notbob wrote:

> On 2008-03-04, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
> > Or wear it as a dunce cap for shopping at walmart.
>
> Hey, just because Walmart is the scum of the Earth and may become the ruin
> of the USA as a superpower, not to mention the downfall of civilzation as
we
> know it, and the worst thing to come along since Microsoft. Walmart DOES
> have a few good points. I can't think of any, so lets move along.
>
> So the gloves I bought there last Fall have already unraveled and are
> falling apart after 4 mos light use and the thermal underwear I bought
> ripped after 2 days use. Look at the bright side. It gives almost
gainful
> employment to those who lack the brain power required to flip a burger.
> 18 out of 19 clerks (NEVER on the same day, despite lines back to the
> automotive dept) don't know how to generate a hardcopy CC receipt (press
ESC
> twice) so you don't have your signature digitized for easy access by 11 yr
> old and/or Russian hackers. No, none of that counts.
>
> Walmart should be appreciated for what it is. CHEAP! I just bought last
> yrs fly fishing outfit for $25, marked down from $60. Wow! (I hope it
will
> last till after the first cast) I can buy Spring fashions only 3 days
after
> the beginning of Winter. Jinkies! I can meet dozens of eligible 70 yrs
old
> ladies in the laxative section of the pharmacy. (Hubba-hubba!) It keeps
my
> mom busy for hours. (thank you, God) It's a good place to find out where
> to go for govt funded health care. (talk to the gimps). Last, but not
> least, it sweeps the town clean of those pesky small businesses that
plague
> any thriving community.
>
> Let's hear it for Wally World! (yeah!)


In my small rural Illannoy hometown the city just voted down a Squallmart -
TIF deal that would have required an EXPENSIVE new water tower that
Squallmart said would have been necessary in order to upgrade the current SM
to a Sooper Center...I guess those folks down there aren't so dumb when they
know they are getting fleeced.

:-)

[funny "rant" BTW, nb...]


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Greg