Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "jmcquown" >
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>>
>> Now the same developer wants to put in a Dollar Store. Okay, I love
>> my dollar stores. As long as it doesn't take up 295,000 sq. feet and
>> clog traffic. But that's still not what the property is zoned for.
>
> I have not set foot in a Walmart in about 2 years and have no plans of
> doing so in the future. I do enjoy browsing the Dollar Store and
> Dollartree now and then. I was there about a week ago and one of the
> employees was outside taking a break when I was coming out of the
> store. I asked her why it was so busy on a weekday morning. She said
> it just seemed busy. The store was cutting hours and there were
> fewer cashiers.
>
> I found that curious because I'd never seen so many people in the
> place shopping. One lady in line spent almost $200 on stuff and it
> all looked like Xmas gifts... teddy bears etc. It would seem to me
> that in hard economic times, people would be shopping much more at
> these places than at their usual shopping spots. What do I know.
> The only thing I know about retail is how to spend my loot ;-(
>
> Michael

One of the hospice nurses keeps urging me to go to WalMart to buy things.
She's obviously a WalMart proponent. I said, "You are just bound and
determined to make me go to WalMart, aren't you? Let me tell you right now,
I despise WalMart!" She laughed. I was deadly serious. I think she
probably buys groceries there Oh goody, saline injected meat!

Jill