Walmart: Evil or no?

MsDemeanor · 04-02-2010, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Passionaria

I think another question is why in America are people going hungry?

That is the real question. How did this country get so f'd up that so many people have to shop at that shit hole?

Passionaria · 04-02-2010, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

That is the real question. How did this country get so f'd up that so many people have to shop at that shit hole?

exactly! cracking up over here.

FR · 04-03-2010, 09:19 PM

--- i agree u have to balance it out with what is best for u and yours-
money and times are hard for most people most times.
-- also many grocery stores don't hire full time cashiers-because it would cost to much and benefits.
so walmart isnt the only one who has bad practices.
--my main concern is accessability- many know at this time i use a cane or scooter. and sometimes i cannot take my own. lots of stores dont have handcicapped scooters for shopping. many keep them in such a bad state it is irksome to me. walmart and target are one of the few who really take care of their equipment and always ask me if they can help. raleys is another store i give good marks to.

Miss Scarlett · 04-03-2010, 09:43 PM

I shop at WalMart and Sams too. But I also shop at Target, Trader Joe's and Harris Teeter.

There are things at each of the stores that I can only get there.

I don't think WalMart is evil. As far as I am concerned if anyone does not like a particular store for whatever reason then don't shop there. But on the flip side, please don't condemn those who do.

MsDemeanor · 04-03-2010, 11:09 PM

I dunno, I think that we gotta condemn this one at least a little

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FR · 04-03-2010, 11:39 PM

--i LOVE that site and ones like them--notice the leather couple on 7--lol

Miss Scarlett · 04-04-2010, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

I dunno, I think that we gotta condemn this one at least a little

linkyloo

You are so very, very bad!

Sachita · 04-04-2010, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

That is the real question. How did this country get so f'd up that so many people have to shop at that shit hole?

Thank you.

I'm not sure about other areas, maybe you can let me know, but here in Danville, VA the Walmart has slowly been pulling back anything organic. For a while there you could pick through and find stuff. They even had a section. This has been slowly disappearing and I'm not buying the crap about the demand not being there.

It's quite rare I go to walmart. I'm not going to say I never do and to be honesty I hate when I do. I most likely will make a stronger to commitment not going but just last month they closed yet another food store. If I want anything organic, which is 80% of my diet, I have to drive an hour or more.
Thankfully I grow a lot but I cant grow everything. You wont get a phrase out of me when it comes to Walmart. If we didnt have a walmart we'd have more stores, more demand and in the long run more jobs and our local farmers would be busy too.

Nina · 04-04-2010, 09:03 AM

I have never been to a walmart

it kinda scares me...

I don't know where one is near me...I think we don't have one here...
I don't cross the bridge unless I'm going to someplace wonderful and/or natureful...walmart wouldn't qualify under either of those headings...

I have been to target and can do without it...

there are lots of little places around to get plastic things, and other things which the big box stores sell...an advantage of an eclectic big city like SF, I guess...and, if ya go at the right times there might even be parking !!

I think that the premiss of a huge business taking terrible advantage of their workers, out sourcing as much manufacturing as possible, strong arming the manufactures, and being ruthless with competition has a component of evil in it...I Do Not think any of that sloughs off on the consumers...in this day and age, in Any Day and Age, the wallet is the driving factor of most regular folks...connivence is a factor, and personal choice is a factor as well...where and how and why someone shops is their business and if I have a personal or political reaction to a strangers' choice, then I can make my own economical choices to try and counter theirs...

wow...who would have known I had so much yappy shit to say about this subject??....yikes....

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FR Member How Do You Identify?: butch Relationship Status: dead Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: california Posts: 215 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 65 Thanked 268 Times in 100 Posts Rep Power: 2937843	--- i agree u have to balance it out with what is best for u and yours- money and times are hard for most people most times. -- also many grocery stores don't hire full time cashiers-because it would cost to much and benefits. so walmart isnt the only one who has bad practices. --my main concern is accessability- many know at this time i use a cane or scooter. and sometimes i cannot take my own. lots of stores dont have handcicapped scooters for shopping. many keep them in such a bad state it is irksome to me. walmart and target are one of the few who really take care of their equipment and always ask me if they can help. raleys is another store i give good marks to.

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Miss Scarlett Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 5,530 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,478 Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I shop at WalMart and Sams too. But I also shop at Target, Trader Joe's and Harris Teeter. There are things at each of the stores that I can only get there. I don't think WalMart is evil. As far as I am concerned if anyone does not like a particular store for whatever reason then don't shop there. But on the flip side, please don't condemn those who do.

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FR Member How Do You Identify?: butch Relationship Status: dead Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: california Posts: 215 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 65 Thanked 268 Times in 100 Posts Rep Power: 2937843	--i LOVE that site and ones like them--notice the leather couple on 7--lol

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Nina Timed Out How Do You Identify?: unmistakably Preferred Pronoun?: dearheart Relationship Status: In love, loved and Happy, thanks for askin' Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SF CA Posts: 1,720 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,113 Thanked 3,384 Times in 931 Posts Rep Power: 0	I have never been to a walmart it kinda scares me... I don't know where one is near me...I think we don't have one here... I don't cross the bridge unless I'm going to someplace wonderful and/or natureful...walmart wouldn't qualify under either of those headings... I have been to target and can do without it... there are lots of little places around to get plastic things, and other things which the big box stores sell...an advantage of an eclectic big city like SF, I guess...and, if ya go at the right times there might even be parking !! I think that the premiss of a huge business taking terrible advantage of their workers, out sourcing as much manufacturing as possible, strong arming the manufactures, and being ruthless with competition has a component of evil in it...I Do Not think any of that sloughs off on the consumers...in this day and age, in Any Day and Age, the wallet is the driving factor of most regular folks...connivence is a factor, and personal choice is a factor as well...where and how and why someone shops is their business and if I have a personal or political reaction to a strangers' choice, then I can make my own economical choices to try and counter theirs... wow...who would have known I had so much yappy shit to say about this subject??....yikes....