Terilicious said:

Walmart does not sell guns here

luv4u said:

Damn good thing too. It's one thing to believe you've got the right to bear arms but it's quite another to be able to buy a gun at the same store you buy clothing and children's toys in. That's just fucking scary.

meow85 said:

Why is that more scary then buying a gun anywhere else? It's not like you accidentally buy a gun or it accidentally gets put in the wrong shopping bag already loaded and ready to fire.

meow85 said:

Everyone (most people) work multiple low paying jobs to work their way through school and the idea is you are rewarded later on. I certainly had my share of tough jobs as I made my way through school without any government or parental help by the way.

BTW CEO's have extremely high health risks due to the extreme stress. They are like walking heart attacks waiting to happen. Someone posted some statistics and CEO's were the unhealthiest people in the country. Also, people don't just become CEO. It takes years of schooling and years of working your way up the ladder which includes long hours and usually involves relocating a couple of times and other non-family friendly occurances.

lovemachine said:

proving my point again, i see...

lovemachine said:

no, trying to make money on the backs of people who can least afford it, while exploiting workers and suppliers in the process - THAT is evil.

Walmart is shady...they tried to bring up their image by
holding a press conference stating that they were in favor
of a higher minimum wage and fair health benefits.
The next day, an internal memo was revealed to state that
they were to "systematically weed out" all handicap and
unhealthy employees, in order to save on health costs.

wal-mart and stores like them are the devil. working their employees just shy of enough hours to earn benefits. paying ridiculous wages to both, employees in the stores and merchandisers whose products ae on the shelves. because they are such a big and important vendor, they can underbid every mom and pop store thereby shutting them down. wal-mart rapes small town american stores.

one of their biggest factories is in shengzen, China...a communist nation! now, don't get me wrong, i'm not going to spew the terrors of communism here (there is sarcasmin that line, before some of you start flaming me). i'm just going to point out that wal-mart claims to be an all american store with interest in the american way yet here they are setting up shop in a communist nation, supporting that economy and all the while hurting the people in their own nation. now they're fighting to have no responsibility at all when it comes to health care.

they are a disgusting company, plain and simple. put your scruples and integrity before your wallet, people.
[Edited 11/6/05 9:05am]

Believe it or NOT I Have NEVER BEEN to WALMART. They have a SUPER WALMART BUt I NEVER Went. I like TARGET ALOT. But I basically am going to more BOUTIQUES LATELY..

meow85 said:

add sex toys to that list

SassyBritches said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Agreed. I will support a locally owned small business any day of the week over Wal*Mart. I hate those bastages. It's worth it to me to spend the money for the difference in customer service. The local pool store can test my pool water and tell me what I need. The local nursery can help me with my landscaping needs, or just tell me what to do for a struggling houseplant. The local supermarket has people that will carry my groceries out and load them into my car which was quite a convenience for me when I had a broken ankle. I don't understand how people think Wal*Mart is so convenient when they have crap for customer service. Even if I didn't believe they were raping other businesses and communities, it would still be worth it to give my money to people who provide decent customer service.

I think my husband finally believes me. He bought a big screen tv and surround sound entertainment center from Wal*Mart this week because he thought it was cheap. He actually bought the display model since the manager dropped the price for a scratch. Well, the store lost the factory remote and gave us a universal remote which is useless... it only turns the tv off and on and adjusts the volume, but doesn't let you into the factory settings. We've spent all week listening to excuses about whose responsibility it is to order another remote, when to expect it, wait a minute, you need to talk to someone else, no, we didn't order it yet, but I'll tell the person in charge... ugh! From what we're told, we need this remote to get into the factory settings to enable the surround sound system and dvd player and it's just all one big mess. I'll bet if we'd bought it from an electronics dealer that has experience with this sort of thing, it would have been sorted by now, and we'd have some kind of technical support other than an 18 year old kid shrugging his shoulders and saying, "I dunno." I think my husband has just about decided Wal*Mart just isn't worth it. I would never have bought it there to begin with.

Wal*Mart... boo hiss.

I hate WalMart. I had bad experiences with their photo lab being hypersensitive and refusing to develop photos that weren't even obscene and didn't contain any nudity. The place is also packed with trashy obnoxious people. It's not worth dealing with that shit to save a buck or two.

With regards to the $400 laptop, places like Staples, Best Buy, and Dell have been running great deals on laptops all throughout the year. Several times I've seen ads for $499 laptops from Dell. Why put yourself through all that hell on the day after Thanksgiving. Look around online, and you can probabbly find deals just as good, and even have them sent to your house.

http://www.tigerdirect.co...sg=1430316

CalhounSq said:

That's about where I am, too, CSq. But, it's hard. I live right around the corner. I'm well aware of its mistreatment of employees, its use of cheap (occasionally illegal) labor, its status as being China's six-largest trading partner...

But... It... It... It be calling my name....

(I cannot believe there are no Chris Rock/Pookie stills on Google... Gosh.)

lovemachine said:

Let's just say this.....you may have not had help for college (I didn't either), but you were raised to go after it, right? Forgive me for sounding like a bleeding heart, but every situation is different. Every demographic is different, and every socioeconomic situation is different. And when you get high and mighty about how hard you worked to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, you kind of sound like a real ass....and dare I say a political thing....republican.

SassyBritches said:

There is also a trend that you will notice with Wal MArt. They are now planting them in small cities and the store literally sucks all biz out of all mom and pops and other small businesses. Of course many other outlets do the same, but I usually think of Wal MArt when it comes to the deterioration of small city economics.

I have to say it again... I love Target, dude! The stores are so much cleaner! You can buy shoes that don't look like they cam from Wal MArt!!! YEAH!!!

all the discount stores are the same. you don't really think your getting a discount for nothing, do you? if people are truly defining themselves as bleeding heart liberals, its time to put your money where your mouth is. which is more important to you?

As with most things in life, you get what you pay for.

I don't hate Wal-Mart but give me Target any day of the week. Cleaner, nicer people and not so crowded.
[Edited 11/6/05 19:18pm]

ThreadBare said:

It's tiny but it's the best I could do



I hear you. The other night I drove from work to the 24hr Walmart as my final time shopping there but when I drove up I just couldn't go in So I went back home & hit Target a few days later. I just can't do it anymore. It hurts missing those bargains but it hurts the workers more

lovemachine said:

dude, they don't hire many high school kids. they deliberately hire poor folks who can barely make ends meet, and who find it hard to get jobs elsewhere. they have a "keep em hungry" mentality.
[Edited 11/7/05 6:12am]

jerseykrs said:

Target isn't so innocent either. They allow their pharmacists to refuse to dispense birth control and emergency contraception to female customers if the pharmacist objects on religious grounds. They also claim that its employees have a right to discriminate against its customers provided the discrimination is motivated by an employee's religious beliefs. Read it here:
http://americablog.blogsp...their.html
http://www.plannedparenth...tinvolved/

sextonseven said:

I'll give my reply over here too.

Actually, this is somewhat inaccurate. Target is pretty pissed at Planned Parenthood right now for spreading misinformation. Target's official policy is they will allow a pharmacist to not fill a perscription if it is against their religious beliefs, however, that pharmacist is obligated to have another pharmacist working there fill it, or in an extreme example, arrange for it to be filled at another nearby pharmacy, all quickly and efficiently for the guest. Unfortunately, when Planned Parenthood sent someone into the store to test it this didn't happen at one store. Target has disciplined that particular store.

As far as I'm concerned, I can continue to shop there in good conscience. And I'm pretty adament about abortion/birth control rights.

Carrie, you're the shit. Just thought I'd tell you that

KatSkrizzle said:

Thanks.

Ashtheking said:

They hired this guy....

IrresistibleB1tch said:

In the paper today it said that Second Harvest charity has already started Holiday drives two weeks ealier then planned because they wanted to hit people up before their heating bills arrived and before the other charities got to them? Is Second Harvest food drive opportunistic as well?

lovemachine said:

you are not seriously comparing Second Harvest with Wal-Mart, are you?

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Well in this case they seem to have something in common. I just want to know if you think they are being opportunistic by hitting people up before heating bills come or other charities contact them?




On a side note why do you type everything in bold? Do you think you are really important?