Barbara learns all the rules of a Wal-Mart associate and the history of Wal-Mart. She decides to call Menards to ask what time she is supposed to come and finds out it is an eleven hour shift and the man says he doesn’t think she will make $10/hr. She says she will send her knife, vest, and tape-measure back and doesn’t want the job. She moves to Clearview Inn where the rate is $245/week. These rooms stink of mold, fresh paint, and mouse droppings. After a few days here, she comes home from work (at Wal-Mart) to the owner telling her the sewage backed up and she moves to a different room. She works in the ladies wear at Wal-Mart and seems to like it, but doesn’t like the person she is becoming. Barbara empties carts and puts things away constantly, ordering things by style, color, and size. She finds herself getting distressed when someone is in her area. She begins to feel that this area is hers to rule over and control. Ehrenreich finds that Wal-Mart, as well as Menards, refers to their customers as “guests.” At the very end of this section she was planning to move to Hopkins Park Plaza, but her room was either taken or not ready until the following week.
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