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ugeauxgirl · 08-16-2019, 05:31 PM

Yep, I've seen it. At the library too.

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Oh well, to each their own! It’s not just in Walmart, they come to the schools to pick up their kids this way too.

gerntz · 08-16-2019, 05:56 PM

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I don’t think this person is dressed up to go to Walmart and thus needs to “dress down”. I think they mean going to the store in your house shoes/slippers and pajamas etc—see it often in my Walmart. Being lower class does not mean you can’t present yourself appropriately.

Judgment call on what's appropriate. You ain't got much & time's limited, you go as is. I mean get off from digging holes with dirty torn shirt & pants & that's inappropriate?

Ed B · 08-16-2019, 06:03 PM

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Judgment call on what's appropriate. You ain't got much & time's limited, you go as is. I mean get off from digging holes with dirty torn shirt & pants & that's inappropriate?

I hope no one is critical of someone who stops to get milk on the way home from a hard day digging ditches. In my experience the customer dress-code issue isn't that, it is variations of this.

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volfan · 08-16-2019, 08:12 PM

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I hope no one is critical of someone who stops to get milk on the way home from a hard day digging ditches. In my experience the customer dress-code issue isn't that, it is variations of this.

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Haha, guess I’d rather see pajama pants than this view.

gerntz · 08-16-2019, 08:42 PM

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I hope no one is critical of someone who stops to get milk on the way home from a hard day digging ditches. In my experience the customer dress-code issue isn't that, it is variations of this.

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So she can't afford more clothes. Is there a point?

Squirrel · 08-16-2019, 09:26 PM

BTW, when traveling, we were surprised to find that many Walmarts have a fair selection of RV supplies -- ex: water supply hoses, RV-specific TP, etc.

Ed B · 08-16-2019, 09:38 PM

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So she can't afford more clothes. Is there a point?

Yeah, I don't think finances are why she chose that outfit.

Senator · 08-16-2019, 10:16 PM

I am currently (at my vacation rental) next door to the busiest Walmart in the world. The store on Old Lake Wilson Road, in Kissimmee, FL. Go there at 2 AM, 6 PM, or 10AM, it's long lines to check out, even in the self-checkout. Millions of people there. Everywhere.

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My friend who is a store manager says that stores in more affluent areas are easier to maintain. More affluent customers tend to put items back where they got them when they change their minds, less affluent customers put them on whatever shelf they're next to. Stores in more affluent areas tend to look neater for this (and other reasons)- also you tend to have less theft, broken packages, people eating stuff in the store, trash, that sort of thing.

As a (former) low-income landlord, I can assure you that there is definitely a difference in mentality/attitudes between lower income and non-low income people. I am sure it is reflected in the stores too. It is incredibly difficult to make money as a low income landlord.

It doesn't mean that all low-income have the entitlement mentality, but you can nearly be 100% accurate in saying that people with a entitlement attitude are low income. (Just because all boys have blue eyes, does not mean that all people with blue eyes are boys).