• Hegemone said on Sep 25, 2009....

  Wow.  While I can't deny their success, nor the fact that I have heard that they do donate to charity and support many good causes, I still can't get warm feelings about the place.  My experience in working there wasn't so hot.  Loved my co-workers, those that were on the same level as me (or maybe a rung up), but not so much with any of the rest of it.  That's not saying all Walmarts are that way though.  But hey, maybe Wall Street and/or the government could learn a thing or two from them .... imagine if they had greeters like Walmart does ... boy that could be fun.  Can't say I liked the cheer ... doing it every morning for 4 months straight sort of, well, burned me out.  I'll never do another squiggly as long as I live, lol.  The rest I could probably handle.

• D6fer said on Sep 25, 2009....

  I have never liked walmart.....they force their way into communities....there was one that was just built in our city.......a majority of the residents didn't want it there....we already had one across town........fought it for about 5 years.....but of course walmart gets what walmart wants!
  

• bhalah said on Sep 26, 2009....

  Defenetely, business, have them rights and them wrongs, but at the end the resoult is there, and theres a number, a big number who chouse them, i dont have eny walmart, where i live, so i dont know enything abaut walmart, but if the information is true, then i have to said, that not all the people, are able, to take all the adventage mony can give, as i think abaut, i think walmart did very well, the way of making a succefoul proyect, after 15 years, probably it needs to check, clousely, and not economist probably get the chance to do it.
   
  What is sad for me, is that defenetely, is not a problem betwin poverty and richness, the problem is that not all the people is able, to put out all the advantage, mony can give.
   
  Mony, sameone tall me is a tipe of energy,... we liked or not, maybe is a tipe of energy, the humans have the oportunity to manage, in a material way, so as we want,... usualy, another tipe of energy we just think abaut, but isent the posibility to have in our hands.
   
  But also make me happy, just see that we always can have a chance to review, and change, isent easy, i know, but.. all the answear are there.

• MissMimi said on Sep 26, 2009....

  There are four Super Wal-Marts within 10 miles of my house.Their parking lots are always pretty full.  I dunno -- I do go there, but not for groceries.  It's just too damn big and it takes too long to find what I want.

• pickersplock said on Sep 26, 2009....

  Hello Wombie! 
  I had no idea Walmart employed that many people.
  Gee, I hope they don't go out of business.
  Between them, GE, and GM they must employ a pretty substantial amount of the population.
  It's funny, I enjoy the Target shopping experience more, and I'll go to K-mart also.
  I refuse to let anyone monopolize my business!
  Usually for holiday shopping, I like to go to all of those smaller specialty shops.
  For clothing, it's usually LL Bean or Macy's.
  I won't buy meat at Walmart..........sorry, I'm rambling.
  anyone want to meet me at the Big E?  I'll ramble some more for free.............

• mixednuts said on Sep 26, 2009....

  Can I buy stock in WALL-MART?

• BELOW_TOP_SECRET said on Sep 28, 2009....

  Did you read the story about the WALL-MART employee who was trampled to death by eager customers who were fighting to get a product that was on sale?

• wombat said on Oct 01, 2009....

  Sorry guys---been MIA.  No biggie.  Just not feeling well and sleeping alot.

  Hegemone:  I just realized that I meant to be sarcastic about the "cheer" thing.  But it sounded like I liked it!  Not!  We didn't do it often where I worked, anyway.

  D6fer:  I don't care for Wal-Mart, either--yet I am guilty of spending money there more than I would like to.  I hate that they greedily forced out so many smaller stores, make ka-gillions, and with such poor policies.  I worked there, and I mean worked hard!  But if I had been single, I couldn't have made it on my paycheck--and would have had no insurance, either.  Part of their strategy, I think, is to rebuild and move often.  I'm not sure why, but probably something to do with making even more money, no doubt!
   
  bhalah:  I know!  I don't understand how they can be so unfair with their practices, yet a "few elite" profit from their wealth and growth.  They pretty much don't care how blatent it is!
   
  MissMimi:  We buy groceries there sometimes--when we're too lazy to go elsewhere.  But you know what, if I could "blink" like Jeanie---I'd like to blink them all away and let the little businesses have a field day!
   
  pickersplock:  I knew they were "a giant" but it's way scary just how much of one they are!  I like small shops, too.  There's nothing like a little musty store with Mom & Pop running it, but they are few and far between.
   
  mixednuts:  I'm sure you can.  I complain, but it would have been nice to be well invested with them from years ago, huh?  I worked "part-time" and didn't have any stock, or much of any kind of benefits.  But, hey....I got to be off for Christmas day.....after working way overtime in six different departments the night before!
   
  BELOW TOP SECRET:  Yes, I remember that well.  It's hard to understand, and it's scary, but I wasn't surprised.
   
  Thanks all.  I am sorry I've been neglecting ya'!
   
  Wombat

• dyingman said on Oct 08, 2009....

  I've owned stock in Wal-mart for years (through Ameritrade).  It hasn't done much, but it DOES pay a dividend.  I expect it to climb one day.  They're paying me to keep it until then.
  
  
  Wal-Mart's no worse than any other minimum wage outfit like McDonalds.
  Wal-Mart simply sells what everybody else sells at a lower price.  Mom and pop shops should focus on what wal-mart can't do.  Quality and art.  
  
  
  Unique things and high quality goods can't be done cost-effectively.  Not enough people will buy them to make mass production feasible.
  
  
  
  

• wombat said on Oct 09, 2009....

  dyingman:  I had no reason to "slam" Wal-Mart in this post (well, I did work there for a short time as a fill-in job, and made little money for hard work with no benefits) but I mostly wanted to just post the fun fact thing.

  I am impressed with the idea of Mom and Pop shops premise of quality and art.  I'm a huge fan of the small shops that get sadly scooted out by big commerce.

  Too bad it's so hard to survive the busy economic freeway of life, when the side roads can be so scenic.

  I'd love to have a small shop all my own, by the way.  I know what you are saying.  Even if I had $20,000 to sink into a business, what would it be that would be able to stay afloat?

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