Seriously, Why do People Dislike Wal-Mart? (Central, North: apartment complexes, minimum wage, vs)

[calgirlinnc]

Originally Posted by Maryjane55us

I can zip into Food Lion (who's grocery prices are comparable to w/m's) and for $3 get the ingredients to bake all those cupcakes, and I can save $100+ dollars and not get sucked into buying other things I don't need.

If you can make Hello Kitty Cupcakes, I'll pay you $9.00.

Also, I believe that not getting "sucked into buying other things" you don't need is called sticking to a list, AKA willpower.

[sundrop]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

I never said Applebee's.

We do eat out at "local" restaurants. This is Charleston, after all.

So I take exception that I am failing to see anything of the kind.

Applebee's was an example....if you don't see that then this whole topic
is useless.

It is called sustainability.....perhaps this article will help.

'Buy local' the rallying cry of effort to stimulate economy in Lowcountry | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment

[calgirlinnc]

If you meant it as an example, then you should have said so.

You were pointing out national chains: Applebee's and McDonald's.

I am replying that I do not only patronize national chains at the expense of local dining establishments.

For you to respond as you did is patronizing. I do realize what sustainability is.

But perhaps, just perhaps, there are a whole lot of folks out there who would like to help the local economy but simply cannot afford to do so if a national greedy-slave creating-white trash-redneck-loving-environment destroying monster like Wal Mart is cheaper.

[sundrop]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

If you can make Hello Kitty Cupcakes, I'll pay you $9.00.

Also, I believe that not getting "sucked into buying other things" you don't need is called sticking to a list, AKA willpower.

There are many people who can make cupcakes with that decoration.
Some are at-home businesses perhaps you should look into that.

[sundrop]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

If you meant it as an example, then you should have said so.

You were pointing out national chains: Applebee's and McDonald's.

I am replying that I do not only patronize national chains at the expense of local dining establishments.

For you to respond as you did is patronizing. I do realize what sustainability is.

But perhaps, just perhaps, there are a whole lot of folks out there who would like to help the local economy but simply cannot afford to do so if a national greedy-slave creating-white trash-redneck-loving-environment destroying monster like Wal Mart is cheaper.

You are taking the factual answers to your question as a personal attack.
That is the farthest thing from the truth.

You seem to not understand what several have pointed out in this thread.

[calgirlinnc]

Oh, I do understand.

But maybe you don't understand what it's like to have next to no money.

[sundrop]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

Oh, I do understand.

But maybe you don't understand what it's like to have next to no money.

Oh yeah, I understand........we won't even go there.

[OleTomCat]

I am glad to see someone else livening up the threads instead of me....

[calgirlinnc]

"I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."--
Jackie Mason



"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it."--
Ellen Goodman

[pvjd]

I shop at Wal-Mart and Sams, not because I hate America and small business enterprise, but because if I didn't I would have less, and less money. I hate the monopolistic gigantic monster as much as the next like minded person, but many of us cannot afford much else.