Dear folks,
Well, just to get my few bits into the conversation... and I have a
brand-new "super" Wal-Mart just down the road.
1. I have trouble finding what I want in Wal-Mart, so I find myself
rarely going there. It's not that I can't find the section that I want,
or that the people working there can't assist me... it's just that they
don't _have_ what I want, even in the correct sections. It's worst in
their grocery and hardware sections - they just carry a limited
selection in everything. So, I usually end up going to the smaller
local grocery, or K-Mart... because they have what I want.
2. It is possible to keep Wal-Mart out of your community, if you want.
There are a few towns which have successfully done so. I believe their
primary method is to limit the area which a single store may occupy,
then refuse to issue variances. This does work, but must be enacted
before Wal-Mart comes to town.
3. If you don't like them... simply don't purchase from them. And
encourage your friends and neighbors to do likewise. And tell them, by
letter, what you are doing, and why you are doing so. Boycott isn't
enough - you have to let the corporate bosses know _why_ you are doing
so, and how much money it is costing them.
Now, back to the Skunkworks erotica... which is much more interesting,
any day, than anything Wal-Mart sells...
Falbert
On 29 Jul 2002 at 20:35, Rick2Tails wrote:
>not to get too into it much since this is not the place to rant
>politics.But I had to ONCE and briefly say why Walmart is the evilist
>corporation in america.
>It is the largest company and pays among the lowest wages.It lobbies at
>congress to higher the maximum hours till overtime pay & argues for weaking
>any and all worker protection laws.It leads the nation in lawsuits and has
>repeatedly been found to have broken the law in it`s treatment of employees
>and customers.It lies to it`s employeees about unions and hard lobbies them
>from the moment they are hired that unions are practically baby eating
>communist satan worshipers. It is the number one discount retailer,toy
>seller,and will soon be the biggest grocery retailer.It crushes small
>business wherever it goes and sues anyone and evryone never settling any
>disputes out of court .Its had numerours items where they claimed the
>products were made in america when they werent.They `ve sold many items that
>were illegal knockoffs of former partners products.They`ve had more than
>thier fair share of products recalled for safety reasons.And foulest of all
>it censors music and movies it sells without labeling its censorship.
>Basically everything Bill Gates does to the computer industry,Walmart does
>to the whole retail industry. They are real life Montgomery Burnses and use
>their massive size to do what the fuck they want."we`re walmart we can do
>what we want"
>Sorry for the rant .I won`t follow this up at all .I just had to post once
>about it.They`re a damn evil company in my opinion,plus they are trying to
>destroy my grocery store job (with Kroger)to boot ;p
>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:51:49 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Scrapper BlackDragon <scrapperbd_at_yahoo.com>
>> Subject: RE: Des we need your help!
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>> --- Thylacine <thylacin_at_twcny.rr.com> wrote:
>> > Hehe, I'm working for Wal-Mart now.. be careful in
>> > the Electroics section of Store #2911..
>> My visits to Wal-Mart were both good for me and the
>> retailer, as I spent a tonne on various items that I
>> have trouble getting in Australia. Roseville,
>> Michigan being my main point of Wal-mart visitation.
>> I can assure you that I didn't need any encouragement
>> to get rid of cash, but that's pretty typical of me...
>>
>> > we can all chip in and buy des a trank-gun to use on
>> > jim to keep him from working too hard!!!!
>> I thought we could just set the sisters on him. Or
>> Slappy could just 'tap' him on the noggin with the
>> nail bat (with a un-spikey part!) should pacify him
>> nicely...
>>
>> Scrapper, Black Dragon, not even in the USA and still
>> been shopping at Wal-Mart. And WHAT is WRONG with
>> shopping Wal-Mart????
>>
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Received on Tue Jul 30 2002 - 06:08:15 CDT