Comments on: More About the Target - Wal-Mart Post

By: Robert Von Nordheim

Robert Von Nordheim — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:52:47 +0000

I agree with your evaluation of WALMART wholeheartedly! I’m a sophmore in high school, and for my Honors Oral Comm. Class, I had to write a persuasive speech on a political issue. I can’t tell you how many awful things I found out about WALMART in my research- the topic being “How Retail Giants Negatively Influence Our Community”. To sum it up, property tax and food stamp use generally rose wherever WALMARTs emerged, and most WALMART employees are so underpaid and have so few perks, they pratically need to use programs such as welfare. My classmates seemed very moved by my speech, but it’s hard not to give up in a town like mine, where as I type this message a local synagogue is searching for a new location so that a Super WALMART can be built in its current location.

By: sheila

sheila — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:55:15 +0000

Steve,
I love your blog and so do a lot of others judging from the nerve you struck with the Wal-Mart vs. Target post. You still never really answered the $64,000 question though. My answer is that people continue to shop at Wal-Mart because they like to complain.

In our local paper we have a forum where people used to complain about Wal-Mart on a daily basis. Yet, they’d continue to shop where they encountered all the bad reasons not to continue you mentioned plus even more. I’d write, “Wake up people. There are other places to shop.” But they never listened.

I’ll be back. Great job and good topics.

By: Nex Antonius

Nex Antonius — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:36:31 +0000

Wal-Mart extracts your soul, spits on it, rubs it in dirt, slaps it around and then finally gives it back. Thus giving that “icky” feeling once you arrive and leave.

By: will moore

will moore — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:19:43 +0000

We have a Walmart Supercenter in our small town in GA and it has shutdown the grocery store across the street. I go there at least once a week. I hate it. But, I keep going. I suppose we have to buy groceries somewhere.

By: Mike in Louisville

Mike in Louisville — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:15:51 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I have been to Walmart 4 or 5 times & always feel yucky when I leave. Thanks for writing what many of us feel.

Ironically I love Home Depot. Though sadly they have extinguished most of the corner hardware stores I some how seem to be energized upon exiting HD. I supposes its because I know have the tools & materials (and testosterone) to go fix somethin’.

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:12:26 +0000

My grandmother bought my daughter a purple sweatsuit at WalMart for Christmas last year. The first day she wore it, she got too close to our spaceheater and it melted a huge 6″x6″ spot. Cheap quality materials. This seemed very dangerous in a children’s outfit, especially. So I took it to WalMart and after explaining what happened, the lady at the counter, very rudely, asked me if I wated to exchange it for another one. Umm…. no! I told her it should be pulled from the shelves and she said that she can do nothing about it. I asked her if she could file some sort of report to management and she said that it was not her job.

Another time, in Florida at a Walmart, we were at the deli counter. This customer who was a bit on the plumpish side, asked the lady working there which was better, the roast turkey or the lite turkey. The employee said that by looking at her she should get the lite. It was a little funny, but totally insulting to the customer.

I’ve been to Walmart maybe 5 times in my life. That is 2 of my experiences.