I had the great joy and privilege of visiting my favorite place on earth-WalMart, last Friday night. The kids were with the grandparents, my wife and I got a little dessert and at about 9:00 pm I looked across the street and said, well, it's about 9 on a Friday night, the crazies should be at WalMart now, shall we join them?
I wanted some picture frames, and needed batteries for the camera. So, my once a year trip to WalMart came early this year, very early.
You take your life in your hands.......me and a little boy named Cletus nearly got ran over by his mother on one of those motorized carts. It was like a demolition derby in there with all the carts with diet-challenged folks whizzing past you. I was unable to locate long underwear at our previous stop-so I went looking-the fella browsing the XXL section moved over a little for me to find some smalls, then said "yep, reckon' near everyone will be needin' these tamarra". Indeed, 20 below wind chill-they did come in handy.
The self-scanner didn't work either. My wife says it's because I was along-she never has trouble. Do you think it scanned my resentment of the big box? As we left, I said, that's what you get for supporting WalMart.......who supports America by taking away the American dream, shipping jobs overseas to China so we can buy toys that will kill us. It is the American way.
Still-it's not as annoying as the tv commercial running for the Elkhart mall now........something about representing family values. How can a mall do that?
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HR,
You will appreciate the following link.
http://www.jibjab.com/originals/big_box_mart
Been to jib jab "big box" and love it-funny because it is true.
HR
Being somewhat of a old and preservationist person myself, I have mixed feelings about Wal Mart and Walgreens.
I hate what a new Wal-Mart can do to an old downtown, and then there's Walgreens penchant for tearing down old buildings in order to obtain a corner.
However, I must admit to shopping at both stores, so I am kind of caught between a rock and a hard place.
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