A Walmart worker experienced sticker shock after walking into the break room.
In a viral video, Chris (@crispychris696) walks into the break room. He shows that all of the snacks have price tags on them. For example, the Great Value white and wheat bread say they cost $1 each. The Great Value creamy and crunchy peanut butter are priced at $3.96 each. The Great Value microwave butter popcorn is listed at $4.82 each.
“Oh my God, bro. Oh hell naw, man,” a voiceover says as Chris pans over the snacks. He writes in an on-screen caption, “Not Walmart charging for break room food supplies,” followed by a skull emoji.
Is Walmart charging workers for break room snacks?
In the comments section, viewers couldn’t believe Walmart would charge for break room snacks.
“1 dollar for each slice when the whole bag isn’t even 2 is wild,” one said of the bread prices.
A second said, “I worked for Walmart and can confirm. Now I work for a company that profits less and we get free Starbucks, sugar and creamer in our break room and I’m talking we go through that stuff lol.”
Some said the store wasn’t actually charging and the labels were just for inventory purposes.
One said, “Its still free. its for the managers so they can store use it they have [t]o scan the code to do it.”
A second wrote, “Pretty sure that’s for easier store using the product. as well as organizing and labeling so everything is easy to see and there won’t be any cross contamination.”
However, Chris claimed this was not the case.
He wrote, “I asked our store manager and they said people have to use our scan and go through the Walmart app since people are ‘taking advantage’ of the supplies.”
@crispychris696 Can’t ever catch a break ig? #walmart #cheapskate #breakroom #meme #funny #wtf ♬ original sound – Soundeffectpack
Is it common for workplaces to provide free break room snacks?
According to Fortune, “Free food has become broadly entrenched in workplaces, with 44% of US employers now providing free snacks, double the rate a decade ago.”
Providing free food has been celebrated for having tangible benefits. Some examples include encouraging employees to work longer hours, boosting morale, and encouraging creative collaboration through chance encounters.
However, companies may pull back on providing this perk due to the fact that a tax law allowing business deductions for the cost of employees’ food is set to expire on Dec. 30.
The Mary Sue contacted Chris via TikTok comment and direct message. It contacted Walmart via press contact form.
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