Kia Sister 1- DUCK
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I think the extra stands are so that they will have a balanced affect. A store would just look silly with two check stands I mean come on.
Besides I heard it was fung Shuei to have 31 check stands. |
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Furious Blue
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I'd rather pull my toenails off one by one with needlenose pliers than go into a Wal Mart. |
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Captain Galactic
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I wondered about that myself. seemed like a wasted amount of money and space. |
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girlnextdoor409
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my thoughts exactly!!!! I try to stay away from that store if I'm at all irritable. |
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Brandon's been a dirty Hore
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It's supposed to look impressive to shoppers. Like how those old civilian model Humvees had machine gun turrets on em or whatever.
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writersblock73
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You don't have to pay wages to a checkout stand. |
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Magley64...AM
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its for ticking you off.... |
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bmwdriver11
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Because it would look funny to have 31 cashiers and only 2 checkout stands. Its gotta be one or the other, lets be reasonable now! LOL |
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countryguyhfc
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Go to a Walmart the day after Thanksgiving, you will see why. |
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Jim's Room@ Morrison Hotel
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Because if you're smart enough to count change back, you are smart enough to not work there. |
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Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe
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It's part of their "fit at work" program.
On breaks, cashiers are allowed to run on the other checkout belts, like a treadmill. |
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Watch it bub!
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I've never seen a Walmart before. I live in the city. |
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Mauki90
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lmao |
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Vishal
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It looks nicer. |
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Rick
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When the store was built, that's the number they estimated would be needed to handle their busiest shopping times. |
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Tim F
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It's a funny question, but it also has a serious side. Here's the serious information.
There are two cashiers and 29 empty checkout stands whenever Walmart predicts that the last person waiting in line will have to wait a maximum of so-many-seconds (before the customer gets very angry and/or goes away). Walmart is always trying to balance having the fewest cashiers (thus keeping its costs as low as possible) while at the same time keeping its customers as reasonably happy as possible about waiting in line.
"Queuing Theory" (also spelled "Queuing Theory") is a serious branch of statistics (mathematics) that deals with waiting lines. The theory can predict the percentage of time that a certain number of persons will be waiting in line for a cashier (or bank teller or whatever).
Note to Americans: a "waiting line" is for the British "a queue". And yes, there's a Wiki article on "Queueing Theory" that is reasonably clear and accurate.
When Walmart designs a new store, they use Queueing Theory to help them decide how many checkout stands to have in each store. When a Walmart manager decides schedules for cashiers, the manager uses Queuing Theory to predict how many cashiers are needed for each shift.
There is a lot more information in the cites below.
Hope this helps. |
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odiedomino3
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I wonder that every time I go into our Walmart. They will only have 3 or 4 checkouts open and yet there will be people 5-6 deep in each line. Do they open any more registers???? NNNOOOOOOOO!!! Even around the holidays (Christmas) when it is extremely busy, they only have a few registers open. It makes for a very frustrating shopping experience and I have pushed my cart with my items to the side and just walked out a few times because I shouldnt have to wait so long to check out. |
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stephenweinstein
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The number of cashiers varies by time of day, time of year, and day of the week. At peak times (such as the last Saturday before Christmas), they will have more cashiers. At 3:00 A.M., although some Wal-Marts are open, they will have fewer cashiers than during the day. |
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