag, unless you have a big ticket item like a TV or something. Wal-Mart has a great variety of stuff, including some bougie plant based products. The only exception to the wide choices is if the forecast shows the hint of a snowflake. Then all the bread and milk will immediately disappear. Have a great weekend!
For me it's the local Kroger (only a quarter-mile away). Even a prediction of 2 inches of snow results in milk & bread disappearing.
@@Caseytify Yeah my main Kroger is a little closer than Walmart. There's an even closer Kroger too, bu that's the sketchy Kroger, lol.
Oh that mania hits everywhere😂 have a good one!
@@Caseytify here in the south, a tropical storm or hurricane starts getting close and it's the bread, lunch meat, hot dogs and water that disappear.
Are we there yet? 1200 views in the first half hour. I think we might be there.
congrats, Diane you are doing Great! Hello chewy and all the fur babies watching. Yer such a good boy!
Fingers crossed!
♥@@DianeJennings
I am glad You got to get to shop at a store with a lot of variety. Finally got to get your breakfast cereal fix with some lucky charms and chocolate desserts. The weekend is always the best time to go shopping. Thanks for sharing the journey of walking through the Wal-mart Store. Hope You and Chewie Enjoy the weekend with some good food and treats for Chewie!
Hope you enjoy!
@@DianeJennings Enjoying the weekend went shopping earlier. 🎁
I can't help but laugh when someone with a carriage full of items walks toward the exit and an employee stops them to check their receipt against what's in the cart. They have 30+ items and the employee looks for about 2 seconds and lets them go.
anything of value would still have the security dealio attached.
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The main thing they are looking at is the date and time on the receipt, you would be surprised how many people bring in an old receipt and attempt to get out with a cart full of stuff.
@@kennethlee494 Thanks, I hadn't thought of that.
Oh brother, I laugh when people don't get it. They are not literally comparing items against your receipt, it's just to have a presence for discouraging shoplifting.
I know you haven't been doing much on the second channel but I saw this Balloonfest 86' video and thought of you. Happy Friday, Happy Ireland :)
Some stores have the Shopping carts (trolleys) that you put a coin in, some places don't. Same with tap to pay, some places have it others don't , - in the USA.
Yes do a Target walk through.
America used to have lots of small stores, but then the BIG SUPER stores took over. And most of the small "mom & pop stores" disappeared .
I saw a pay cart only once in my life many years ago, and not even sure where.
Only place I've ever seen where they make you pay for a cart is Aldi, and that company is owned by Germans and are thus predisposed to evil.
@@n.d.m.515Aldi?
You are actually in my Walmart!!! Can’t believe I missed you 🥲
The main reason why things are so big is because people don't like to shop for groceries as much in the US. So we'd rather just buy a big amount of food and shop once every week or every other week then having to go every other day.
Another reason is we just like to eat a lot of food. Lol
😂 fair
Also the history and our network of shipping Goods in America is absolutely fascinating. Most of the time the bigger items will be cheaper per unit of measure. Also the bigger items save on resources such as packaging which is better for the environment and the company moves more product per purchase. The history of American retail especially American grocery retail is very interesting.🤓
@@robtheroadie2240Yes it does!👍😁
Yeah. We can tell. Everybody in the world can tell, how much people in the US love to eat. : )
I usually go to town for groceries and such about twice per month. I live 10 miles away and am retired. Although the US is no longer majority rural, there are still a lot of us out here. So buying larger quantities in fewer trips is normal for us.
There are other reasons for buying in quantity, but that is one of them.
As a university IT professional, that shout out made me feel loved! Many thanks
I worked at a Walmart in Orlando, and it was always the one that was behind the times with any technology. Took forever to get self-checkout, and I thought it was only THAT Mart that didn't have contactless payments, but apparently there are more out there. It was also a 24 hour Walmart for the longest time, but before the pandemic they started closing 1am to 6am because of an epidemic, perhaps a pandemic in and of itself, of shoplifting (during the 3am hour they tended to LOSE money. I very briefly worked overnights and I could see why) and after the bulk of the pandemic they stabilized at closing at 11pm, which I found out the hard way one night... hey, sometimes you break your keyboard and need a new one at midnight!
having seen the world and lived in lot of nations, I wake up every morning so grateful, living in the land of plenty. I rose from a humble background, so am much appreciative,
Diane! You think the sizes are big at Walmart? You should see how big they are at their membership store, Sam's Club. By the way, I couldn't stop laughing when you highlighted the noisy shopping cart you got stuck with! :)
Sam's Club and Costco, for when you buy Hot Pockets by the pallet.
By the pallet? I'm there!@@PaulGuy
I love how this video starts w/ you grabbing a box of Lucky Charms.... hahaha I love your channel - keep up the good work ❤
Walmarts differ from store to store and region to region. Some check receipts regularly, and some don't check receipts at all. Despite a huge variety, people become selective (like me) and generally buy the same products month after month. As for HUGE quantites of certain products, people who own restaurants and people who run small kitchens buy them, because they have to serve many customers. They also come in handy if you want to have a big picnic or barbeque for family and friends. Two shopping carts I avoid are "flat tire" carts that make a clacking sound, and "wobbly" carts that tend to steer in one direction. I also like Twinkies and Pop Tarts and sugary cereal, but I force myself to avoid them and buy fruit instead. I buy them once in a great while as a treat. People who make a steady diet of them are probably the same people who buy those diet products you were talking about so many of them. I mainly shop Walmart to save money. I have seen time and time again that if another major grocery store places an item on sale, that same item in Walmart is still cheaper.
the store I work at (not walmart) has the squeaky carts. There's one that's so, so bad and so high pitched, it sounds like if people could hear dog whistles. it gives me a migraine. I've noticed the people pushing these carts are mainly the elderly. I'm always like, how can you stand that? Maybe they're hard of hearing?
Getting the noisy cart is bad enough but definitely avoid the ones with partially gummed up wheels, making it a real hassle to pull or push around.
I call them the "reject" carts. I hate getting stuck with those! A lot of Walmart have those cobblestone floors in the entrance where you get the carts...I think it's a ploy so you can't tell if you got a bad buggy until you get inside onto the smooth floor! 😅
@@JeffN4POD What?! There are smooth floors at your Walmart? You are lucky.
@@susannahstiles2403 Only once you get inside the main entrance... the cart areas tend to have those annoying tiles with a good half-inch or so of grout between them.. enough that even the newest of carts goes clickity-clack.
Asking to see the receipt is kinda strange. A few people I went to high school with get angry at it and ignore the person and keep walking because they are upset that it is self checkout but then they don't trust you to have bought your items. I'm fine with it but rarely get stopped. The weirdest thing to me is that the new self checkout stand ask if you want a receipt. I normally throw out my receipts when I get home, so I really don't need them, but I don't know what they would do if they spot checked you and then you declined getting it printed. So I always just have it print out out, just in case they do stop me.
Great idea!
Wal-Mart checks receipts when you have unbagged items
@@its_susanne Not always, I normally only go there to buy 24 packs of soda and I can't bag that, but I never get stopped. I've seen people get stopped with a cart full of bags. I find if I make eye contact and give them a smile and a nod, I never get stopped. They probably stop people who are avoiding looking at them or people who look like a risk for stealing things. I'm sure it's not random. Body language and looking friendly goes a long way to not being inspected.
@@wabash9000 interesting...I must need to work on my body language. I always have to show my receipt whenever I have something unbagged, even if its soda. I must have a shifty look 😁👹💰
@@its_susanne depends on the location. more rural walmarts i've never been asked to show a receipt. more densely populated areas it has happened to me. my local walmart being a rural one hasn't ever asked to see a receipt.
Love your description of Walmart. Are you back in the U.S.?
Sam Walton founded both Walmart and Sam's Club. To shop at Sam's Club you are required to purchase yearly a membership which I have. There you really do buy in bulk. Sam Walton used to drive to all of his stores in a beat up pickup truck often dressed if bib overalls and flannel shirt. His way of checking up on everything.
I don't think any stores here have pay carts/trolleys/buggies. But some stores do have an anti-theft thing where if you try to take the cart out of the parking lot, the wheels lock up.
We have one Aldi's. If found their selection sparse & pricey.
@@Caseytify Yeah, the one I went to in California didn't have much.
Crock is a ceramic container used for foods. It's not popular now-a-days but they did use it to churn butter. Hence the name.
The seasonal aisles are very fun to shop on. the best are Christmas, Halloween, Valentines Day, Easter, Summer Time(usually for BBQ and swimming gear), 4th of July.
I would love to see a Target one too. I find it fascinating not only the differences in European stores but also the reactions of a visiting shopper.
Great idea!!
❤@@DianeJennings
I've seen a couple videos of European stores... the "American" end caps/sections are hilarious since nearly nothing on them is normal fare for Americans. For example, who would buy hot dogs in a jar?!?! 😂
Thanks, I never knew. You just gave me a new rabbit hole. 😆 @@JeffN4POD
Target is tricky, because there are different sizes more often than Walmart has them. They even have the CityTarget now, which is like a basic Target that's about the size of two CVS/Walgreens stored. Then they've got SuperTargets as big as the big Walmarts.
Hysterical. Love hearing this perspective Thank you
I think you caught that Walmart on a good day because my local stores pretty much have no employees on the store floor unless they are picking items for a pickup order.
As for the no tap to pay option, that's because Walmart refuses to allow it. They are a large enough company that they force you to use their own crappy payment system in their app if you want to pay with your phone.
I avoid shopping at Walmart except as a last resort because I despise the company. I would rather drive 15 minutes across town and spend more money on groceries just to avoid Walmart.
I literally just watched your Walmart video from a few years ago last night.
What a coincidence.
No way!!
@@DianeJennings My reaction exactly when I saw this video in my notifications.
Wal-Mart is very comical to shop in their store with a lot of weird shenanigans going on.
Diane, food items are non-taxable. That's why the total didn't change.
That's not true everywhere... food is taxed in several states... including here in Tennessee. That took some getting used to. Back in Florida it's generally not if it's "unprepared" food, or food that has to be cooked or reheated.
Thank you for your video. It reminded me of the abundance that we Americans take for granted. When I lived in Arkansas where Walmart is headquartered, I knew a guy who worked on the physical security team for Walmart executives. He traveled with them internationally, guarding them against kidnappers and other threats. (His personal vehicle in the states was a yellow Hummer!) I also knew a young man who worked in Walmart’s internet security division. After college, my daughter interned as a Walmart accountant for 6 months in Bentonville, AR. She was allowed to speak only in vague terms about the security measures where she worked, but suffice it to say that as the world’s largest company today, Walmart is a rich target for the unscrupulous. Checking receipts is but the tip of the iceberg. BTY, I never had that happen to me until our politicians started defunding the police and defending the criminal.
When you pointed at the miracle whip all I could think of was the infamous "coolwhip" scene in family guy 😂 x
Cool whhhhip!
I used to work at a grocery store that had the coin-lock carts - I was already familiar because of having shopped at Aldi, but DAMN if the general public didn’t freak the hell out thinking we were trying to CHARGE them for using a cart… even when I explained the concept! 🙄😐
We ended up keeping plastic tokens of the correct size at the service desk, and hand them out to the Karens to keep so that they’d shut up about “this cart scam” 😂
It's weird to me how some Aldi shoppers can't figure out how to keep one or two quarters in the ashtray or console of each of their vehicles. lol.
It's generally looked down upon if someone uses a motorized cart when they don't actually need it. Those are meant to be reserved for people with disabilities or injuries, the elderly, etc. Not an official rule, but certainly an unwritten one.
Going to my local Walmart , is like taking a trip through Jurassic Park.
That Walmart looks massive. I've never been to one that big.
A Daughter of Éire buying Lucky Charms, now that's funny! 🤣
Great content, keep up the good work.
My Walmart don't have a slot for coins so you can get a cart/trolley. Nor is there an associate/employee in every aisle.
A "crock" actually refers to a cooking pot usually made out of stoneware instead of metal. Years ago, farmers used to churn their own butter and they'd put the whey in huge crocks then used a wooden pole to keep the whey from hardening too quick as they dipped the pole in and out of the crock.
It Aldi that require a quarter.
Tide is the best when it comes to getting clothes clean. Once again good choice 👍🏽
The last Walmart I was in had lots of "help" on the floor but many seemed disturbed by the fact that I interrupted them to ask for help while they were on their phones.
You're so adorable Diane & no offense but your cart looks like a little kid going on a shopping spree:)
We love you though!
ALLLLLLLLLL of the trollies are noisy. My local Kroger not only has ones that sound like galloping horses, but if you have something in your basket you missed scanning, the floor going out magnetizes to hold you until someone comes to help (there are trollies that trip the system on general principle, as well).
Blueberry waffles are so good. Good pickup. Also where the cakes are. Pick up some Strawberry twist Rolls and Swiss Rolls 👍🏽😋
First video of yours i have seen. Love your personality. It would be fun to hang with you. Love people who throw out random puns. 😂
For the motorized carts: yes anyone can take them, but it's expected that you not take one if you don't need one. They are there for the disabled, people with mobility issues, anyone with an injury or that just had surgery, and anyone that might have a hard time walking around a store as big as Walmart.
I only see lazy fat people in em
Fun video. Personally I stay away from walfart. I’d like to see a target walkthrough. Live confidently and peacefully.
joining late here but i like the way she sped by the ice-cream drumsticks!,,
Yeah there are a lot of options in big stories like that however I shop locally before going to a chain store
Absolutely love your videos!👌
Orlando, Florida USA🏝😎
Yes, some people take the handicap carts when they don't need them.
And some people steal them.
I just love your channel; you are so witty I love watching you! I love your accent or whatever you call it!
🥰 thank you
thank you so much Diane@@DianeJennings
The box of lucky charms made me laugh 😅
Wal-Mart ice cream best selection.❤❤
Diane, if you're in the South you can also call the shopping trolley a buggy. I don't think I remember many people calling them carts until the early 2000s.
I've never heard of a shopping cart referred regularly (or ever) as a buggy, and I live in the south. They've always been called carts, even way before 2000. Were you born in the 90s?
@@spankynater4242 Lol, no, I'm an even older model. Born in the 80s. I can remember talking to people who were born in the 1890s and whose parents had lived through the War Between the States. Hell, I'm old enough to catch myself grumbling about "those dang kids don't do things the way we did!"😅
How did you miss the rattle snakes and brown recluse spiders on the pet supplies isle ? They contain all of the essential vitamins and minerals , you know ..
I’ve been working for Walmart now for 16 years. I’ve been to several stores. And I usually work overnight. But the first store I worked at, we actually had an overnight stocker that had no legs! He got around on a skateboard around the store.
Next visit, please, please find a Wegmans. :) Hopefully in Rochester (Pittsford), Buffalo (Transit Rd), Syracuse (DeWitt), or Binghamton (Johnson City)... but any of their stores would be OK as they are also in Boston, DC, Baltimore, Philly, NJ, Raleigh, and NYC... But their large stores in their home markets are better IMHO. :)
Wal-Mart has three classes, discount department stores, grocery stores & hypermarkets (both department store and grocery together in the same store). Safeway is a supermarket. Wal-Mart can have a supermarket as a department.
Would love to see your Target walk through.
Larger conveyor belts more recent since we have to put all our food up there to ring up at the till ourselves. Self serve tills suck. When we were growing up we had a cashier and a bagger at each till. So they did everything for you.
Ahh would love to when you went there! There are 2 Walmart experiences, before 10 pm and after 12 am.
An Irish Lass that has to buy Lucky Charms, truly funny. I'm sure you figured this out but I'll say it anyway. Food in stores have no sales tax unless it is prepared like a sub/club sandwich, things like that. It baffles me how all Europeans are in awe concerning our cereal aisles.
I enjoyed your video. 5/5⭐