[Andy A.]

I hate walmart.

It stifles local business (and I feel this directly working at a small independent toy store next door to walmart). They treat employees worse then thier customers do. As a result, their employees are apathetic and usally unhelpful. They have messy displays, cheap product, worthless customer service and poor store layout. If my store were as bad as that, we would be out of buisness in weeks.

But...

I shop there sometimes. I work store hours, and when I'm not working, Walmart is often the only open place that will have what I need. I would love it if I had the time to drive from small store to small store during the day. I really would. But, at the end of a long day helping people shop, the last thing I want to do is spend a lot of time shopping. Walmart is cheap and close by. It didn't become the largest retailer in the world by underpaying it's staff alone.

-Andy A.