{"id":12061,"date":"2012-02-04T09:55:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T14:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12061"},"modified":"2012-02-04T09:55:45","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T14:55:45","slug":"the-end-of-an-institution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12061","title":{"rendered":"The End Of An Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Remodeld_walmart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"English: A picture of the inside of a remodele...\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/17\/Remodeld_walmart.jpg\/300px-Remodeld_walmart.jpg\" alt=\"English: A picture of the inside of a remodele...\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the family jokes in our household has always been that when my computer-geek husband finally retires, he wants to be a Wal-Mart greeter. There might be some problems with that in that he is a native New York City person, and I am not sure greeting is the first thing you think of when speaking of native New Yorkers. He is, however, a very friendly person and would do a very good job as a\u00a0Wal-Mart greeter. Alas, his hopes for a second career\u00a0have been dashed.<\/p>\n<p>A website called <a href=\"http:\/\/eureka-wildwood.patch.com\/articles\/say-bye-to-wal-mart-greeters\">Patch.com<\/a>\u00a0is reporting that the Wal-Mart greeters will no longer be at the front of the store greeting you.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>This week, news is spreading throughout business circles about Wal-Mart&#8217;s greeters being phased out. <em>Patch<\/em> spoke Tuesday to a longtime greeter at the <a href=\"http:\/\/eureka-wildwood.patch.com\/listings\/walmart-supercenter-35\">Walmart Supercenter<\/a> in Eureka, who said the good news is that greeters will not lose their jobs. Instead they will be repositioned at other locations inside the store, he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have no idea how that will work, but it is an interesting concept. It is also good to know that the greeters will not be losing their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>I was intrigued by the closing paragraph of the article:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/al-norman\/wal-mart-greeters_b_1243029.html\">An article about this topic in <em>Huffington Post<\/em> on Wednesday<\/a> stated Walton first stumbled onto a greeter at a small Walmart in Louisiana in 1980. The greeter explained to Walton he had a &#8220;dual purpose: to make people feel good about coming in, and to make sure people weren&#8217;t walking back out the entrance with merchandise they hadn&#8217;t paid for.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And all this time we thought they just wanted to be friends!<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right; border-style: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=06ba02c1-0dc8-4c25-8ed0-7f3f65ecd76b\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the family jokes in our household has always been that when my computer-geek husband finally retires, he wants to be a Wal-Mart greeter. 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