by Timothy Root

Created on: June 16, 2009

Wal-Mart is one of the world's largest retailers and this article is about Herman Teague and how his employment experience with this company whose slogan is save money, live better turned out to be anything but that after he fainted in their store while working at the Wal-Mart Super Center in Scottsdale Arizona.

Herman Teague was hired by the Wal-Mart company to be a store greeter in January 2006, he was hired to greet customers as they entered and left the store Herman Teague loved his new job as a greeter at the Wal-Mart Super Center just off the 101 and Raintree Drive in Scottsdale (Paul Rubin). For Herman Teague this was not about the money which amounted to less than $180 a week after taxes that made him want to be a greeter.

Herman Teague lived off his social security, his savings, and his pension which he earned after working in the U.S. steel mill for 30 years It lifted Teague's spirits to be back around people (Paul Rubin). Herman Teague started living with his stepdaughter who lived a few miles from the store when his wife Cecil died in 2000.

Herman Teague had been retired for a while before he decided to apply for the position of greeter at the Wal-Mart Super Center. Herman liked The idea of getting paid to schmooze a little with customers (Paul Rubin). At the time he was hired at the Wal-Mart Super Center he was 86 years old, but many said that he looked like a much younger man.

Herman Teague had heart problems and he did suffer from borderline diabetes and hypertension, although his doctor did declare him fit for work. In late February 2006, Teague complained at home of having a hard time of catching his breath (Paul Rubin) This was the beginning to the end of his job as a greeter with Wal-Mart.

Shortly after he had complained about having a hard time breathing, he underwent an angioplasty A procedure in which doctors use a balloon to open a coronary blockage and improve a patient's blood flow (Paul Rubin). After being out of work for a few weeks, he was declared fit to return to work.

The first day that Herman Teague returned to work after having his angioplasty was the day that ended his job at Wal-Mart Teague fainted a few yards from his greeters station just inside Wal-Mart and the back of his head hit the concrete floor (Paul Rubin). And when he came around, he could not remember fainting.

Herman Teague was declared not fit to return to work after he fainted inside the store, and when he filed a compensation

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