DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 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! Actually home depot has some very well trained staff where i am... I'll go to a local ace hardware, but home depot certainly has its place as well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,996 Posted February 7, 2012 Actually home depot has some very well trained staff where i am... I'll go to a local ace hardware, but home depot certainly has its place as well... This is the same with me - in fact, you pretty much have to know your stuff to work at HD or Lowe's. Maybe not the cashiers and stuff, but the folks on the floor are usually very knowledgable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted February 7, 2012 This is the same with me - in fact, you pretty much have to know your stuff to work at HD or Lowe's. Maybe not the cashiers and stuff, but the folks on the floor are usually very knowledgable. Last time I went there, I pressed the "help" button, and a 20ish girl showed up. She knew nothing. I left and went to the local place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted February 7, 2012 Last time I went there, I pressed the "help" button, and a 20ish girl showed up. She knew nothing. I left and went to the local place. You do know there are cameras right ? You think anyone is in a rush to help the big fat smelly fock in skinny jeans, with a beard carrying a man purse ? She drew the short straw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted February 7, 2012 You do know there are cameras right ? You think anyone is in a rush to help the big fat smelly fock in skinny jeans, with a beard carrying a man purse ? She drew the short straw. Hey, I'll give you big and fat, but I don't smell, have a beard, and man purses and skinny jeans are for phags. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 This is the same with me - in fact, you pretty much have to know your stuff to work at HD or Lowe's. Maybe not the cashiers and stuff, but the folks on the floor are usually very knowledgable. Don't they have a big employee training thing where they do morning calisthenics and get quizzed on where everything in the store is? Thought i saw some feature on that back in the day... you need to be pretty competant with a decent memory to work there...definitely a higher standard than a cashier at an ace hardware IMO... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 7, 2012 Last time I went there, I pressed the "help" button, and a 20ish girl showed up. She knew nothing. I left and went to the local place. In statistics there is a concept called 'relevant sample size'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldMaid 2,135 Posted February 7, 2012 This is the same with me - in fact, you pretty much have to know your stuff to work at HD or Lowe's. Maybe not the cashiers and stuff, but the folks on the floor are usually very knowledgable. You clearly haven't been to a Home Depot in my area. The Mexicans you can pick up in the parking lot, who barely speak English, know more than the employees here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,704 Posted February 7, 2012 You clearly haven't been to a Home Depot in my area. The Mexicans you can pick up in the parking lot, who barely speak English, How many do you usually pick up at time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riddlen 1 Posted February 7, 2012 This. I go to Target all the time. Won't step foot in a Walmart. thats dumb. a preference, but a dumb one. being at Walmart doesnt make you a worse person. you might be surrounded by "worse" people, but who cares. Again, I ahve no problem with I prefer Target or Walmart and the like but to decide you are too good for walmart is stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 2,601 Posted February 7, 2012 You clearly haven't been to a Home Depot in my area. The Mexicans you can pick up in the parking lot, who barely speak English, know more than the employees here. How much do you pay them per hour? Have the finished the hallway? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldMaid 2,135 Posted February 7, 2012 How much do you pay them per hour? Have the finished the hallway? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GobbleDog 1,010 Posted February 7, 2012 Walmart is locational. I live in South Orlando and my closest Walmart is packed with low income Latino customers, kids, and workers. Let me tell ya, it's a joy to shop there! My wife's folks live in buttscrew Alabama and their closest Walmart is always empty with a few quiet rednecks walking about. Walmart heaven. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recliner Pilot 61 Posted February 7, 2012 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! Real men know what they need when they go to a Home Depot or Lowes type place. HTH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted February 7, 2012 Real men know what they need when they go to a Home Depot or Lowes type place. HTH Good point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 7,888 Posted February 7, 2012 It is possible that you live in a ghetto, which would make any store there "ghetto". I've been to 2 Targets and a Walmart in Philly. Both Targets are clean, well lit, full of regular people. The Walmart is filthy and full of fatties, whit trash and welfare litters. This is consistent with my observations of other stores throughout the Northeast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swirvenirvin 25 Posted February 7, 2012 I boycott Walmart, and everyone who loves America should do the same. There's more to life than cheap sweatpants and hungry man dinners. I dont go there often but just got a kindle fire for $150 there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted February 8, 2012 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. Yea, Costco is OK for families. But my wife and I rarely need a 50 gallon drum of Worcestershire sauce. true, the people are filthy, those trips can help put life in persepctive at time though... I come here to rub elbows with the unwashed masses. 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. Hoarders love a bargain! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikki2200 4 Posted February 8, 2012 thats dumb. a preference, but a dumb one. being at Walmart doesnt make you a worse person. you might be surrounded by "worse" people, but who cares. Again, I ahve no problem with I prefer Target or Walmart and the like but to decide you are too good for walmart is stupid. I can choose to do whatever I want to with my money, I believe. And if I don't want to use any of it while enduring the hell that is Walmart, that does not make me dumb. What is dumb is to put yourself through that to save $.50. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recliner Pilot 61 Posted February 8, 2012 With a few exceptions we can summarize this thread like this: Several posters don't like Wal Mart and won't shop there because they would have to be seen, and rub elbows, with the great unwashed known as the common man. The working folks, if you will. Those looking down their nose would be the bored Libtards. Then you have a group that doesn't judge others to the point of not wanting to be in the same building as them. Making a fiscally responsible decision on where to do business isn't trumped by a pre-conceived attitude of superiority. That would be the bored Conservatives. Interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,345 Posted February 8, 2012 What happened to this thread? Who cares about Walmart? The point is that anyone who will hold up the line to buy candy one piece at a time should be cut into little pieces and buried alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted February 8, 2012 With a few exceptions we can summarize this thread like this: Several posters don't like Wal Mart and won't shop there because they would have to be seen, and rub elbows, with the great unwashed known as the common man. The working folks, if you will. Those looking down their nose would be the bored Libtards. Then you have a group that doesn't judge others to the point of not wanting to be in the same building as them. Making a fiscally responsible decision on where to do business isn't trumped by a pre-conceived attitude of superiority. That would be the bored Conservatives. Interesting. I used "unwashed masses" jokingly in response to another poster calling people filthy. IMO large groups are pretty foul regardless of their jobs/income or political affiliation. And competition for "bargains" brings out the worst in people. Plus the aisles upon aisles of worthless crap remind me of the disgusting consumerism promoted in this country. The working class to whom you and your conservative brethren are so devoted will probably end up shoving most of their Walmart merchandise into self storage anyhow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mobb_deep 920 Posted February 8, 2012 I've never been to a Walmart before. Don't think there even is one around here. We have Target and Sears. Both are pretty ghetto. Target has good trail mix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,345 Posted February 8, 2012 I've never been to a Walmart before. Don't think there even is one around here. We have Target and Sears. Both are pretty ghetto. Target has good trail mix. "ghetto trail mix" sounds like it would be slang for something. Maybe crack mixed with something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikki2200 4 Posted February 8, 2012 With a few exceptions we can summarize this thread like this: Several posters don't like Wal Mart and won't shop there because they would have to be seen, and rub elbows, with the great unwashed known as the common man. The working folks, if you will. Those looking down their nose would be the bored Libtards. Then you have a group that doesn't judge others to the point of not wanting to be in the same building as them. Making a fiscally responsible decision on where to do business isn't trumped by a pre-conceived attitude of superiority. That would be the bored Conservatives. Interesting. I agree that the typical "conservative" tends to be poor and fat and is forced to shop at Walmart because they need to save $.50 a week on their meat purchases. That is a great point you make. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,491 Posted February 8, 2012 I know I'm white trash. I grew up on 8 Mile with no money and will inheret zero when my parents die. I frequent the dollar stores, I wore used clothes growing up and bowling is expensive enough and I've never been golfing except on the putt-putt range. I just want to take this opportunity to tell a significant number of you to fock off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 835 Posted February 8, 2012 I know I'm white trash. I grew up on 8 Mile with no money and will inheret zero when my parents die. I frequent the dollar stores, I wore used clothes growing up and bowling is expensive enough and I've never been golfing except on the putt-putt range. I just want to take this opportunity to tell a significant number of you to fock off. OK but this has zero to do with Walmart.... A boatload of people grew up poor to be successful - you included. The poor are stronger !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted February 8, 2012 I agree that the typical "conservative" tends to be poor and fat and is forced to shop at Walmart because they need to save $.50 a week on their meat purchases. That is a great point you make. We're all fat because we can save $0.50 on meat: My linkResearch attributes much of the rise in obesity to technological progress reducing the cost of food consumption. We examine this hypothesis in the context of Walmart Supercenters, whose advancements in retail logistics have translated to substantial reductions in food prices. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System matched with Walmart Supercenter entry dates and locations, we examine the effects of Supercenters on body mass index (BMI) and obesity. We account for the endogeneity of Walmart Supercenter locations with an instrumental variables approach that exploits the unique geographical pattern of Supercenter expansion around Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. An additional Supercenter per 100,000 residents increases average BMI by 0.25 units and the obesity rate by 2.4 percentage points. These results imply that the proliferation of Walmart Supercenters explains 11% of the rise in obesity since the late 1980s, but the resulting increase in medical expenditures offsets only a small portion of consumers’ savings from shopping at Supercenters.Plus Wallmart may be associated with increased poverty: My linkObjectives. This study seeks to identify the independent effect of Wal-Mart stores on changes in U.S. family-poverty rates at the county level. We draw on the contributions of a number of disciplines to enhance our understanding of the broader forces that influence poverty. Results. After controlling for other factors determining changes in the poverty rate over time, we find that counties with more initial (1987) Wal-Mart stores and counties with more additions of stores between 1987 and 1998 experienced greater increases (or smaller decreases) in family-poverty rates during the 1990s economic boom period. Are you elitist libs more concerned with worsening poverty and obesity than the wonderful jobs and products at Waltopia? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikki2200 4 Posted February 8, 2012 We're all fat because we can save $0.50 on meat: My link Plus Wallmart may be associated with increased poverty: My linkAre you elitist libs more concerned with worsening poverty and obesity than the wonderful jobs and products at Waltopia? I left my moral problems with shopping at Walmart out of this because I didn't have the energy. Maybe tomorrow I will. And it's not a pretty picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,491 Posted February 8, 2012 OK but this has zero to do with Walmart.... A boatload of people grew up poor to be successful - you included. The poor are stronger !! I don't know if I succeeded. I graduated High School and stayed off of drugs which puts me in the top half. Then I ran around the desert for Daddy Bush in maintenance support for heavy armor (tanks and armored personell carriers.) used the Army to pay for college which puts me in the top 10% I suppose. I went to Wayne State which is a massive university in inner-city Detroit which nobody ever heard of because it is the opposite of prestigious. My history degree got me nowhere. I applied for a job at Walmart, which most of you would consider a lousy job, and still didn't get it. Options were limited, I was still living at 8 Mile with my mom. And soon after that I went to China. I wouldn't say that I succeeded. If anything, I'd say that I punted by going to China. But holy sh*t, did I find myself in a great spot. It's still unreal that I've wound up in such a sweet spot and am one of the most contented mofo here. I'm really good a teaching English to kids over here and I live very well, work in the most prestigious private school in a major Chinese city (Chengdu) and have my own English training school on the side.An awesome family and the best (smartest, cutest, happiest, easiest to take care of) kids I could have hoped for. Ah, but I'm still white trash to the core. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,704 Posted February 8, 2012 Two trailer park girls go round the outside :banana: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillybear 366 Posted February 8, 2012 With a few exceptions we can summarize this thread like this: Several posters don't like Wal Mart and won't shop there because they would have to be seen, and rub elbows, with the great unwashed known as the common man. The working folks, if you will. I was more than a bit surprised by the outright racism and bigotry of these folks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drobeski 3,061 Posted February 8, 2012 I was more than a bit surprised by the outright racism and bigotry of these folks. I wasn't Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 7,888 Posted February 8, 2012 With a few exceptions we can summarize this thread like this: Several posters don't like Wal Mart and won't shop there because they would have to be seen, and rub elbows, with the great unwashed known as the common man. The working folks, if you will. Those looking down their nose would be the bored Libtards. Then you have a group that doesn't judge others to the point of not wanting to be in the same building as them. Making a fiscally responsible decision on where to do business isn't trumped by a pre-conceived attitude of superiority. That would be the bored Conservatives. Interesting. The bored conservatives don't mind because they are fat, dumb, and poor. It's sort of like how smelly people can't smell themselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recliner Pilot 61 Posted February 8, 2012 Libtards talk a good game about caring for the poor and minorities. But when it's time to walk the walk, libtards just turn their back and walk away. Don't want to be in the same building as them, don't even want them shopping anywhere near where they live. Just another example of libtardo hypocrisy on display here. Nothing new. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tubby_mcgee 701 Posted February 8, 2012 Congratulations. You destroyed the local American mom & pop business Pay more to mom and pop so mom and pop can make a living? In other words...I could go to Walmart, pay $75 for an item at Walmart that cost $100 from mom and pop, then, walk over to mom and pop, hand them $25 cash for just being "mom and pop"? Heck. Sounds like mom and pop could make a nice living just staying at home watching Brady Bunch reruns. That's the equivalent of buying directly from mom and pop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bishop82 61 Posted February 8, 2012 People of Walmart Might be a moon landing, I didn't feel like reading this whole thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 8, 2012 I agree that the typical "conservative" tends to be poor and fat and is forced to shop at Walmart because they need to save $.50 a week on their meat purchases. That is a great point you make. Nothing like a self righteous libtard that pays 2x for milk at whole foods and feels like they are a better person because of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DankNuggs 305 Posted February 8, 2012 Libtards talk a good game about caring for the poor and minorities. But when it's time to walk the walk, libtards just turn their back and walk away. Don't want to be in the same building as them, don't even want them shopping anywhere near where they live. Just another example of libtardo hypocrisy on display here. Nothing new. They feel they are better and this can dictate. These are 'do what I say, not what I do' type of people. Just as filthy as the bottom of the barrell at Walmart Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikki2200 4 Posted February 8, 2012 Nothing like a self righteous libtard that pays 2x for milk at whole foods and feels like they are a better person because of it. I don't define myself by my brand of milk. I just think it tastes better and I can afford it. But your point makes sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
