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    The last time I was in my WalMart, the fabric section was a disorganized mess, not like months before.

    I'd occasionally run into a sweet lady who seemed engaged and interested in what I was undertaking. Maybe she, like GrammaBabs decided it wasn't fun anymore, too. I haven't seen her, of late, and maybe that's why it looked so very, very bad.

    I had this lovely gentleman cut a couple times for me, always gave me a smidge over, but when he tucked the fabric back into the bolt as he finished, OY VEY!
    What a hot mess!

    I ran out of fabric once (HA! Once?), and sent my daughter to look at a neighboring WalMart. She found the material, but no one was available to cut the fabric after 9pm.

    REALLY?
    This is NOT rocket science....
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    My Walmart Experience-029.jpg This is what I was referring to!
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    Off of original subject, but.....we now have Common Core in schools. Does anyone remember "New Math"? It's only going to get worse.

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    All these reasons are why I buy my fabric online from ETSY.com. I have never had a problem and I've bought tons of fabric from that website.

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    That is terrible. But I know what you mean. I don't buy at walmart for basically this reason and it just seems their fabrics are a bit thinner than the same brand at Joann's..and Joann's has the coupons! But it is bad about people these days... seems if they can't press a button to figure it out..they dont' know what to do! And this is not only at Walmart...check out fast food and you'll most of the time see they can't calculate change unless the machine tells them what to do and even then...it takes them a struggle to count the change out of the drawer.....yet they want $15 an hour?

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    How many stores do you go in that the clerk can't count back your change? If the register didn't tell them how much money to give you back I would hate to think what would happen. It is a very sad.
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    Dear Lightwriter: Even thought I have a Hobby Lobby and a Walmart (which makes me shudder if I think I have to go there) I find that ordering fabric on line is a good option. I do know that it can be more money than if you purchase it at a store, but sometimes you can get a bargain. Have you tried Jo-Ann's on line? I am about 12 miles (24 round trip) from town so even though I don't have the ride you do I can sympathize. How do these clerks get the job in the first place? There must be some standard to be met, maybe not. Sad state of affairs.
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    When I was at a Walmart once in the fabric department, I could not get anyone to come cut fabric for me. Several workers walked past but did nothing. SO, I picked up the phone store intercom system and paged for 'customer assistance needed in fabrics'. Needless to say someone came right away as they did not recognize the voice. The clerk was very surprised to see that I was the one that paged. My kids thought it was hilarious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stitching woman View Post
    How many stores do you go in that the clerk can't count back your change? If the register didn't tell them how much money to give you back I would hate to think what would happen. It is a very sad.
    Stitching woman...most every fast food/store I go to where the clerk is mid 20's (looking) or younger... will literally be searching for which coin...looking back up to what the register says (like they forgot how much they were looking for) then back down and search around and grab coins, then drop them back...and of course NEVER count back the change to the customer. And I count my change and when it is wrong I will tell them and they look at me like I"m the stupid one! Since the automated world does the thinking for you and push buttons have become all it takes to do things... people don't have to think anymore. Schools these days (well, back in my kids days even) they teach you about computer this and that, but dont' bother teaching kids about how to balance a check book or calculate interest rates or things that we do in daily life.

    I'll never for get when my 4 year old grand daughter told me... we were shopping and I didnt' have enough money for something and she said "well, nanny, why don't you just swipe your debit card?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by mommadeb View Post
    When I was at a Walmart once in the fabric department, I could not get anyone to come cut fabric for me. Several workers walked past but did nothing. SO, I picked up the phone store intercom system and paged for 'customer assistance needed in fabrics'. Needless to say someone came right away as they did not recognize the voice. The clerk was very surprised to see that I was the one that paged. My kids thought it was hilarious.
    Mommadeb....GOOD ONE!!!! That is another reason I don't bother with walmart fabric. NEVER anyone there and I would do as you did, but they didn't have a phone there. I had to go to the auto section...no one there and then over to the electronics...and ask and then wait and go back over and ask again. I say good for you!!!

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    " As far as math goes I think that is a lost skill for a lot of younger people.....the computer went down at McDonalds one time and they had to close...because no one knew how to count back the change.....;0(
    bopeep "

    Was at my cousin's yesterday and her 3 and 5 yr. old grandsons had their tablets in their hands the whole time, only time they put them down was when the had to use a fork to eat but that tablet was right next to their plate. These kids can manipulate games etc. so easily but are they learning anything? To read, to do math? How are they going to write as I don't think they can text their way through the first few grades but then again maybe they will.
    Sad state indeed.

    As for someone's grandkid telling her to swipe her debit card, I remember a friend telling her son he couldn't have something because they didn't have the money for it, his reply was, so write a check, you have a whole bunch of them.
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