Originally Posted by
pushback
I remember what I was thinking.
I was thinking about how if these people were not working at Walmart, perhaps they would be working at local stores that keep the money in the local economy . . .
Oh yeah--and how the store owner knew your name ... and knew your kids, and never asked for ID, and paid a reasonable wage to his/her employees.
A friend of mine grew up in what some call a "blighted" neighborhood, right next to one of those "local stores". He reports that the owner sold rotting produce at high prices to the folks who shopped there (because they didn't have alternatives nearby), and "hired" his extended family rather than spending some of his profits on the customers he got them from.
Then a Wal-Mart opened in the vicinity, and sold fresh healthy produce (and other food) at lower prices, and hired folks from the neighborhood to stock shelves, run cashier lines, and be greeters.
There was many a dry eye when the "local store" closed.
Originally Posted by
pushback
Oh yeah--and they demand to see my ID when I use my credit card. (Just trying to keep the discussion on track).
Oh yeah--and none of the Wal-Marts I patronize has never demanded to see my ID when I use my credit card. (Just trying to keep the discussion on track).