Are you closer to Pittsburgh or Philly? You mentioned PNC so I would assume Pittsburgh. I also live in the area and cannot recall a single place that support chip and pin cards. I'm about an hour from Pittsburgh, so that may be why. Maybe I just don't pay attention though. Now that I think about it Sheetz started to install new credit card readers, so maybe they have them. I didn't realize the card is scanned from the bottom of the reader. I was thinking of the pay pass thing.
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What you probably don't know about Walmart, and the tech inside
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Are you closer to Pittsburgh or Philly? You mentioned PNC so I would assume Pittsburgh. I also live in the area and cannot recall a single place that support chip and pin cards. I'm about an hour from Pittsburgh, so that may be why. Maybe I just don't pay attention though. Now that I think about it Sheetz started to install new credit card readers, so maybe they have them. I didn't realize the card is scanned from the bottom of the reader. I was thinking of the pay pass thing.
Our local Walmart Supercenter is open 24/7, so this might not be the best approach for those stores. Somebody might become suspicious.
OP, do you get any type of employee discount? Also, the walmart I mentioned above has junky registers. There is only a 2 line LCD for the cashier, another for the customer, and a small keyboard with a numpad and a few other buttons.
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OP, just wondering how a cashier would know what OS was running what.
I do agree, it is almost impossible to get fired from WM.
My son worked there, in automotive, for a short while. His first mistake, while moving a customer's truck, he put the trailer hitch through another customer's grill. Then, he didn't tighten the lug nuts, on a wheel, causing the guy to loose a wheel while driving. He quit this job, last week to go back to a previous job . He hated Walmart.
I do agree, it is almost impossible to get fired from WM.
My son worked there, in automotive, for a short while. His first mistake, while moving a customer's truck, he put the trailer hitch through another customer's grill. Then, he didn't tighten the lug nuts, on a wheel, causing the guy to loose a wheel while driving. He quit this job, last week to go back to a previous job . He hated Walmart.
My card got compromised via this Target issue and I had numerous $100+ transactions posted to my bank account.
I was not/am not a happy camper
Simple, reboot the systems when they crash (which we are expected to do to the registers and price scanners) while some are just downright obvious, such as when using a store computer and it popping up during login.
Also I've done my research on 4690 as it does pertain to my other job not at Walmart.
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The 2 line LCD registers are still IBM, just sans monitor. They will be upgraded soon enough.
Lot's of interesting information you got there!
*sigh* Why do some people have to be...never mind, I might get banned for what I want to say.
*sigh* Why do some people have to be...never mind, I might get banned for what I want to say.
It allows floor supervisors to be able to watch and listen over registers and make sure cashiers are scanning all items and not just giving away free stuff to friends.
I'm talking about the price check scanners hehe, not the ones at the register (those are actually really quiet in comparison).
Oh yeah, since we're on the topic - why do walmart registers make clicking sounds when you walk by them? I think both the self checkouts and the regular registers do that. At least, all of the newer ones do. I first noticed that when I was walking around the garden center looking at christmas stuff, and the empty register clicked every time I walked by XD
Oh yeah, since we're on the topic - why do walmart registers make clicking sounds when you walk by them? I think both the self checkouts and the regular registers do that. At least, all of the newer ones do. I first noticed that when I was walking around the garden center looking at christmas stuff, and the empty register clicked every time I walked by XD
You're hearing the EAS deactivators which deactivate the items from setting off the alarms. To the clever bunch who thinks they're able to just pass items over an empty register before walking out, they're not really on unless you're logged in and the item has been rung up.
Hmmm... not in my store, or any other I've been to. LOL. The front end is always busy. There will be like 2 or 3 registers open, with 10 people in each line or more, with all the other registers not open. No matter if I have several items, or just one item, there are never enough Wal-Mart registers open.
Awesome information!
I work for the supermarket Sainsbury's in the UK, as a nightshift manager, we're not 24/7 so I get a fair bit of time to look around, I'm always really interested (for some reason) to know what other stores are like. I know that Sainsbury's are really quite far behind when it comes to handling things like work-schedules and getting colleague assistance, but from the tech computer systems it sounds like we're not too different.
I shop regularly at ASDA UK and having been to America several times and a few Walmarts it's amazing to see the similarities, even some product packaging is identical. I remember reading a few years ago that Walmart was in the process of *thinking* about changing ASDA to ASDA-WALMART, don't know what happened to that though!
I work for the supermarket Sainsbury's in the UK, as a nightshift manager, we're not 24/7 so I get a fair bit of time to look around, I'm always really interested (for some reason) to know what other stores are like. I know that Sainsbury's are really quite far behind when it comes to handling things like work-schedules and getting colleague assistance, but from the tech computer systems it sounds like we're not too different.
I shop regularly at ASDA UK and having been to America several times and a few Walmarts it's amazing to see the similarities, even some product packaging is identical. I remember reading a few years ago that Walmart was in the process of *thinking* about changing ASDA to ASDA-WALMART, don't know what happened to that though!
walmart is called asda in the uk
and its the lowest class of the supermarkets, like
waitrose (middle class) -> sainsburys (working class people with expensive cars/poor people who want to live well) -> tesco (average people) -> asda (single mothers with 8 children)
i hear its of a better standard in america, i don't know if thats an attack on americans or if the supermarket is actually better over there
and its the lowest class of the supermarkets, like
waitrose (middle class) -> sainsburys (working class people with expensive cars/poor people who want to live well) -> tesco (average people) -> asda (single mothers with 8 children)
i hear its of a better standard in america, i don't know if thats an attack on americans or if the supermarket is actually better over there
It looks like that may still be happening as time passes. I know that some ASDA Supercentres were branded as Walmart Supercentres before being called ASDA Supercentres.
The "Supercentre" name came from the US Walmart Supercenters.
Your inventory system at ASDA is the exact same one we use in Walmart Stores in the US, as well as your registers, however, I have yet to see stores outside of the US get the touch screens, but that may come at a later date, as not even all stores in the US have touch screens. However, you guys still are on the same old IBM 4690 as the rest of the Walmart stores around the world.
Tell me, does ASDA still use the same Action Codes on their registers, as noted in my OP? From what I see, Walmart Canada and Mexico does. I also know that the position titles are different at ASDA compared to Walmart however, as the position titles carried over from before Walmart bought out ASDA. For example, instead of Associate, it is Colleague. However, in the system, "Colleagues" are still referred to as Associate, when we look up Associates from around the world from the SMART system.
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Same old Walmart, no matter where you go
. Though Walmarts in China seem to attract higher end people, then again, people in China are lucky if they have money to purchase items at Walmart.Thankfully at my Walmart, we just get average people. I don't see people from PeopleofWalmart at our store, but then again, we are in a higher end neighborhood than other ones.
Very interesting read! I bet this would do good on Reddit and you'd probably get a lot more questions etc. I always wondered how you let someone know you needed to use the restroom.
I must admit since an HEB (grocery store) was built near my home I haven't stepped foot in a Walmart since, nor do I ever intend to again.
I must admit since an HEB (grocery store) was built near my home I haven't stepped foot in a Walmart since, nor do I ever intend to again.
Thanks for the insight!
Reading your post brought back a lot of memories.
I worked for Federated Department Stores for 10 years as an IT everything dude.
Question: Do the POS keyboards still have the S1 and S2 keys?
Reading your post brought back a lot of memories.
I worked for Federated Department Stores for 10 years as an IT everything dude.
Question: Do the POS keyboards still have the S1 and S2 keys?
Interesting to know, Most of Wal Mart is just like any retail store, no differences.
But you seem to have missed one of Wal Marts most innovative weapons in retail. The giant database they have on nearly every customer who has been shopping at Wal Mart since the late 1980s. That's why they are so good at keeping shelves stocked with the Chinese produced goods their customers want.
Might sound pretty typical today, but Wal Mart was very innovative, and they were the first to do it, Wal Mart is VERY good at finding buying habits. And their database is by far the largest. It's pretty interesting.
That being said, I still won't shop at Wal Mart, they don't have any products I want. But it's still pretty cool.
But you seem to have missed one of Wal Marts most innovative weapons in retail. The giant database they have on nearly every customer who has been shopping at Wal Mart since the late 1980s. That's why they are so good at keeping shelves stocked with the Chinese produced goods their customers want.
Might sound pretty typical today, but Wal Mart was very innovative, and they were the first to do it, Wal Mart is VERY good at finding buying habits. And their database is by far the largest. It's pretty interesting.
That being said, I still won't shop at Wal Mart, they don't have any products I want. But it's still pretty cool.
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Thank you for posting this in the forum. It was really interesting and I learned some things from it. How in the world did you get the action codes for 1-91? Anywayz, did you know anything about 18AC and then 95AC and then the csm turns the key. It is suppose to fix the register when it freezes or something. If you learned any new stuff let me know. I am VERY much interested in learning since I am a CSM. Let me know and thanks again for all the info you shared........................................................
Thank you for posting this in the forum. It was really interesting and I learned some things from it. How in the world did you get the action codes for 1-91? Anywayz, did you know anything about 18AC and then 95AC and then the csm turns the key. It is suppose to fix the register when it freezes or something. If you learned any new stuff let me know. I am VERY much interested in learning since I am a CSM. Let me know and thanks again for all the info you shared........................................................
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That was actually pretty interesting and insightful!
Back in about 2007 at the Walmart in my hometown they had several self checkout lanes for about a year then they took em all out all the sudden. We still don't have any and I always wondered why. All other stores have them (Meijer, Kroger, Sam's Club) and have had them for quite some time now. I assumed that there was a large volume of theft because of the amount of stuff people buy in single purchases.
Back in about 2007 at the Walmart in my hometown they had several self checkout lanes for about a year then they took em all out all the sudden. We still don't have any and I always wondered why. All other stores have them (Meijer, Kroger, Sam's Club) and have had them for quite some time now. I assumed that there was a large volume of theft because of the amount of stuff people buy in single purchases.
Because self check lanes slow down the checkout process and make it more easy to steal