Walmart Nation

A few days before the Smith's grocery store in Billings Heights was closing, checkers were stunned at the behavior of three Wal-Mart employees.
Smith's closed May 3 and County Market closed in February, apparent victims of the retail gorilla, Wal-Mart. A Smith's employee, who asked not to be named because she is looking for another grocery job, said Wal-Mart male managers walked into the store. She said Smith's employees knew the men because they had been scouting Smith's operation since Wal-Mart opened in the Heights in January 2000.
"When they were going out the door they were high-fiving each other," she said. "They said it really loud, 'Two down and one to go.' "
She said 48 full- and part-time employees had just gotten pink slips, which made the Wal-Mart behavior even more boorish.

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