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This has almost always bothered me to some extent. It bothered me back when i worked there, and it still does a little bit, though not for the reasons that some people may think.
I worked at Wal-Mart during the first five years of the 21st century (April 2000-August 2005, to be exact). I also found CS during those years, and I used the site to vent about the many frustrations I experienced during my working hours. I soon realized there was a touch of anti Wal-Mart sentiment on the site. A fairly hefty chunk of the members seemed to harbor resentment towards the company, though most of them put that aside and welcomed me to the community even though they didn't like the entity that gave me my paycheck.
It still bothered me when people bashed Wal-Mart, and like I said, it still does. However, it's not because I feel any attachment or loyalty to the company. I don't now, and I really never did.
The other day, I was at Wal-Mart doing some shopping, and I thought about this. I thought about it as I maneuvered my way through the aisles, trying to dodge the hoardes of other shoppers. Then, I thought about it some more when I finished my shopping and went to the front of the store to check out and saw that every single cash register had a long line of people waiting to check out. I proceeded to think about this as I waited for about ten minutes before it was my turn to pay for my things.
We have all sorts of sanctimonious people in our society blathering on and on about how evil Wal-Mart is, how much it sucks, etc. etc. etc. Yet, every time I go there, it's packed with customers, and there's almost always a wait at the check-outs. You think they're that evil and sucky, yet you keep going there, and so does most of the rest of the country. Do you not realize that this is a capitalist society, and that you could easily shut the place down by simply buying your stuff somewhere else? If you do, it's not showing, because no matter how evil or sucky it is, you keep going there, and you keep lining up for it.
I can't tell you how many times I wanted to say this to SCs during my tenure there. They'd come up to me all grouchy and grumbly, telling me how much we sucked because we never had anything they wanted, we were out of this, we didn't have enough registers open, our employees didn't smile enough, the lights weren't bright enough, yadda yadda yadda. Yet, there they were, shopping there, buying all kinds of crap. And they'd be in there again a few days later, buying even more crap, even though they insisted we sucked. Granted, this was in a small town, and people often said that "Wal-Mart is the only store in town," but that wasn't true. We had a Kroger, a Dollar General, a Big Lots, a CVS Pharmacy, several convenience stores, and I think a few other small stores that I can't remember. I don't know why people called us a "one store town."
Bottom line: Wal-Mart might suck, but they still manage to get you in there to buy stuff, so they must be doing something right.
I worked at Wal-Mart during the first five years of the 21st century (April 2000-August 2005, to be exact). I also found CS during those years, and I used the site to vent about the many frustrations I experienced during my working hours. I soon realized there was a touch of anti Wal-Mart sentiment on the site. A fairly hefty chunk of the members seemed to harbor resentment towards the company, though most of them put that aside and welcomed me to the community even though they didn't like the entity that gave me my paycheck.
It still bothered me when people bashed Wal-Mart, and like I said, it still does. However, it's not because I feel any attachment or loyalty to the company. I don't now, and I really never did.
The other day, I was at Wal-Mart doing some shopping, and I thought about this. I thought about it as I maneuvered my way through the aisles, trying to dodge the hoardes of other shoppers. Then, I thought about it some more when I finished my shopping and went to the front of the store to check out and saw that every single cash register had a long line of people waiting to check out. I proceeded to think about this as I waited for about ten minutes before it was my turn to pay for my things.
We have all sorts of sanctimonious people in our society blathering on and on about how evil Wal-Mart is, how much it sucks, etc. etc. etc. Yet, every time I go there, it's packed with customers, and there's almost always a wait at the check-outs. You think they're that evil and sucky, yet you keep going there, and so does most of the rest of the country. Do you not realize that this is a capitalist society, and that you could easily shut the place down by simply buying your stuff somewhere else? If you do, it's not showing, because no matter how evil or sucky it is, you keep going there, and you keep lining up for it.
I can't tell you how many times I wanted to say this to SCs during my tenure there. They'd come up to me all grouchy and grumbly, telling me how much we sucked because we never had anything they wanted, we were out of this, we didn't have enough registers open, our employees didn't smile enough, the lights weren't bright enough, yadda yadda yadda. Yet, there they were, shopping there, buying all kinds of crap. And they'd be in there again a few days later, buying even more crap, even though they insisted we sucked. Granted, this was in a small town, and people often said that "Wal-Mart is the only store in town," but that wasn't true. We had a Kroger, a Dollar General, a Big Lots, a CVS Pharmacy, several convenience stores, and I think a few other small stores that I can't remember. I don't know why people called us a "one store town."
Bottom line: Wal-Mart might suck, but they still manage to get you in there to buy stuff, so they must be doing something right.
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