DonAndersen Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 Hi All, A friend has been pestering me. He's trying to determine what is good about a Walmart. Finally in desperation, I told him that the paved parking lot may have destroyed some gopher holes and that was the only good thing I could come up with. Any other ideas? catch ya' Don Quote
Weedy1 Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 Any other ideas? It's a great place to loose the wife at. Quote
dryfly Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 "It's a great place to lose the wife at." Yabbut ... not a great place to get a new wife. Don .. They sell a stacks of 2-mm craft foam for five bucks ... good for ants and hoppers ... you get half sheets of about 15 useable colors and you give the rest to your grandrats to cut up and make a mess with. If you decided to commit an act of terrorism you could bomb a Wal-Mart and improve the overall genetic stock of the land. (Like WE never go there. ) Quote
lonefisher Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 They give those little happy face stickers to kids..... thats all I got Quote
Guest RedWiggler Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 They give those little happy face stickers to kids..... thats all I got lmao, thats why we got to Walmart, kids and happy face stickers. Quote
cheeler Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 Aside from airport hangars, it's the biggest wind break Lethbridge has. Quote
bigalcal Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Good place to attach this You know your wife is a redneck when............. Quote
bulltrout Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 they sell cheap toys that break within an hour of normal kid use...this way, i get out of doing dishes by saying i'm fixing the toys... Quote
Guest bigbadbrent Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 they sell fishing licences, and reprints, when you've forgotten yours! i win Quote
fishfreak Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 You can get a fishing license there on a Sunday evening when all of the other shops are closed, even Canadian Tire! Quote
reevesr1 Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 Hard to believe they stay in business, being that they suck so bad. Wait a minute, aren't they the biggest retail company in the world and getting bigger all the time? Hard to reconcile that with their absolute suckage. Or maybe they have some things figured out? Like the most efficient distribution system going? And the fact that at the end of the day, lots and lots of people just want it cheap?? Quote
DonAndersen Posted March 31, 2008 Author Posted March 31, 2008 And rickr, Cheap is what you get + where else would you kids get lead poisoning @ a discount. Don Quote
Guest Sundancefisher Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 Best thing about Walmart is I do not have to work there for a living... Man I feel sorry for those folks. To see how excited they are about working there...watch the doors for 10 minutes. In that time you will see/hear the theft alarm go off about 10 times and not an employee bothers to look over or check someone... Yahoo... more cheap foam for me! Quote
reevesr1 Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 And rickr, Cheap is what you get + where else would you kids get lead poisoning @ a discount. Don Don, With all due respect, and I mean that, thats a bullshit argument. You can get cheap toys with lead poisoning pretty much anywhere that buys chinese toys, which is pretty much everywhere. Also, any aware person who doesn't think Walmart serves a purpose is not sincere. Even if you do not shop there, they keep the prices of other stores down. I've gone through this argument with MTB before, and I realize it's a waste of time. Hating the big kid on the block is too easy to do. But, I'm not a stupid shopper. I know the difference between cheap and inexpensive. If I can get corn flakes, or a can of corn, or a tube of toothpaste at Walmart for less than the competition, then I'm buying from Walmart. Quote
DonAndersen Posted April 1, 2008 Author Posted April 1, 2008 Hey rick, Hate is a purty ugly word. Don't hate Walmart. We haven't got one. Rocky Town Council turned the leeches down. Walmart wanted $800,000 in tax relief to locate here. Hell, we don't subsidize local merchants and most of them were born here. Now why in the devil would we subsidize a business whose aim is to put local merchants outta business all the while sending the profits south. We want a second chance @ the dollar and that can only be obtained by merchants who shop locally. As far as prices - taint the law @ Walmart. You better do a little competitive shopping - a whole lot of business provide goods cheaper and of better quality. Yupe - been in the place - twice - know thy enemy. And whats a MTB? Don Quote
reevesr1 Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 Don, MTB=MissinTheBow. We had this argument a while ago. And hate, in this case, was more rhetoric than actual (not the right word, but I can't think of it) Been in Walmart 100s of times. Helps to know when they are your friend. They are almost always the cheapest, at least where I'm from. I also go to small shops. Spend more there. Sometimes unnecessarily, but I do that for friends too. And they'll be in Rocky. Only a matter of time. Quote
Red Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 Walmart wanted $800,000 in tax relief to locate here. Hell, we don't subsidize local merchants and most of them were born here. Now why in the devil would we subsidize a business whose aim is to put local merchants outta business all the while sending the profits south. We want a second chance @ the dollar and that can only be obtained by merchants who shop locally. That is exactly why I don't ever shop there. Sure I might save a couple bucks but it's not worth it. I know it means nothing to Walmart that they won't get my money but it means something to me. Quote
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