Walmart

[Jay H 237]

I do go to Walmart depending on what I need especially since there's one located only two miles from where I work.
Just two weeks ago they came in real handy. I was driving to work in the snowstorm and the drivers side windshield wiper on my Camry suddenly folded flat against the windshield. When I stopped to look at it the plastic clip that holds it on cracked so I stopped at Walmart and bought new wipers in the morning before work so I could at least see on the way home without having to lean over and look out the passengers side.
I also bought a coffee maker, the filters for it, and coffee. It comes in handy for our late night team meetings!

[Billfred]

I used to never go to Wal-Mart.

Unfortunately, the siren song of low prices lured my broke college student self to them.

...and does everyone hit a massive line at the checkout, or is that just my store?

[Katie Reynolds]

Usually, if I can get what I need somewhere else, I will. But since moving to Houghton, there's not much of a choice. We have ...

Walmart (soon to be a Super Walmart)
Shopko
Jim's (liquor store)
Econo Foods
Festival Foods
A small mall (JCP, bookstore, Bath and Body Works, sports shop, Cost Cutters)

... and some restaurants. But as far as shopping goes, that's it. You can either shop at Walmart (sometimes Shopko, but it closes at 8 pm) or take a whole day to drive to and from a decent sized city.



Oh, I didn't choose an option on the poll. If I were to choose one, it would say, "I do shop at Walmart, but I'd rather shop somewhere else."

Originally Posted by Billfred

Unfortunately, the siren song of low prices lured my broke college student self to them.

...and does everyone hit a massive line at the checkout, or is that just my store?

Same here. Cheap = good when you have no money ... and yes, I hit the big line at checkout too.

Walmart: Always low prices, Always long lines.

[Matt Attallah]

Woo-Hoo.

Katie is now a Michigander. It's a proud and reputable thing. We even have our own speak - and we love it!



But I shop at Wal-Mart. Rember the bins of 2003? Where do you think I got ALL of them at? Their prices are good - and the one over here in the Taylor area is kept really clean/decent people/and the asles are bigger. Now K-Mart - I'll never go in there. Rude, not clean, just all-around bad.

[Eria4044]

Originally Posted by Matt Attallah

Now K-Mart - I'll never go in there. Rude, not clean, just all-around bad.

Not that I'd know; the K-Mart in my town closed two years ago because of Super Wal-Mart. Of course, it also broke up Dillions' monopoly on groceries, so nobody really misses K-Mart.

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by Matt Attallah

Woo-Hoo.

Katie is now a Michigander. It's a proud and reputable thing. We even have our own speak - and we love it!

Haha, I was born in and lived in Michigan 'til I was 7 ... Not only do we have "Michigan speak" up here (from all the trolls ) we have "Yooper speak" as well!! ((And no matter how long I live in Michigan, it'll still be soda, not pop!!!!)) We're using a whole week in my Language & Society class to talk about the differences in speech between Lower Michigan, the UP and Wisconsin.

Originally Posted by Matt Attallah

Now K-Mart - I'll never go in there. Rude, not clean, just all-around bad.

Same here!! I had bad K-Mart experiences when I was a kid. The K-Mart (in Midland, MI) was so gross and dirty ... ew. Then, we moved to Appleton, WI and had dirty K-marts; they all closed 5 years after we moved. Now, I won't shop there (though my mom swears that the K-Marts in Brookfield, WI are clean!!)

[Ryan Albright]

As a college student i also shop at the super walmart, but you will never catch me in there atleast before 3am becasue i cant stand the amount of people there durint the day. So i will usually do my shopping there when i get off at work at 3

[Sonya47]

Every now and then I will go to Wal-Mart.

[looneylin]

My teacher says u lose a little bit of ur soul everytime you shop at walmart. lol

Dude, it all depends on the store itself, for example, Wal-mart at point A is crappy (can i say that?) and dirty etc., but the Wal-mart at point B is perfectly clean & fine.
(personally, I'd take target though, my local wal-mart kinda sucks) (can i say that?)

[evulish]

The nearest Target is maybe an hour away from me. I normally shop at K-mart because it's the closest, but I will shop at Walmart just because of their low prices if I'm in the area. I don't really care much for Walmart's business practices, but cheap is cheap. And I always get stuck in the ultra-short line right behind the lady who has forgotten how to write a check for $0.76.

[RiceRobotica]

All I have near my college is Walmart. There's even a free bus that goes there! (Must stop spending money there.....)

[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.

[probizzle]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

I hate walmart.[snip]
I work store hours, and when I'm not working, Walmart is often the only open place that will have what I need. [snip] Walmart is cheap and close by.

You hate walmart even though it serves you a specific purpose, to provide you a place to get everything you want fairly cheap, at hours of convenience.

Just pointing something out, I know the reasons you hate it.

[Eria4044]

Originally Posted by 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.

If they're that bad then you don't have anything to worry about because they'll be out of business in no time.