But but... how will Tom Hanks pay for his hamburgers?
Wherein I expound upon a true and indisputable fact
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He'll just have to learn how to pry a diamond off his diamond encrusted Mercedes.
One of my personal nightmare? Being in a Wal-mart parking lot after 8 o' clock. I saw "Price of Low Prices" in High School, Wal-mart parking lots are dangerous as FUCK!
There someplace we can see this particular documentary? The only mention I can find of it is on a comments section of Ripoff Report, buried deep in the comments under someone's complaint that he was "falsely accused" of eating something without paying for it, amid calls for God to smite Walmart for being ungodly and unholy, and how dare the police arrest this man without asking the cashier who rang him up (even though he had a receipt that showed that he did not, in fact, pay for his food), and then goes on to insist that the police are in cahoots with Walmart because they took him to a jail in a nearby county and held him there, during which time they showed him a 5 page rapsheet of other "false claims" of crimes he had committed...
I think "The High Cost of Low Prices" was a Frontline Documentary.[DOUBLEPOST=1355430637][/DOUBLEPOST]
nope, I was wrong
nope, I was wrong
Dammit, I was gonna post that!
Yeah, because of that movie I am almost never in a Wal-mart.
Yeah, because of that movie I am almost never in a Wal-mart.
I think it might have more to do with the restraining order...
Well it's Walmart's fault for carrying turbo lax, spark plugs, and plush animals all in one store. What did they think Yoshi'd do there?
Not gonna lie, I like Wal-Mart just fine. It's a one stop shopping exerience for cheap. And being on budget, as others have said, makes it pretty appealing. Also...my husband works there, so we get a discount...
It's totally fine to hate it all you want, (In fact Nate and I call it the Evil Empire), but I can't deny that it's been a good place for Nate to have a steady job that is above miniumum wage and works with his school schedule.
Hello, my name is Christa and I shop at Wal*mart.
It's totally fine to hate it all you want, (In fact Nate and I call it the Evil Empire), but I can't deny that it's been a good place for Nate to have a steady job that is above miniumum wage and works with his school schedule.
Hello, my name is Christa and I shop at Wal*mart.
Hi Christa!
We prefer not to go to Wal-Mart for the simple reason it's always so crowded here... even at 2300. We do most of our shopping at Kroger or Publix.
We prefer not to go to Wal-Mart for the simple reason it's always so crowded here... even at 2300. We do most of our shopping at Kroger or Publix.
I feel like I should take you on a tour of the Wal*Mart that we shop at, because...it's actually really quite nice. And since it's on the South end of town, more people go to the one on the North end of town, so it's not crowded at all. It's clean, any questionable people you would possibly meet are at the North one, it's not so bad.
We don't have a Kroger, per say, we have Kmart and I know Kroger owns them, but..it's just a Kmart and..no Publix. I haven't even ever heard of Publix.
We don't have a Kroger, per say, we have Kmart and I know Kroger owns them, but..it's just a Kmart and..no Publix. I haven't even ever heard of Publix.
I have a Wal-Mart and a Target across the street from each other where I live. Needless to say even with the slightly higher prices I always go to Target unless my wife makes me get something that is only located at the Wal-Mart. I don't know what it is, maybe it's despair, but whenever I enter Wal-Mart I look like this...
In the little suburban city I live in, the building that used to be a Wal-Mart, and after Wal-Mart abandoned it to build the monolithic Wal-Mart Super Center on the outskirts of town, became a Zellers, which has now been sold to Target and is now being renovated larger for Target's recent excursion into Canada. It was a Woolco before that.
Storied history in that shitty department store building.
Storied history in that shitty department store building.
North_Ranger
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No Wal-Mart in Finland. Closest equivalent would be Lidl, which sells a lot of goods for cheap. I've never been there, and never intend to, simply because of the fact that a lot of those cheap goods are products coming from Germany or Austria. Whenever possible, I try to purchase domestic goods - even if that means paying an extra euro for a pound of hamburger.
But why wouldn't you want hamburger from Hamburg?
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Maybe for the same reason you don't want your tortillas from Mexico?
American tortillas might actually be made in Mexico.
I'd pay a lot for fresh, handmade tortillas from Mexico, if I lived near the border and could get them fresh, instead of living in Washington.
I don't have a tortilla press.
The walmarts near us are reasonably nice, rarely annoyingly busy, and have cheap stuff. Don't shop at them often, simply because Amazon is often just as good on price, and, hey, I don't have to get up.
I've never seen anything interesting enough there to post on "people of walmart," so I'm either blind, or part of the problem, or the demographic in this area has little of that.
I've never seen anything interesting enough there to post on "people of walmart," so I'm either blind, or part of the problem, or the demographic in this area has little of that.
A rolling pin would alter the texture, and could affect the cooking evenness, but I honestly don't know if it would be enough to taste.
I think it's mainly a consistency issue, as well as a thickness issue. Any time I've watched people attempt to make tortillas with a rolling pin (and we're talking corn tortillas here, not flour), they wind up way too thick and then they're dry and nasty.
I get really good tortillas that are made here in Hawaii. Better than the "Mexican" brand that sells really well.
Wal-Mart is the top retailer in the country. I'm pretty sure the demographic of Wal-Mart has little of that.
I just can't go into a Wal-mart without dreams of...things...happening...that are not illegal in any way. And don't involve explosions.
I think this is a problem with you and not the Wal-Mart.
Yoshi needs to get the hell out of southern New Jersey. I used to think it was just me because I was surrounded by redneck yahoos in my small town. However, now I see the effect has a wider range. Run, Yoshi, before your brain turns to oatmeal!
Oh man. Woolco.
Too late.
Cajungal
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My favorite people-of-Walmart moment was actually at the nicest Walmart I've ever been to. It was only a grocery store--no clothes or electronics or anything. It wasn't 24-hour either, so it was cleaner and more organized. People who worked there were generally nice and seemed to be happier. It was also across the parking lot from my apartment at the time, so I could walk!
So I was grabbing a few quick things, and I passed by this woman. I have 42" hips, and this woman must have been 3x that. She was wearing white stretch pants, a couple of sizes too small, under which I could clearly see a pink thong. Those harsh Walmart lights made it extremely clear. I understand that Walmart isn't a fancy place, and there will always be pajama-clad people there, but good lord. I should have told her something (not to be rude, just to inform her) but what the hell can you say??
So I was grabbing a few quick things, and I passed by this woman. I have 42" hips, and this woman must have been 3x that. She was wearing white stretch pants, a couple of sizes too small, under which I could clearly see a pink thong. Those harsh Walmart lights made it extremely clear. I understand that Walmart isn't a fancy place, and there will always be pajama-clad people there, but good lord. I should have told her something (not to be rude, just to inform her) but what the hell can you say??
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