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kerry

Face it--WalMart is a shithole.

coraspartan

Wal-Mart was right across the street. I could have avoided it by adding 20 minutes to my errand, but it was getting late and I was getting tired.

kerry

I've been to Wal-Mart about 3 times in the past 5 years. Whenever I walk through the door, a chill runs down my spine, I become disoriented, and my ears start to ring. Every fiber of my being wants to get out of that horrible, horrible place as quickly as possible. I guess that makes me a conscientious objector.

Mike_

Bob

The Wal-Marts in my urban area are unspeakably filthy and disgusting places to be but the small-town Wal-Marts seem to be sparkling and clean with bright aisles and friendly staff. I know when I am in Podunk, Texas that the local Wal-Mart will have goldfish crackers, baby wipes, and a new car adaptor for the DS Lite at dirt-cheap prices and be conveniently located right off the interstate.

So even though I fall firmly into the conscientious objector category, I also fall into the 93% of American households who visit Wal-Mart at least once a year.

VA_White

Good point. I just got a food processor a couple months ago so maybe I should put it to use again.

mopar_man

Also, Mopar: you can make your own salsa with a couple veggies, a food chopper and splash of white vinegar. Healthier, fresher, more delicious and it keeps you away from the hellmouth.

Hops

I choose not to go there myself, but I don't ask other people to not shop there.

I do all the time.

usually to get keys cut, since nowhere else around here seems to do it.

That's odd. There's several hardware stores here that'll do it, even one grocery store, with non-computerized machines.

Really?

What can you absolutely not buy anywhere else?

Come to think of it, there's one thing I can think of that I go there for now and it's a type of salsa that my wife and I like. It's a Wal-Mart brand and I haven't seen anybody else that makes anything similar. I haven't gone back for that in probably 6 months though. I used to go there for photo developing since they're the only game in town but their automated digital print machines pissed me off to the point where I found somewhere online to get them done. I have to wait for prints to come in the mail but at least I don't have to have my blood pressure skyrocket.

mopar_man

Is that PR-speak for Target?

TPK

Really?

What can you absolutely not buy anywhere else?

I haven't been in a Wal-Mart in 4 years.

Beelzebub

And like others said, I find myself in there about once a year, usually to get keys cut, since nowhere else around here seems to do it.

K

KevinQ

It mentioned that 93% of American households shop there at least once a year, which seems crazy to me.

I hate to admit it since I dislike the place so much but I go into the place maybe 2 or 3 times a year to get the few things I absolutely can not buy anywhere else. Once it arrives in the mail, I'll be proudly wearing my Hel-Mart.com shirt into the store every time I visit.

mopar_man

Luxy

If you included ALL possible customers, the number of conciencous objectors would be vastly higher.

nweaver