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Information on Wal-Mart's Phone System On every phone is a paging button that doesn't neccessarily work, but #96 always works! I don't think there is a way to forward to #96 though from an outside line. Also I'd like to note that one time I hit 96 because i was dialing fast and missed the #. This was cool because I got a dial tone :D unfortionately I haven't been able to do this again. #980* picks up lines, * being the line number. I don't think you can just access a free line this way but when you hear someone get a phone call over the paging system, it can be lots of fun to take that call for them. I finally took over my Wal-Mart. After finding out that it uses 3 digit passcodes for all the departments (LOL, by looking at the long list on the phones in random aisles) but they tried to be sneaky and made the paging part a preprogammed button. I thought i call in from home, ask for the home and garden dpt, and tell them I was earl in electronics and I was trying to get the paging system but got this instead and if they would give me the number to fix the phone. The lady said she didn;t know but would ask then the line went dead, due to a power failure. So i just went into the store and watched one of the workers use a phone that didn't have the page button on it and saw that she press 966. I was so happy. So i went to the front and called the Customer Service and told em I was Jeb in the shoe dpt and to connect me to extension 966 as it didn't work form my phone. She did. I pressed the 1 button, and heard in the store. Keep in mind this is in the evening when the store is packed. I had preplanned what i would say for this wondrous occasion, and started with some things like: "Customer Service to Automotive, a customer is harassing the tires" "Cleanup on aisle 5, some kids puked all over the floor, ugh, im gonna be sick, (puking noise)" "Security to the Toy dpt, some dingleberry is running amok whacking people with a baseball bat" "Who Farted?" "All your base are belong to us" and then played the vagina song by bloodhound gang. At this time all the employees were running around trying to see what little kid had picked up a phone, when i came on for the grand finale: (in old man voice)"Customers of Wal-Mart, we are seriously sorry for the teenage hoodlum that has abused our paging systems and caused chaos all over the store. We would like to announce that all candy is now half off for the rest of the day, so feel free to open up any you might have in your carts and enjoy!" Now i hung up the phone and went and walked around the store to see what was going on. Almos t 50 people were walking around eating candy, and the candy aisle was packed with people opening candy bars and eating them!!! After about 1 minute of this, which was a whole lot of candy, almost the entire aisle was empty, the real wal mart people came on and said that this was not true and that the candy is still full price and that any candy not paid for will be considered stolen. I thought I had done enough, and and loads of fun!