posted on August 25, 2005 05:11:28 PM new
I would bet that at least half of the posters who despise Walmart also have shopped there.
Those people who do shop there from time to time are not evil demons from hell, nor are the people who work there all elderly or working poor. Get a grip and get out into the real world. An average wage of $8.32 for a cashier is not horrible, given the turnaround. Have any of you ever had a real job? You know, the kind no one wants to do because it is "beneath" them? Guess what? Lots of jobs do not have unions. If they did, the price of everything would be alot more and even you, in your perfect little corners of heaven, could not afford it. (Since mingo does not believe in heaven, her little corner of the trailer park.) Look around, boys and girls, and guess how may things you use or wear every day, that was made in China or some other unfortunate repressed nation. I wonder if they were union members or even paid a "decent" wage. Unless you raise your own sheep and spin your own wool and knit your own sweater (profe doesn't count) OR grow your own cotton (for you southerners) the chances someone's child made it are pretty good, no matter who the designer is.
posted on August 25, 2005 09:00:00 PM newprofe doesn't count
Why not? I should count...no really...I should!!
Just kidding...I don't knit my own sweaters...I sell my wool to handweavers who do, though, and I buy my own....but I don't buy em at WalMart...they're made here, in the US of A, by grownups, not orphans.
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posted on August 25, 2005 09:02:03 PM new
To be honest, I don't wear sweaters. Sweaters are for city-boy wussies.
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posted on August 25, 2005 11:00:52 PM new
Here's our local choices. There are other stores, but they're further away, and with gas prices the way they are, it's not feasible to make the trip.
Store #1:
Meat tastes "off"
Dates are often expired; you really have to watch!
Foods, such as crackers, are often stale
Higher prices, sometimes double those of Store #2
Closes at midnight, which is inconvenient for 3rd shift folks
Runs certain items on sale, and jacks up the price of non-sale items to make up for it
Their generic items are, for the most part, horrid
They carry little else but groceries/laundry/bathroom stuff
Store #2:
Meat tastes good, plus they have 96% lean ground beef
Rarely do you find out-of-date products on the shelves (maybe once)
Food is fresh
Lower prices
Open 24/7, except Christmas
No sales gimmicks
Most of their generic items are as good as the brand name (some even better!)
They carry lots of stuff, not just groceries
Store #1 is Bi-Lo.
Store #2 is Walmart.
While I'm not a fan of big companies steam-rolling over "mom-and-pop" stores, in our area, Walmart is about the only feasible option.
I have to give our local store credit. It's always clean, well-stocked, and the cashiers know us by name. We usually shop after midnight, and we sometimes stand at the cash register and chat with the cashier for a few minutes.
I just wish they'd move the medicines/vitamins/shampoos/etc. over to the grocery side, because it's a looooong roll in my wheelchair!
posted on August 26, 2005 12:07:41 AM new
Random blabbering:
""Those people who do shop there from time to time are not evil demons from hell, nor are the people who work there all elderly or working poor. Get a grip and get out into the real world. An average wage of $8.32 for a cashier is not horrible, given the turnaround. Have any of you ever had a real job? You know, the kind no one wants to do because it is "beneath" them? Guess what? Lots of jobs do not have unions. If they did, the price of everything would be alot more and even you, in your perfect little corners of heaven, could not afford it. (Since mingo does not believe in heaven, her little corner of the trailer park.) Look around, boys and girls, and guess how may things you use or wear every day, that was made in China or some other unfortunate repressed nation. I wonder if they were union members or even paid a "decent" wage. Unless you raise your own sheep and spin your own wool and knit your own sweater (profe doesn't count) OR grow your own cotton (for you southerners) the chances someone's child made it are pretty good, no matter who the designer is.
end of rant....I feel better ""
Dear Neanderthal bigot, I bet you do feel better now that you've exposed yourself as so much better than some one who lives in a trailer park. Why is that? How are you better. Do you really believe that the more expensive home you own is an indicator of intelligence? Boy, that's really stupid...you don't get out much, do you?
Or was it just wishful thinking about where I live...it couldn't have had any basis in fact(like the rest of your post) because how would you know where I live or what kind of house I live in?
If it was meant to be insulting it missed it's mark because I know very nice, decent, intelligent people (so unlike you) who live in trailer parks....many of America's seniors retire in lovely mobile homes in parks.
OK, now for your really stupid statement about how expensive things would be if we had unions...Henry Ford was smart enough to pay his workers enough to BUY CARS !!!!
If there were more people in unions there would be more people who could afford to buy things thus increasing demand for production from other union workers who in turn could also purchase more things and this helps to keep an ecomnomy strong...purchase power.
You say you live in the real world and still believe $8.00 an hour is enough to live on...pretty stupid ...it's way under the national poverty level.
I see by your pro-Walmart, anti-union post that you don't believe in fair wages, equal pay for equal work, 40 hour work week with overtime after 40 hours, paid vacation, paid sick days, sexual equality in the workplace, paying workers for ALL the time they work, not commiting a criminal act by hiring illegals....my goodness, how nasty and un-American can you be!
I'm surprised that since you don't live in a trailer park you can be so stupid...what's YOUR excuse
No, your ignorant post shows a total lack of reasoning ability and not the slightest touch of realism.
I know I won't change your mind so you keep your happy little dream...it sure beats thinking
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posted on August 26, 2005 02:26:45 AM new
profe- I wasn't including you, as you have the means and probably the capability to do it if you wanted to.
mingo- By your "random blathering" I assume you are speaking to me. Wow! I've never been called a "Neanderthal bigot" before. You'd have to know me to know how funny that is. I raised two children on less money than that. And all winter long we live on about that.
But thanks for the inclusion. Makes me feel special.
edited to fix my happy face
Now I have to get ready for work! I hit the snooze too many times this morning!
[ edited by twig125silver on Aug 26, 2005 02:33 AM ]
posted on August 26, 2005 08:27:46 AM newmingo- By your "random blathering" I assume you are speaking to me.
LOL! Of all people to accuse somebody ELSE of random blabbering!! Like this thing has no idea of the bandwidth it takes up on this site with HER random blabbering? Gawd!
posted on August 26, 2005 11:41:10 AM new
Oh but, dbl, THIS was MY favorite part that she spewed.....
it couldn't have had any basis in fact(like the rest of your post) because how would you know where I live or what kind of house I live in?
pot - meet kettle
Just how many times [hundreds and hundreds of times] has she, herself done just that to others? LOL LOL LOL Gotta find the humor in her making that statement. Maybe she doesn't have any mirrors in her house.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on August 26, 2005 12:57:56 PM new
"Maybe she doesn't have any mirrors in her house. "
If you looked like her, would you?????
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Golfer:Stop checking your watch all the time,its too much of a distraction.
Caddy:Its not a watch, its a compass
posted on August 26, 2005 01:45:24 PM new
The nearest Walmart used to be about 40 minutes from our house. It was crowded and overrun with people, but I could get in and out easily, finding the few items I bought there (like Tylenol, vitamins, etc.).
Instead now there's a Walmart Superstore 5 minutes further. True about the parking lot size, true about those who buy there. The new store is bigger and much cleaner--but I still can't find what I want easily. And, because I have a bad knee (surgery for replacement in 2 weeks), I can't walk the miles I'd need to walk from one end to the other.
About once every two months we venture in there. I lean on the shopping cart while my husband runs all over the store to find what we need. HATE the place and shop there less and less.
posted on August 26, 2005 01:52:46 PM new
Well, lindaKKK and classless once again prove they'd rather spread hate than answer a post that flies in the face of their little tiny prehistoric views
I think you forgot classless, that I have seen your picture(snicker , snicker).
You have never seen me so this proves you are a liar.
LindaKKK why didn't you mention Twig's assumption I lived in a trailer park....you're right, EVERYONE here has a DOUBLE STANDARD including you
Thanks to both of you for agreeing with my last post!
posted on August 26, 2005 02:22:49 PM new
mingo- In reading your response a little more closely you said, "I'm surprised that since you don't live in a trailer park you can be so stupid." If I'm reading that correctly, you are saying people who live in trailer parks are stupid, without stretching or twisting what you said at all.
I never said I'm pro or anti anything regarding Walmart. Only that I shop there about once a month, actually even less than that, and that the prices are alot better than the one store in my rural town, which is hardly a "Mom & Pop".
And I wish we had a union where I work. (Never happen, they'd close the doors first.)
I also said I live on that amount, after taxes and health insurance. I have lived on less in the past. No money for extras, but I know it can be done. Without "assistance" of any kind. That's what I mean about the real world. I live here.
And as a woman who has held a job since 15, don't try to lecture me about equal pay and equal opportunity and all the goodies that most workers don't get. Been there, done that. I have more compassion in my little finger than you will ever have, for what the "little people" have to go through because I'm one of millions of insignificants in America today. Fortunately, I'm not one in China.
In a perfect world, everyone would be paid what they're worth and be treated fairly. But we don't live in a perfect world, never have. I don't see it happening anytime soon either, no matter who's in the White House.
profe- I bet you'd look good in a sweater. I've never known anyone who doesn't. You just have to find a style that compliments you and is comfortable to wear.
edited to get rid of an unwanted smiley
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