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Favorite Comment(s!): Fixer Jon says, “No, no, no, those should be wire coathangers! You can make all sorts of kludges with them, the plastic ones are useless.”
To which Fixer Joan Crawford replied, “NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!”
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I wonder if the ladders are for sale too. Cool fix until they can afford to buy some shelves. Where is this store I need to buy some ladder shelving for my garage
Its actually a common practice when displaying hangers at the end of aisles.
shouldn’t this be on the website http://www.peopleofwalmart.com ???
$1.25 for Coat Hangers?
Prices really are climbing.
I’ve seen this done at the wal*mart in Altoona, PA. Wal*Mart 2049; this used to face the paint area most of the time. Now I need to go check and see if they still have theirs up.
I’ve seen stuff like this in Big Lots but never WalMart
New idea for my wifes closet.
And again with the zip ties. I don’t think men could live with out duct tape and zip ties.
That’s a Walmart store. They really are cutting corners to keep the prices down.
I used to work at a Wal-Mart during my college years and this was the norm. Crazy.
Even MacGyver has to get an extra job in times of recession.
Doesn’t Walmart have OSHA inspections or something? Ladders have to be on a slant! You can’t use a perpendicular ladder! It’s unsafe!
They don’t climb ‘em dumbass.
I think I’ll just climb up there and hang myself.
Did the manager approve this?
$1.25 – thats for the rig, right?
If only those were wire hangers…
Somebody has a hangup with ladders.
Clever. Definitely more McGyver than ghetto.
It would be a real shrine to kludgery if it were made to display duct tape instead of hangers.
The person who created this display probably was fired immediately afterward for being too creative and self-motivated to work for Walmart.
It’s also possible that they really didn’t work at Wal-Mart.
After the the man-hours and supplies used to build that lawsuit, I suspect Wal-Mart isn’t making anything on those hangers.
Never underestimate the virtuosity of zip-ties. They need to be elevated to the same level as duct tape and coat hangers for their near-infinite usability.
“My boss said I could take a 35 minute lunch if I came up with a plan.” “I could be Asst. Manager by Christmas!”
And only at Wal-Mart…
No, no, no, those should be wire coathangers! You can make all sorts of kludges with them, the plastic ones are useless.
NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
Plastic hangers are not useless! I turned one into an over-sized stylus for my over-sized hands. Just shape the tip with a knife and melt it smooth with some fire.
I think those are in the “Family Planning” section.
If you need to pack a small home made cannon, the plastic ones are perfect, no chance of a spark.
Looks like somebody rung up a sale.
that’s definitely not my Wal-Mart… the employees there aren’t smart enough for that concoction.
I used to work at Wal-Mart. I think all the stores do that. It’s an ancient innovation passed down from department manager to department manager since the dawn of time. It’s definitely “approved.”
All you need is one unattended four year old…
As a mother this scares the daylights out of me. I don’t know who I would call, but I’d be on the phone to someone if I saw it. Great kludge, I’m sure, but I know all too well how some mothers are about letting their kids wander. The same reason they tie the swings up in the front of the stores so none of the kids can get on.
What’s the difference between this and the shelves that are spaced almost exactly the same? If the kid is going to climb, the kid is going to climb. Just because this particular ladder actually IS a ladder means nothing to the little goblin.
That is why I’m a proponent of using zip ties and/or duct tape to affix children to baskets when parents don’t supervise them properly (which covers >99% of them).
Really? I used staples and hot glue…
I prefer rivets and cement, but there’s something about having to remove them later when they turn 18. I am disabled and use a service dog, so I get all the wandering children trying to pet my dog. She’s very friendly, but I need her to support me, so having a child trying to *drag my dog down an aisle* can be quite frustrating (it is also illegal). I’m trying to yell for the parent, yelling at the kid to unhand my dog, my dog is trying to plant her feet and stay balanced, and I’m trying to stay balanced myself. It doesn’t happen often, but it has happened. Ruins a shopping day.
Amazingly enough, this is a standard display, at least out here. Most if not all of the Phoenix Metro WalMart’s have this display. It doesn’t look safe, but i’ll say that its more solid than you think… although i’m still wondering how WalMart was able to afford a pass on the laws of physics.
I can’t believe a Walmart employee came up with this rig. Its way too outside-the-box for the box-of-rocks that work there.
The economy sucks for everyone and the EVIL EMPIRE clearly is not immune.
My Walmart in Fruitland MD has this EXACT same rig. Does anybody know if this is from there? this could be a company wide kludge if it isn’t.
Like the sign says: Unbeatable
Teach your kids not to make asses of themselves in stores. This is why we can’t have nice things!
Really, the only thing wrong with this setup is that it keeps two perfectly good ladders from being used as ladders.
Actually… that’s a very common “display” method at Wal-Mart stores out here in the flyover states. Our local WM has had just such a display for more than three years – in the same spot.
Is this even legal?
This is actually a motivationly poster for union employees.Even though you are only good for one thing if you hang around long enough you can climb the company ladder.
“Ace is the place where they… build really bad ideas.
I work at Wal-Mart and I’m enjoying the thought of the aneurysm this was bring upon my management team.
“End cape”? What, is this the kludge’s mild-mannered secret identity?
this is at Wal-Mart, they actually sell shelving 2 isles over from this. the ladder section is all the way across the store…
I saw a Wal-Mart with this set up, only the ladders were extended all the way and the entire thing was also multi zip tied into the ceiling. I’m not sure if they thought that was safer, or what. Wish now I’d thought to get a pic.
I actually had to build one of these years ago when I worked for Evil-Mart. Some brilliant associate must have come up with this at one of their world-famous “Grassroots” meetings. We also used to build “bridges” at Christmastime, which were two by fours placed across the top shelves of aisles with excess merchandise stacked on them. This practice ended after a few “accidents”. “Sell it low, stack it high, watch the downtown merchants cry.” (actual Wal-Mart cheer)
Nice rack!
Hey-I work at a Wal*Mart! I’m gonna use that idea too! That’s the kind of thinking that helps keep the prices low!!!
wal mart sucks and people make your brats mind. never bring more kids to the store than you can control
Looks like I’ve found a way to save some $$ on my wife’s new closet organizer!
That sound you heard was about 150 personal injury and general practice lawyers in that area ruining their pants when they saw this picture.
We did this at our store about 5 years back. Before any associate thought it was a bad idea and took it down, a customer climbed one to get something off the top shelf…the question is….who was the idiot? Our store for building such an unsafe thing when we have fixtures and boxes specifically for hangers…or the customer for climbing it? I’m inclined to think customer but that could just be my retail experience.
The store.
The customers don’t interact with fixtures and equipment. They don’t have the ‘inside’ knowledge of how dangerous it can be. Furthermore, in most countries ladders are designed to be climbed. Providing a ladder that is not meant to be climbed is like providing free sodas that aren’t meant to be drank.
I can sorta imagine the courtroom testimony might go something like this: “My 8-year-old son decided to climb up one of the ladders and the whole display collapsed on top of him, causing irrepairable brain damage . . . “
…I work for a competitor retail store, and I happen to know that anyone caught doing something like this would be in serious trouble in the chain I work at. ^^;; I’m quite certain we have strict rules about where ladders can be without an employee holding them, and what can be used for displays (read: only real displays in working order are permitted).
Knowing how many accidents can come from people using real shelving that is in working order correctly… I’m very worried about how much of a safety issue this is… and it makes me all the more thankful that the store I work at has such strict safety rules to protect the people there.