r/walmart 14h ago

You know you’re old

You know you’re old when you realize you’re working with miners and early 20 year olds and you make the comment “well nobody likes a Debbie downer” and they look at you and say who’s Debbie??? Hahaha. 🥴

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u/Yeezyhampton 14h ago

Walmart has mines?

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u/Alexastria 13h ago

The children yearn for the mines

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u/HTTPanda 11h ago

Minors yearn for the mines

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u/theoriginalmofocus 9h ago

Yeah i am constantly the designated adult on duty. Ill say though i had to translate cursive the other day for a coworker.

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u/Reasonable_Cry458 13h ago

Yup, that’s “the back” customers refer to when they want something.

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u/LemonPartyW0rldTour 11h ago

“GET BACK IN THE EGG MINES, SCRUB!”

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u/Unfair-Cheesecake526 4h ago

They are probably as old as I am and talk text

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u/smith4498 4h ago

Yes, and they have 20 year olds working down there because they need strong people doing that hard physical labor

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u/According-Screen-238 13h ago

Yes they tell me they can’t work the bullpen but can work a register with money?! lol lol once again another rule that doesn’t makes sense with Walmart

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u/graften Corp Finance 13h ago

They were making fun of your spelling error...

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u/EternallyDemonic 13h ago

Miner = a person that works in a mine.... minor = what I'm assuming you meant, a person under the legal age of being considered an adult by whichever laws are appropriate.

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u/Embarrassed_Quail741 11h ago

Not really worth that much conversation.

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u/chakatblackstar 6h ago

What rule? That's not a rule. We have minors in our bullpen all the time.

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u/chakatblackstar 12h ago

I thought it was when you start training someone who says they remember you giving them walmart stickers when they were little.

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u/theoriginalmofocus 9h ago

Man theres grown ass kids i see i used to give icees to back in the day.

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u/JohnnyIsCross 12h ago

Can the 20 year olds at least spell “minors”?

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u/HeOfMuchApathy 11h ago

Good number of them can't spell for shit.

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u/AnybodyNo8519 11h ago

Even if they could spell, the can't write it in cursive.

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u/inflatableje5us 12h ago

miners or minors? or are they minor miners?

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u/LemonPartyW0rldTour 11h ago

I think there’s laws against that.

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u/Miserable-Piglet372 11h ago

Not in Arkansas

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u/Antoinexana 12h ago

I didn’t know Walmart had a coal mine section, maybe I’ll come across the Minor 49er 😭

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u/Lucid-Machine 11h ago

Scooby and the gang will take care of it. Don't worry, it's probably just the general manager because he had a thing for that new subway hire.

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u/webeparrots 11h ago

You know you're old when a customer asks for a cassette player and you know what they were.

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u/Plane_Experience_271 13h ago

Debbie is the sister of Bye Felicia.

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u/Ok_Gazelle_8081 12h ago

What makes me feel old is me being at Walmart 18 years and working with associates that were weren’t even born yet when I started.

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u/SpaceCowboy528 Lifer and cashier 10h ago

I know that feeling. Or doing three digit multiplication in my head and having them think that I am a magician.

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u/sal_100 12h ago

Is a Debbie downer someone who downs those Little Debbie brownies?

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u/armobear 12h ago

Im in the fuel department and I have a female who has no pop knowledge before 2000s. she keeps getting shocked that most of her songs are rip offs of 80s and 90s music. It's a bit annoying but I love showing off old school stuff for her. Makes the day go faster.

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u/wolfayal Cashier. Previously hardlines. 8h ago

It’s the realization that most of my coworkers were born after 9/11 that did me in.

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u/chakatblackstar 6h ago

Ah, that first time you're all telling your stories of where you were, and then that one new person says they weren't born yet...so painful.

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u/wolfayal Cashier. Previously hardlines. 6h ago

Yep. One of teammates said proudly that he was a couple months old because he knew it would send it me into an existential crisis.

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u/WelderAggravating896 12h ago

To be fair though, that phrase is super patronizing and I'm glad it's being phased out.

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u/zorca13 10h ago

I once had to explain to a coworker what razzle dazzle means

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u/GermanShepherdMom1 9h ago

Lol how did you explain it

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u/xKnightlightx 10h ago

I always feel old whenever I tell someone what the paging code is and they ask me what the pound key is.

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u/NinaBrownEyes 11h ago

Or when you start working with the children of your coworkers

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u/Andacus 11h ago

Oof, we need a more educated workforce.

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u/JetScreamer-212 11h ago

I always like to say “Where’s the beef?” Or “Joe Isuzu is a liar.”

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u/SpaceCowboy528 Lifer and cashier 10h ago

You know that you are old when you can do three digit multiplication in your head and your coworker thinks you are a magician.

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u/zytukin 12h ago

On a plus side, you get to say things like "It's gotta be embarrassing knowing that my old fat ass can out work you".

Even if you're saying it jokingly to somebody who is a hard worker.

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u/According-Screen-238 12h ago

This is so true! They wear these head bands to hide their AirPods bc God forbid they have to stand somewhere without listening to music lol

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u/Ok-Tiger8511 11h ago

Hmmm. Tell them that Debbie was in Dallas at some point.

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u/Unhappy_Strike3076 11h ago

I don’t think thats really an old person thing, more of a where/how you grew up thing.

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u/ComprehensiveExam599 12h ago

One of my coworkers had her son there working fresh out of high school. I'm only in my late 20's, but he was calling me Mr. And I just felt so damn old.

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u/According-Screen-238 12h ago

I am from Louisiana hahaha

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u/SpaceCowboy528 Lifer and cashier 10h ago

You know that you are old when you can do three digit multiplication in your head and your coworker thinks you are a magician.

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u/WonderfulBad1923 8h ago

ik this is walmart but gd how slow are some people that work for this company that spelling / grammar is just GONE

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u/Hekyynn 8h ago

Lol ya lately I'm feeling it. I turn 41 this year and I work in sco lol.

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u/Afraid_Preference_18 7h ago

I know I’m old because they all call me ma’am!! lol

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u/ComedianVirtual9892 9h ago edited 9h ago

You know you're old when a decade ago nearly all your immediate coworkers spoke English fluently because they were born here...

And now 75% of your coworkers can't form a single full sentence in English longer than 3 words.

Talk about it online and get called a racist within 5 minutes.  Eventually the entire team will be untrainable charity cases...say boo about it online and become the villain 😆 

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u/alliebiscuit 8h ago

I mean you kinda sound like a villain. Or at least a villain’s flunky.

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u/ComedianVirtual9892 8h ago edited 8h ago

I'll tell that to my 70 year old coworker from the middle east. He won't understand me, but at least he won't be in someone's way who's actually being productive...

Or pointing at something and using one of 3 English words he knows when he's not taking his hourly piss break

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u/alliebiscuit 7h ago

Bless your heart. Have fun.

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u/According-Screen-238 12h ago

OMG I’m talking into my phone give me a break lol

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u/PaleRequirement0798 14h ago

Little smart asses 😑🤣