tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post3976268822185797157..comments2024-02-21T08:58:09.518-08:00Comments on Her Bad Mother's Basement: Wal-Mart: A RantHer Bad Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-38189695499157063022008-04-09T17:35:00.000-07:002008-04-09T17:35:00.000-07:00These people prtest just a bit too much I think. M...These people prtest just a bit too much I think. Must have struck a nerve.<BR/><BR/>This accurately depicts every Wal Mart I've ever had the misfortune to patronize. <BR/><BR/>The only surprise to me is that any of the soulless protestors could figure out how to turn on a computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-83277668297922368432007-12-15T08:48:00.000-08:002007-12-15T08:48:00.000-08:00Oh, and just to clarify, my comment is aimed towar...Oh, and just to clarify, my comment is aimed towards the post author not the comment author.Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245436504933052526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-63470375189007576072007-12-15T08:47:00.000-08:002007-12-15T08:47:00.000-08:00I just read through the comments and this struck m...I just read through the comments and this struck me:<BR/><BR/>"Aside from Sam's(4 stores) and the forementioned Target (3stores) every grocery store around here within the last 10 years has closed. Walmart is what we have been left with."<BR/><BR/>If you can afford not to shop at Wal-Mart and there are other choices, I would encourage you to shop elsewhere. Wal-Mart is everything that is wrong Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245436504933052526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-1875778382985492412007-11-27T13:12:00.000-08:002007-11-27T13:12:00.000-08:00If I go to Walmart once a year, that's a lot. I a...If I go to Walmart once a year, that's a lot. I am at Target twice a week.<BR/><BR/>Target rocks!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-47907534230022977952007-11-20T12:52:00.000-08:002007-11-20T12:52:00.000-08:00MallWart is the suck. I prefer to sell my soul to ...MallWart is the suck. I prefer to sell my soul to Tarjhay instead, or shop online for bargains. :) Nice post.@Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04609355857719499731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-30730547453964374722007-11-18T22:31:00.000-08:002007-11-18T22:31:00.000-08:00What's up with Walmart? Within a 30 mile radious o...What's up with Walmart? Within a 30 mile radious of where I live there are 6 Walmart SuperCenters. Are they trying to take over the world?? I am poor and I have lots of children. I hate shopping at Walmart. Aside from Sam's(4 stores) and the forementioned Target (3stores) every grocery store around here within the last 10 years has closed. Walmart is what we have been left with. Unless I want to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-87140573202488081862007-11-16T17:55:00.000-08:002007-11-16T17:55:00.000-08:00Once, when I was in a Walmart, I walked around the...Once, when I was in a Walmart, I walked around the whole store for twenty minutes looking for someone to help me find something, and every time an associate saw me coming he/he started walking rapidly away. I finally found the store manager, and when I started to ask him for help, he interrupted me, pointing to his name tag, and said "Do you see this? It says I'm the store manager. That means I Jaelithehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-4557150202236407042007-11-15T19:14:00.000-08:002007-11-15T19:14:00.000-08:00I love wal-mart. if you hate it so much, go some ...I love wal-mart. if you hate it so much, go some where else. wal-mart has great prices on a lot of things my family needs, and last time i check, i still had a soul.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284542068599289410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-9333238112629972442007-11-15T18:15:00.000-08:002007-11-15T18:15:00.000-08:00Sigh. This post made me sort of sad. I don't like ...Sigh. This post made me sort of sad. I don't like Wal-mart - I don't like what the company represents or how it conducts its business.<BR/><BR/>But... you don't have my sympathy on this one.<BR/><BR/>The generalizations you apply to the people that shop at Wal-mart are more than a little insulting. I've shopped at Wal-mart. As a (very poor) teenager, it made the difference between me having food b*babblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494191160073990465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-37713071779369963052007-11-15T11:48:00.000-08:002007-11-15T11:48:00.000-08:00So go to Target. I'm not a fan of Wal-Mart myself...So go to Target. I'm not a fan of Wal-Mart myself, but sometimes my paycheck doesn't even allow for a forray to Target, so shop at Wal-Mart I must.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't mean I'm soulless. <BR/><BR/>What if the woman yelling at her kid to get over there right NOW has had her child wander off and scare the daylights out of her with worry and she's only trying to keep the child by her side? <BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-18123553303135682002007-11-15T11:45:00.000-08:002007-11-15T11:45:00.000-08:00I love this, mostley because it is so true. I like...I love this, mostley because it is so true. I like target better, there are less screaming children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-6421529826244514692007-11-15T11:18:00.000-08:002007-11-15T11:18:00.000-08:00If you hate it that much, don't shop there.But to ...If you hate it that much, don't shop there.<BR/><BR/>But to pass such scathing judgment on those who do — well, I find it to be pointlessly generalizing and unkind.<BR/><BR/>Many of the shoppers you describe have little money and few options. <BR/><BR/>A debate over three-packs vs. six-packs of soap may seem silly to you, but who's to say those women weren't calculating how much they could affordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-76786716444137341872007-11-15T08:24:00.000-08:002007-11-15T08:24:00.000-08:00What a creative take on Walmart. Frankly, I've nev...What a creative take on Walmart. Frankly, I've never been in one and I never plan to go into one. Fortunately, I live in a city and don't have to depend on Walmart for anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-89575203133519913122007-11-15T06:46:00.000-08:002007-11-15T06:46:00.000-08:00Alright, I have to say, I HATE Walmart too. And I...Alright, I have to say, I HATE Walmart too. And I never use to shop there, but now that we have relocated to a remote area it is literally the only variety store in our area. And i HATE it. Hate it. I don't judge anybody in there because I know they are forced to shop there as well. I think you can find the people you described in any store anywhere, because they are everywhere.<BR/><BR/>Oh,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-24671528372612349192007-11-15T04:56:00.000-08:002007-11-15T04:56:00.000-08:00I choose not to shop there because their business ...I choose not to shop there because their business practices are awful, and their prominent use of child labour. No one is forcing you to go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-49561368360243370182007-11-14T21:54:00.000-08:002007-11-14T21:54:00.000-08:00Instead why not focus what is truly harmful to soc...Instead why not focus what is truly harmful to society? WALMART is not good for America. Watch the "High cost of low prices"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-74524880570688376212007-11-14T21:10:00.000-08:002007-11-14T21:10:00.000-08:00I hate Walmart too, and I understand what you mean...I hate Walmart too, and I understand what you mean, I think, but I also understand what the first few commenters have said. If you give people a chance to act human, maybe reach out to one of the cashiers, in my experience there's a good chance they will welcome it. <BR/><BR/>Of course they might not, but does that mean that all of your worst fears have been confirmed? or that you should stop Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006026922416983261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-79263171903781485252007-11-14T19:15:00.000-08:002007-11-14T19:15:00.000-08:00Quite the broad brush you've painted everyone in e...Quite the broad brush you've painted everyone in every WalMart with.<BR/><BR/>I hate that store because it's disorganized and poor quality. I can't attest to every soul who shops thereflutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-61392730001024399142007-11-14T19:10:00.000-08:002007-11-14T19:10:00.000-08:00I think it's sad how you lump all Walmarts and all...I think it's sad how you lump all Walmarts and all Walmart shoppers into one category. My Walmart is nothing like that; I actually enjoy going there. I shop there because I can get more groceries for my family for the price and am able to get more errands done in one stop (important when you've got several little ones in tow). You sound very bitter and I have to wonder why you even go there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26063103.post-27096010165676002762007-11-14T18:54:00.000-08:002007-11-14T18:54:00.000-08:00Perhaps you should shop elsewhere. Most people sho...Perhaps you should shop elsewhere. Most people shop at WalMart because they can't afford to shop at other stores.<BR/><BR/>I shop at WalMart because I have to, and I am none of the things you describe above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com