Archive for February 5th, 2006
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
Me and Wal-mart
See, I have this thing with Wal-mart. We don’t get along. I hate it. Sure, hate is a strong word. But, when it comes to Wal-mart, it flows so easily whether I’m walking down one of their God-forsaken aisles or if I hear about their latest crime against society in the media. I hate the bottom-of-the-barrel product quality. I hate the raping of American businesses, the three of them that are left and are still able to supply Wal-mart, anyway. I hate the absence of that one thing…what is it…oh yeah: customer service.
Every single time I go, I regret it. Every time. I’ve given it several chances to redeem itself. I’ve even tried going during that 2-hour window of the week when there is more than one parking space available. But, it doesn’t work. It makes me feel dirty. And it’s of little consolation that I saved 18 cents on that bar of Zest I just bought, since I’m going to wear down half of it scrubbing off the stench of Wal-mart’s immorality. I’m much happier driving literally 5 miles right past the nearest Wal-mart to go to Target, a somewhat lesser evil. At least I can buy something that doesn’t suck there and the majority of my co-shoppers have showered in the past week. To commemorate my avoidance of Wal-mart, I’ve made a button you can use on your sites and blogs to show how many days it’s been since you set foot in a Wal-mart.
