Archive for September 5th, 2009

Love/Hate Wal Mart

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

I love Wal Mart and I hate Wal Mart.  I hate Wal Mart because I know they come into towns and wipe out the small business competition because who can compete with their prices?  I also hate the long lines at my local Wal Mart.  I think this is because they can’t keep enough cashiers hired so most check out lines remain closed.  I also hate the stupid people (I hate people in general) who wander around Wal Mart talking on their cell phones, leaving their carts in the middle of the aisle so I can’t get by.  Oh, and I also hate Wal Mart because as big as my local Wal Mart is (it’s a super Wal Mart with a grocery section), often they are out of what I need or they’re restocking and the restocking people seem like they don’t give two craps about you as there’s boxes everywhere and they’ll just about push you over so they can restock shelves. I hate my local Wal Mart because they had those self check out lines but apparently they couldn’t handle the shoplifting (according to someone I asked) because none of them are ever open anymore…they used to be the quickest way out of the place. (more…)