I generally make it a habit to avoid Wal-Mart at all costs. Unfortunately, I was in the new "super store" to pick up some cheap paper for work this morning.
Aside from everything that the corporate Wal-mart stands for, part of what I don't like about Wal-Mart is their patrons. This hit home even more-so as I stood in the check-out line, thinking that maybe I'd pick up a pack of gum or roll of lifesavers. There was no candy in the check-out lane. Instead, there where the stores stock items that they hope will be purchased as impulse buys, were flints for lighters, lighter fluid, chewing tobacco, and pipe tampers.
"Hey, Yolanda, don't we need new flints for that Bic at home? Why don't you go ahead and pick up that pack of eight there?"
"Sure, Jed. And why don't you get that there tamper instead of using your fingers all the time. Show a little class for a change."
Thursday, June 02, 2005
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