My theory as to why I buy what I buy at Walmart

[Lynch]

You guys are so lucky; the Wal-Marts up here in Canookland close at 9 on weekdays and 5 on weekends.

That's because up in canada, the majority of the population that spends money after 6pm is usually swilling down their paycheck and/or playing/watching hockey. No reason for them to be open any later than that.

[Lynch]

Does Walmart still sell firearms?

Some do, although I can't say for sure if they all do. If they don't we can blame that self-agendecizing pig Michael Moore for that one.




(and yes, i just made up that word on the spot)

[DirtyKash]

That's because up in canada, the majority of the population that spends money after 6pm is usually swilling down their paycheck and/or playing/watching hockey. No reason for them to be open any later than that.

We all live in igloos and own dog sleds.

[riverdunesrat]

[Halladay_is_God]

We all live in igloos and own dog sleds.

and all we eat is whale or moose

[Lynch]

We all live in igloos and own dog sleds.

Same with Minnesotans. And 7 months out of the year, we can walk on water.

[RockSports17]

Those self checkout things are the dumbest things EVER. A buddy of mine had to buy a pregnancy test () and he had to stop and get carded by like a 16 year old girl. Same happened to me when I bought a couple of things for my Jeep

Really? Don't know why they did that. All I know is that you get carded for alcohol and CDs (Parental advisory). Never seen or heard anything else get carded.

[Fishercat]

I'll trade the firearms back if Wal-Mart starts selling CDs (and magazines for those inclined) for people over the age of 13 (read: uncensored, porn).

[Providence A's]

why would Walmart do that fisher? It's one of the most conservative companies out there...isn't the CEO or founder a strict Catholic or something?

[Fishercat]

I realize that, I was trying to be somewhat as Lynch blamed Michael Moore (liberals) for the removal of firearms, so I went vice-versa

Yeah, Wal-Mart's pretty conservative. The founder was a shrewd businessman but generally a nice guy from Arkansas, but since then, it's a bit skeevy

[Providence A's]

well, the Walmart near me sells guns and we don't exactly have hunting or anything where I live seeing as though it's a CITY and not the country or something. Am I going to hunt stray cats? Perhaps the occasional racoon? Most likely the rats though...yea, I'll go hunting for some rats the next time I see one going in my recycle bin.

[CS The Reds Fan]

There are three Wal-Mart's here within 20 minutes of me, the closest being five minutes and right beside the mall, and it is next to hell to get through.

Is it true that most West Virginians like to go hang out at Wal-Mart at 2-3 AM in the morning?

The latest i've ever been in a Wal-Mart is 10 PM. My mom has been in there around midnight. The one I was in was on the other side of town and clears out pretty quickly after 5 PM, but the one closest to the house is busy all the time anymore.

Speaking from my own experience, I work at a smaller mom & pop grocery store in South Parkersburg(although it is corporate owned). Most of the people are older folks who shop there because they have shopped there all their life, the size of the store, and the carryout service. A Wal-Mart went in on the other side of the hill and took nearly $40,000 in business, basically destroying us.

Normally you would probably think that I would refuse to shop at Wal-Mart because of that, but its just our society improving. First it was the mom and pop grocery store, then it was the supermarkets, now its Wal-Mart. As hard as it may be to see, something could come along in 20 years and blow Wal-Mart out of the water.

[Lynch]

I've always been a mom & pop kind of guy and it really saddens me to see mom & pop places go under because they can't compete with high-volume corporate competition. If I have the chance, I'll go to a known mom & pop gas station over a SuperAmerica, Holiday station, etc any day of the week.

[RockSports17]

So, earlier in this thread I talked about how there were like 3 walmarts 30 minutes from me. Well, I just found out that Walmarts is thinking about moving to my good ole small town here, 5 minutes away from me. Hopefully the village is smart and turns them down. But I know they won't, why? Because it's going to bring jobs, and it's going to help the town grow. Which is not needed, because most people here, stay here because it's a small town. We start bringing in a big business like walmarts, it's going to turn this town to shit.

Also, they plan on building around 160 walmarts in the next few years here in Michigan. It's not enough they have two walmarts in every town and city. They want three or 4 in every city or town. Bunch of god damn f*ckers is what I'm saying.

[DirtyKash]

College Student Spends 41 Hours in Wal-Mart

By DAVID PITT, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago

DES MOINES, Iowa - Some students set out for sun-drenched beaches and tropical party bars for spring break. Skyler Bartels, a 20-year-old Drake University sophomore, headed for the local Wal-Mart.

Bartels, an aspiring writer from Harvard, Neb., thought he'd spend a week in the store as a test of endurance, using it as the premise for a magazine article. He called his adviser and she liked the idea.

"I just intuitively thought, 'This is brilliant!'" said Carol Spaulding-Kruse, a Drake associate professor of English. "I wasn't quite sure why, but it just sounded like a really good idea."

For 41 hours, Bartels wandered the aisles of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Windsor Heights. He watched shoppers, read magazines, watched movies on the DVD display and played video games.

He bought meals at the in-store Subway sandwich shop, but was able to catch only brief naps in a restroom stall or on lawn chairs in the garden department.

Other shoppers and employees didn't pay much attention until the end of his stay, he said, when it appeared some store greeters began to take notice — pointing at him and whispering.

A shift manager approached him and asked him if he was finding everything he needed.

"He said, 'Didn't I see you over by the magazines, like, five hours ago?' I told him, 'Maybe,'" Bartels said.

Tiring to the point of hallucinating, Bartels said he decided to go home before he was thrown out.

He considered the project a failure.

Then, The Des Moines Register, which had been contacted by Spaulding-Kruse, called to ask him about the experience. Once the story ran, ABC and other networks began calling.

He started his day Tuesday talking with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America" and told The Associated Press he had decided the stunt wasn't such a failure after all.

He's talked with a book agent after a Penguin books author saw the story on the Internet. He also has been contacted by New Line Cinema about a movie concept.

Tuesday afternoon he did a radio interview with National Public Radio, and CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" was arranging a flight to New York for an appearance later in the week.

Bartels said he's surprised by the attention, but it's like a dream for anyone with hopes of ever becoming a writer.

"Whereas, I think the project itself is a failure, I could use this media stuff as a third leg of a book if I wrote it, about how America eats this stuff up," he said. "I'm incredibly happy with the press coverage. It would be kind of silly not to accept it with open arms."

The manager of the Windsor Heights Wal-Mart referred questions to company headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., where spokesman Kevin Thornton said Bartels neither violated store policy nor broke the law.

"We were unaware of his presence and if we were aware of it we certainly wouldn't have condoned it," Thornton said. "We're a retailer, not a hotel."

Thornton said the story has taken off because of Wal-Mart's stature.

"We have 3,800 locations in the U.S. One-hundred million people go through our stores every week," he said. "Wal-Mart is part of the fabric of life and this kind of reiterates that."