MDC 7,887 Posted February 7, 2012 You don't shop there.......but have been to them all over the country. I guess you just go to gawk at the wimmens that go 3 bills wearing yoga pants. No I don't go to gawk at your wife. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 7,887 Posted February 7, 2012 It is remotely possible that he has been to a bunch of Walmarts in different places, formed a judgment about the experience, and made a decision to stop going there. Hence the "I DON'T shop at Walmart" - present tense. Now if he had said something like "I have never shopped at Walmart", your point may make a little sense. Did everyone's brain fall out today? To be fair, I haven't been to any Walmart's in Texas. I'm sure the people are much poorer and fatter down there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 6,023 Posted February 7, 2012 Walmart tried to open a store in my town. We petitioned and put it on the ballot. Walmart spent a huge amount of money lobbying the electorate to vote for it. They lost. :pointstosky: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikki2200 4 Posted February 7, 2012 Walmart tried to open a store in my town. We petitioned and put it on the ballot. Walmart spent a huge amount of money lobbying the electorate to vote for it. They lost. :pointstosky: I like hearing stories like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted February 7, 2012 People are dooshes. Walmart needs customers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted February 7, 2012 This. I go to Target all the time. Won't step foot in a Walmart. I also prefer Target because it is slightly more upscale at comparable prices. Also it is closer for me than Walmart. But I at this "won't step foot in a Walmart" attitude. Seriously? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldMaid 2,135 Posted February 7, 2012 who the heck cares? I am lucky to have Meijer (a nice, midewest version of Walmart with similiar pricing) but I go to Walmart on occasion. There is not one by my house, but I go there from work on ocassion. How can anyone be too good for Walmart. Get over yourselves. Walmart in a major metropolitan area is a much different expirence than a small mid-west town. HTH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldMaid 2,135 Posted February 7, 2012 This. I go to Target all the time. Won't step foot in a Walmart. Agreed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mungwater 601 Posted February 7, 2012 WalMart is changing their business model to go into the bigger cities now, they're opening up one right down the street from me in Houston. There have been numerous petitions, websites, blah blah blah, but the city decided to let them come in becasue WalMart agreed to pay for road construction to upgrade the street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted February 7, 2012 I also prefer Target because it is slightly more upscale at comparable prices. Also it is closer for me than Walmart. But I at this "won't step foot in a Walmart" attitude. Seriously? I try to avoid the masses wherever they congregate - it's not just Walmart. Target, Costco, and just about other any big box store make me want to vomit. Humanity en masse is pretty ugly. Online shopping + a few local stores is good enough for just about everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 6,023 Posted February 7, 2012 WalMart is changing their business model to go into the bigger cities now, they're opening up one right down the street from me in Houston. There have been numerous petitions, websites, blah blah blah, but the city decided to let them come in becasue WalMart agreed to pay for road construction to upgrade the street. What are they going to do to prevent the scum from coming to shop there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 6,023 Posted February 7, 2012 I also prefer Target because it is slightly more upscale at comparable prices. Also it is closer for me than Walmart. But I at this "won't step foot in a Walmart" attitude. Seriously? I don't have a problem stepping in to a Walmart per se. I've got two targets within a 5 minute drive and a Walmart about 15 minutes away. I can choose to go to any of them. I choose Target because it's closer, cleaner, and similar in scope. I don't want a Walmart in my town, especially where they were going to put it. It increases traffic significantly and the street they were going to put it on is way too congested already. I don't think there is any amount of upgrading they could have done to mitigate the extra traffic it would have created. I also think Walmart attracts a lower class of shopper. Call me elitist but if I want to go to Walmart I'd rather drive to one further away and let that area deal with the riff raff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 LOL at supposed elitsts saying they love target and won't step foot in a walmart... So laughable... cringeworthy. reminds me of a story my grandmother told me when she first moved into her retirement community... The bluehairs had her all excited for this trip to a brand new incredible store... they prounouced it as Tar-geh in a french accent, omitting the final 'T'... Grandmother got there and was all at the crazy ladies... go to whatever store is closer and cheaper, but those arguing that target is a different 'class' than walmart...lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mungwater 601 Posted February 7, 2012 What are they going to do to prevent the scum from coming to shop there? I don't know, its right in the middle of the historic/yuppie part of town, there aren't many scumbags here, but I'm sure they'll come from somewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 Walmart tried to open a store in my town. We petitioned and put it on the ballot. Walmart spent a huge amount of money lobbying the electorate to vote for it. They lost. :pointstosky: thats cool, your tax bill would have thanked you... Sounds like a dumb town... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted February 7, 2012 I try to avoid the masses wherever they congregate - it's not just Walmart. Target, Costco, and just about other any big box store make me want to vomit. Humanity en masse is pretty ugly. Online shopping + a few local stores is good enough for just about everything. You're missing the boat on Costco -- it is a well-oiled machine, remarkable in its efficiency. If you get to the checkout and don't have your card/payment method ready, the cashier will punch you in the face. Avoid weekends and steer around the fatties getting free samples, and you'll love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 7,887 Posted February 7, 2012 LOL at supposed elitsts saying they love target and won't step foot in a walmart... So laughable... cringeworthy. Can't say I "love" Target but it's absolutely a higher class store than Walmart and since they're roughly the same cost and distance from my home, why would I go to the store that's dirtier, more crowded and full of ghetto trash? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recliner Pilot 61 Posted February 7, 2012 Call me elitist but if I want to go to Walmart I'd rather drive to one further away and let that area deal with the riff raff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 I try to avoid the masses wherever they congregate - it's not just Walmart. Target, Costco, and just about other any big box store make me want to vomit. Humanity en masse is pretty ugly. Online shopping + a few local stores is good enough for just about everything. true, the people are filthy, those trips can help put life in persepctive at time though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 6,023 Posted February 7, 2012 thats cool, your tax bill would have thanked you... Sounds like a dumb town... Taxes are pretty reasonable, and thanks to TABOR they don't go up often and most years I actually get a refund. Thanks for your concern though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Next Generation 11 Posted February 7, 2012 I don't know, its right in the middle of the historic/yuppie part of town, there aren't many scumbags here, but I'm sure they'll come from somewhere. You can bet that they'll be busing them in! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 Can't say I "love" Target but it's absolutely a higher class store than Walmart and since they're roughly the same cost and distance from my home, why would I go to the store that's dirtier, more crowded and full of ghetto trash? equidistant, same price, thats fine... I happen to have a walmart closer to my home, and a target closer to my office... The walmart in the suburbs is much much better than the target in the city... apples to oranges i guess. but thats my bias... I don't think either is a higher class. They are pretty comperable IMO.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted February 7, 2012 true, the people are filthy, those trips can help put life in persepctive at time though... If you think Walmart customers are bad, try a Dollar Store. We have one right next to our Walmart, and I think it attracts the people who can't afford Walmart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mayhem39 3 Posted February 7, 2012 Walmart is poorly lit, dirty, and full of trashy overweight people. It seriously depresses the hell out of me to walk into that store, so I don't ever go to Walmart anymore. Target is bright, clean, and definitely a better class of people. You don't see a website called "the people of Target" do you??? I will go to Target and pay twice as much for the same item if that's the case, I don't care. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 If you think Walmart customers are bad, try a Dollar Store. We have one right next to our Walmart, and I think it attracts the people who can't afford Walmart. Oh ya, when i lived in Southie I wasn't too far from a family dollar... I bought some personal care items there once thinking it'd be cheap and a good idea, toothpaste, deodorant, poor poor decision making... Nothing stacked, made me want to wear one of those chinese face mask things. I bought a bag of taffy candy that was made out of nothing but sugar and transfat... Didn't notice the nutrion until i got home, threw it out... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 6,023 Posted February 7, 2012 As we expand this topic to all discount stores....Surprisingly, Big Lots is a fun place to shop. You never know what you'll find and anything you find will be cheap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 7,887 Posted February 7, 2012 Oh ya, when i lived in Southie I wasn't too far from a family dollar... I bought some personal care items there once thinking it'd be cheap and a good idea, toothpaste, deodorant, poor poor decision making... Nothing stacked, made me want to wear one of those chinese face mask things. I bought a bag of taffy candy that was made out of nothing but sugar and transfat... Didn't notice the nutrion until i got home, threw it out... I went into a dollar store last week cause I wanted some big plastic storage bins with lids. They ran around $20/per at Target and got them @ the dollar store for $6 each, so I really made out (bought 10 of them, you do the math) but yeah, that place was frightening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 As we expand this topic to all discount stores....Surprisingly, Big Lots is a fun place to shop. You never know what you'll find and anything you find will be cheap. Ocean State Job lot is also a douzy.... Its like you took the filthy people in walmart and made an extract out of them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 2,598 Posted February 7, 2012 I got married so I wouldn't have to shop anymore. Every year for Mothers Day I take her to the fanciest restaurant she wants to go to and thank her for doing all she does. Like putting up with me and going to Wal Mart. Mrs Bunny once forgot a bag with a magazine, some glue for a project, and a doosh at the store. I think she forgot to put it in the basket on purpose to show me the hooror that is Wal Mart. When you do this, they send it to customer service and wait for you to come back. You show them your receipt and thats that. The wifey begs me to go and pick it up. So I go, after I stopped and got a drink. When I get there the wife of King Kong working at the service counter advises me that she's on break in twenty seconds. After that, she can't help me no more. She asked me fifty times if I had my receipt and I showed it to her each time she asked. Apparently the products were put back on the shelf and I had to go find them by myself. Me: Where are the dooshes? Wife Of King Kong: I don't know. I don't use them? Me: No Sh!t? How about industrial glue? Wife Of King Kong: You trippin if you think I know where thats at! So after forty five minutes looking for the three products and calling the wifey to make sure I have the right ones, I'm back at the service counter. WOKK is not there and her replacement is a fat Chinese woman. Me: My wife left a bag and I was told I had to go find the products and bring them back with my receipt. Godzilla: I can tell by that look on your face you had problems finding them. It's gonna be A-ok. Do you have your receipt? I can't help you without a receipt. So I give her the receipt and she rings it up. Godzilla: I hope your experience was a good one today. Please sign this and I hope you have a nice day. I signed it "Fawk You Wal Mart" As I was walking out I could hear Godzilla laughing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikki2200 4 Posted February 7, 2012 I also prefer Target because it is slightly more upscale at comparable prices. Also it is closer for me than Walmart. But I at this "won't step foot in a Walmart" attitude. Seriously? I prefer not to spend my free time getting run over by shopping carts commandeered by 400 pound women stashing bundles of week old clams in their arm pits. I guess I'm a snob like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted February 7, 2012 Oh ya, when i lived in Southie I wasn't too far from a family dollar... I bought some personal care items there once thinking it'd be cheap and a good idea, toothpaste, deodorant, poor poor decision making... Nothing stacked, made me want to wear one of those chinese face mask things. I bought a bag of taffy candy that was made out of nothing but sugar and transfat... Didn't notice the nutrion until i got home, threw it out... There is one next to our karate studio (not the one I mentioned above) that I occasionally go in to buy a soda. One day my (diabetic) daughter was hungry so I went in to try to find something which wasn't completely made of sugar. Phayle. Actually, I might have settled on some prepackaged chex-mix shiot which had a little protein. Worse for me though is the inefficiency -- they are franchises without the processes of a Walmart or Target, so you end up in line behind some poor person buying 437297 individually wrapped plastic cups which the cashier slowly... slowly... rings one at a time, then wraps them each. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 I prefer not to spend my free time getting run over by shopping carts commandeered by 400 pound women stashing bundles of week old clams in their arm pits. I guess I'm a snob like that. Tar-geh is french for 'class' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 835 Posted February 7, 2012 Too much talk about a focking store Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 Too much talk about a focking store Talking about filthy people is like a natural pastime... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 7,085 Posted February 7, 2012 I prefer not to spend my free time getting run over by shopping carts commandeered by 400 pound women stashing bundles of week old clams in their arm pits. I guess I'm a snob like that. Again, it is the righteous elitist "never" that I was commenting on. I'll lay out two scenarios where I've gone to Walmart: 1. Daughter's softball field is close to one, and we forgot that it was our turn to bring post-game snacks/drinks. I went in, bought the stuff + ice + a $1 foam cooler, and was done. 2. Traveling on business for a trade show, we needed a bunch of bottled water to give to the sheep err... customers who came by our booth. I had seen a Walmart on my way from the airport, so I went and bought a few cases. Alternatively I could have driven around hoping to stumble into a grocery store. I presume this is what you would have done? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recliner Pilot 61 Posted February 7, 2012 Talking about filthy people is like a natural pastime... Some might even say it is like a national pastime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 Some might even say it is like a national pastime. oops... must have been thinking something else while posting...lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted February 7, 2012 Walmart tried to open a store in my town. We petitioned and put it on the ballot. Walmart spent a huge amount of money lobbying the electorate to vote for it. They lost. :pointstosky: In my hometown (a yuppie suburb of Memphis) Walmart built a town. Due to city regs, they couldn't have a sign with letters more than three feet high or whatever. It was funny looking. It stayed there for a decade or so, then they closed it and moved it three miles down the road to another city. I focking hate wal-mart, and all the other big box stores. They have homoginized everything and make trafic suck balls. Also, I hate going to a store the size of an airplane hanger, looking for nonexistent employees, and then realizing what I need is five miles across the focking store. Whenever possible, I go to local places. There is a mom and pop old school hardware store in my town. I go there instead of Lowes or Home Depot, even though it is farther, and a bit pricier. But you know what? The dude that owns the place actually knows what the fock he is talking about, and I only have to go there once to get what I need, wheras at home depot I have to go three times because the 17 year old minimum wage dipshi!t told me the wrong thing. All those huge stores are something straight out of an Orwell or Huxley novel. SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,433 Posted February 7, 2012 Walmart is ghetto. It's not that hard to understand, you welching tard. It is possible that you live in a ghetto, which would make any store there "ghetto". There is definitely a difference between Walmart and Target Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phurfur 70 Posted February 7, 2012 Well we have plenty of posters who are "too good" for Wal-Mart and want them closed. What they can't comprehend is that some people depend on the cheaper prices from Wal-Mart and can't afford to shop elsewhere. I guess I would call these posters self righteous callus people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
