3rd division Totenkopf t-shirt, get yours today!

1/29/2008 10:09:12 AM

rock of the marne?

[Edited on January 29, 2008 at 10:12 AM. Reason : ahaha, guess not...]

1/29/2008 10:10:52 AM

nein

1/29/2008 10:14:53 AM

Quote :

"hate the FUCKING SHITBAG PEOPLE who are in the store - employees and customers. They're either fat, Garner-style, Golden Corral loving, whole milk & bologna eaters or nappy headed, loud mouthed, rude, rent-to-owners. I'll pay many % more not to have to encounter the lower levels of Southern society."

1/29/2008 10:16:44 AM

yar, the totenkopf clarified things a bit

1/29/2008 10:16:45 AM

Quote :

""why the hate on walmart" because they (people who hate on Wal-Mart) generally care about issues or aesthetics outside of the realm of "what's cheapest""

1/29/2008 10:20:20 AM

Wal-Mart is where people go who are too ugly to be allowed into Target, like the woman wearing purple sweatpants and a tweetybird t-shirt with her enormous fat-lady boobs swinging around somewhere near her navel. Not much different from the people I've seen hanging around outside the Women's Hospital in Greensboro. It attracts people with absolutely zero taste, culture, class, or refinement, kind of like Myrtle Beach.

My wife is actually scared of Wal-Mart, she was clinging to my arm the whole time we were in there, afraid of getting kidnapped by the mexicans.

1/29/2008 3:23:25 PM

Can't believe you'd leave the ol' Ivory Tower, raleighboy

1/29/2008 3:26:25 PM

for starters let me say that im torn on Walmart. It brings jobs (both here and afar) and businesses and give people with tight budgets a good place to do their trading usually in rural areas that might have needed a shot in the economic arm.

That being said Wal-mart and most of its brands it carries have used "Free - Trade" agreements and the WTO to make setting up factories and sweatshops overseas more lucrative and less risky. This is our government teaming up with these major corporations to bypass tariffs and other obstacles that make overseas manufacturing risky. Smaller stores cant do this. As a result we see a mass of Manufacturing jobs leaving america and the small businesses that used to sell their stuff shutdown.

This process of course uses more oil and creates more pollution as compared to the buy local sale local mentallity. It has also made people more likely to buy cheap shit that is unrepairable. We just buy the same thing again because it is that cheap. That means more stuff gets thrown away in our landfills.

I think you can only blame Wal-mart so much though. They are there to make money and compete and thats what they do (and well). We should probably blame our government for being involved in the WTO and "free" trade agreements.

1/29/2008 4:50:29 PM

1/29/2008 4:51:30 PM

Some of you assholes are going to drown during a heavy rain from your noses being pointed so high up in the air. Damn.

1/29/2008 5:14:34 PM

bout to go to walmart and get a dog muzzle...i'd go to petsmart, but its probably double the price

1/31/2008 11:54:34 AM

^probably double the quality too. I like walmart, but remember you do get what you pay for.

1/31/2008 12:51:51 PM

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/06/150075-nyt-tries-publish-hit-piece-walmart-fails-miserably-walmarts-response-legendary/

this "fact checking" is pretty much bullshit.

6/26/2014 11:45:36 AM

Think I've been to Walmart once in the last 10 years. I don't think there's even one relatively near me anyway. I feel dirty every time I go in one.

6/26/2014 5:56:57 PM

I deal with many distribution centers on a regular basis

a few institutions Wal Mart kicks the shit out of in terms of professionalism and service on a corporate level :

HEB
Walgreens
CVS - (which is tied with HEB for absolute worst)
Petsmart
Target



Dollar General is surprisingly very easy to work with, but I believe this to be because they are much smaller in comparison.

6/26/2014 6:04:15 PM

Just because an organization is professional doesn't mean they're a good organization.

6/26/2014 6:11:31 PM

yes, professionalism means nothing at all....

6/26/2014 6:33:01 PM

A company can be as professional as can be. Doesn't have anything to do with the quality of their products, the quality of life of their workers, and their company as a whole. I vote with my money. I'd rather shop somewhere like Costco that is a far better company than Walmart.

I don't doubt they're creating jobs, giving opportunities to people who wouldn't have them otherwise, restoring small towns, bleh bleh, but that doesn't mean they're doing a good job of it. They could be providing BETTER opportunities, paying a higher working wage, etc.

This is kind of old but still interesting (seems somewhat legit):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAcaeLmybCY&feature=youtu.be

Quote :

"This video crunches the numbers on how much Walmart, the single biggest beneficiary of the food stamp economy, might have to raise prices across the board to help a typical worker earn a living wage."

Interesting relationship between food stamps and buying power.

6/26/2014 6:41:40 PM

Shopped at Walmart first time ever AFAIR.

Spent $363.75 in almost exactly 3.6 hours

6/29/2014 6:44:22 AM

I have seen more shopping cart violations at Walmart than anywhere else. Even when there is a cart corral two parkings spots away. It's all over the place.

6/29/2014 10:42:57 AM

i always remember the cary target being the worst for that. THE WORST.

6/29/2014 11:10:56 AM

Walmart has its drawbacks, but in a lot of cases it is the most practical place to get things you need. Dollar General is doing very well because they have reasonably priced basic items and are much more convenient/faster to get in and out of than walmart. Target has less selection and higher prices but appeals more to urban women.

6/29/2014 11:11:27 AM

Let me guess you live in the country and Walmart is the only thing close by? There's 3-4 Targets close to me and there's not a single Walmart anywhere near me. Not only do I not want to support Walmart but it's not convenient to get to.

-This thread needs more People of Walmart pics.

[Edited on June 29, 2014 at 12:55 PM. Reason : s]

6/29/2014 12:53:50 PM

If there were a law that shut down all Wal-Marts tomorrow, it wouldn't be urban liberals that felt the impact, it would be the poor people that shop and work there. It's easy to look down your nose at Wal-Mart shoppers when you're college educated and have a salary to show for it. The Real Poor don't go to Whole Foods. Retail is a race to the bottom in some markets, and Wal-Mart has won that race.

In a way, Wal-Mart is kind of like a symbiotic tumor that grew out of a subsidy-rich environment. It's ugly, but if you were to just remove it, there's a good chance the host would die. Without food stamps and government assistance, their workers wouldn't be able to survive and their key customer base wouldn't be able to load up their carts.

[Edited on June 29, 2014 at 2:38 PM. Reason : ]

6/29/2014 2:35:42 PM

I am currently having to work part time at DG and everytime i have to tell someone they are going to have to go to walmart to get something they are not happy, even when they look like one of walmarts regulars.

I'm not sure if anyone genuinely enjoys shopping there

6/29/2014 3:13:44 PM

The one in Chapel Hill (just across the Chatham County line) is pretty nice and usually not swamped with horrible people. It's hella more convenient than fighting the traffic to get to Target at Southpoint or the Durham shopping options if you live in Carrboro.

6/29/2014 4:14:19 PM

The Wally World in Wake Forest and the one on Fox Rd near Triangle Town Center are straight. They are the only Wally Worlds that I have ever seen with self-checkout. All-in-all, unless you are using coupons elsewhere, nothing can beat Wally World overall.

TRU DAT

6/29/2014 4:29:30 PM

Walmart is basically the brick and mortar Amazon.com

discuss

6/29/2014 5:11:27 PM

It really is (in a way) since Amazon collects sales tax now. Amazon still wins it outs but only by a small margin these days. Whats even better is that most major retailers are willing to do a price match against Amazon, which I have taken advantage of several times.

6/29/2014 5:20:33 PM

I dislike Walmart, but Target never really has what we need.

6/29/2014 9:26:50 PM

Amazon is used as a marketplace by small independent sellers, wal-mart is not

6/29/2014 9:30:30 PM

I love Wal-Mart when the crowds are down and the self-checkout lady is attentive/expedient with her "ok" button

Quote :

"Spent $363.75 in almost exactly 3.6 hours"

I know the feeling

6/29/2014 9:40:34 PM

Quote :

"If there were a law that shut down all Wal-Marts tomorrow, it wouldn't be urban liberals that felt the impact, it would be the poor people that shop and work there. It's easy to look down your nose at Wal-Mart shoppers when you're college educated and have a salary to show for it. The Real Poor don't go to Whole Foods. Retail is a race to the bottom in some markets, and Wal-Mart has won that race. In a way, Wal-Mart is kind of like a symbiotic tumor that grew out of a subsidy-rich environment. It's ugly, but if you were to just remove it, there's a good chance the host would die. Without food stamps and government assistance, their workers wouldn't be able to survive and their key customer base wouldn't be able to load up their carts."

You're kind of missing the point. I'm not advocating shutting down all Wal-Marts. I see their value. They employ people and they provide cheap products for lower income families.

The reason I don't support Wal-Mart is because they COULD do a lot better. There are plenty of GOOD companies out there that do MORE for their workers. Not just the bare minimum. Costco as I've mentioned is one of them. Starbucks also provides healthcare to a large portion of their workers as well as this (small but a step in the right direction):

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/16/starbucks-free-college-tuition/10569971/

It's simply the fact that larger corporations CAN do better. Wal-Mart COULD raise their prices 1 or 2 cents with very little impact to the consumer and get the majority of their workers out of poverty.

If I didn't have a choice sure I'd shop there. Now that I'm educated and have a good salary I'm going to vote with my money and not shop there.

6/30/2014 12:06:51 PM

I do know that Wal Mart charges the FUCK out of their vendors who do not get their product in on or 3 days before the due date. Moreso than other companies. I think that wal mart makes a shitload of money off of this and it is one of the ways they are able to keep their products cheap.

6/30/2014 1:04:06 PM

those scoundrels!

6/30/2014 8:29:23 PM

This is the REAL reason I go to Wally World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF0tkdhtIDA

6/30/2014 10:02:11 PM