I think I'm going crazy . . .

[reveal]

I spent a few years in Indianola, which is south of Des Moines. In fact, that's where I first learned to play D&D, and where I met my future wife. And the infamous "Eric's Grandmother" lives there.

Iowa's really important!

Cool. That should be Iowa's new motto: "Eric's grandmother lives here. We're important!"

 

[Captain Tagon]

I really hate Wal-Mart. It's partially their busines practices, partially the way they treat the people who make their products, partially the way they treat their employees, partially the way they lose millions of dollars every year putting smaller businesses out of business, and partially how they try to beat us over the head with their morality by cesoring music.

Wal-Mart is evil. Greedy, self serving, uncaring evil.

- Kemrain the Opinionated.

Firms are by there very nature amoral. Therefore they can't be good or evil. As firms they exist solely to make money. And Wal-Mart does that quite well.

 

[Len]

Iowa's really important!

There's something I didn't know before. Thanks!

 

[reveal]

There's something I didn't know before. Thanks!

Is there no end to his helpful knowledge? I submit that there is not.

 

[Dingleberry]

Iowa's really important!

Damn straight. I'm from there!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Is there no end to his helpful knowledge? I submit that there is not.

DING! Reveal wins the prize. Reveal, will you choose door #1, 2 or 3?

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I have 2 Super Walmarts with in 5 miles of each other. I never go there for grocery shopping, we have a very nice grocery chain here in Florida for that. I actually go to Walmart more often than not at like 2 or 3 in the morning. When I want an X-Box game or a DVD right then and there. Its always busy. And what pisses me off is there is always a family shopping at 2am with thier 3 kids on a Monday durning school. Now I know nothing of these people but it just seems wrong to see a 6 year olds up at 3am on a Monday.

My sister had her kids up at 4AM on July 4th. How did I know this? Because it was her talking to my friend, Richard, what woke me up... I had to be up at 5AM for work and went to sleep late... Don't know why she had them up so early...

 

[DarrenGMiller]

My area is a Wal-Mart paradise. There are at least 5 Super Wal-Mart stores in a 30 minute drive from my house in any direction. My theory is that Wal-Mart exists in a dimension where time flows differently than in the rest of the world. For example, I go to Wal-Mart to pick up milk, cereal, paper towels and orange juice. I get out of my car at 10:00 a.m., enter the store and head straight for the items I need, which are all relatively close to one another. I pick them up in the most practical order without stopping to look at anything else. Then, I head to the check-out (self, since the lines are shorter and I am the only moron who can check me out there) and leave the store. Looking at the clock as I get back into the car. It is now 11:50 a.m. Where did the time go? It felt like I was in there 30 minutes maximum. That happens to me often when I go to Wal-Mart. It is a time sink.

Anyway, I am reading Wal-Mart Nation. Very interesting book.

DM

 

[der_kluge]

They have Hyvees in Kansas City as well.

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

Well.

As of 15 minutes ago, I'm a Wal-Mart guy. (At least as far as Boonville MO is concerned).

I needed Suet Cakes (those fat & seed mixtures you feed the birds). We got back yesterday from a week long trip & the suet feeders were empty & I didn't have any replacements.

And, at least 1 of the dozens of woodpeckers we have has figured out new suet cakes come from the guy in the brick box over there. Thus he took to drumming on the trim next to our back door. Roughly translated, he was saying: "Give us suet cake now 'BLEEP' or your tires are next."

So we made a special trip to our local hardware store (rather than Wal-Mart). Got there. Stores locked. Hours say Sunday 10-5. It's 2. Rattle the doors, look for some sort of sign. Nothin'. Finally 2 people start heading out from the back of the store. It's the manager, he's going on lunch break, say's they're doing inventory all day, "But, we'll be open at 8 AM Tomorrow." Of course I have to be at work by 7 AM, and having a Woodpecker bang at the door all day wasn't helping.

So, off to Wal-mart. (During the time I was there, 15 other people tried the doors, looked around mystified, then gave up & headed over to Wal-Mart across the street).

This isn't the first time I've gone to this store when they are supposed to be open & they are not. I'm tired of it. If I have to choose between a store that might have what I want, but WILL BE OPEN when the SAY THEY ARE OPEN; I'll choose them everytime.

I've had it. I'm NEVER going to make a special trip to that store again, because there is no guarentee they will be open (despite having multiple signs clearly stating their operational hours). I'm not the only one, either.

Oh, and the owner is fighting against the Super Wal-Mart coming in, as "It'll run me out of business." Funny, you managed to run me off quite nicely all by yourself, no Walton help needed.

Wal-Mart had my Suet cakes (Actually they didn't have the brand I wanted, but they had something that worked). And the Woodpecker has happily left our trimwork alone & is gobbling down rended beef fat & peanut chunks as we speak.