Is Wal-Mart really evil?

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan · Thu May 25, 2006 3:52 am

Just for shits and giggles, I looked at the labels of the stuff I bought today.

The Scotch® Packaging Tape was made by slave laborers in St. Paul, MN. The Sharpies were made by 13-year-old girls making 45¢/hour at a sweatshop in Oak Brook, IL. The beef jerky and PayDays were also made in the USA, presumably by criminally underpaid employees toiling through 80-hour work weeks under Wal-Mart's evil watch.

But wait, I did buy one of those shower scrubby thingies for 94¢ that was made in Mexico. Oh the humanity! I'm such a selfish bastard.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:52 am

Diego in Seattle wrote:Enjoy your rancid meat. bozo.

Ummm, no. I don't buy my T-bones there.

We have these things called butcher shops. KC butcher shops...wait, you don't even know what a fucking cow looks like, so what am I saying?

I can get some mighty fine cuts with the money I saved at Wal-Mart.

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan · Thu May 25, 2006 3:58 am

Ironically, the whole reason I went to Wal-Mart in the first place was to buy a boom box. They had shit for a selection, so I ended up buying a Sony boom box (made in China) at a local electronics store. Since I bought it from a local store, I'm sure the Chinamen who assembled it are treated with the utmost respect and dignity and are paid a fair wage.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:59 am

Off topic, but fucking kills me up in here, is this strange thought process that leads the Midwesterners to somehow believe they're somehow better at growing fucking cows than anywhere else on earth.

Priceless. It's a fucking cow, douchebags. The only cows you grow any different from anywhere else is the ones you have pushing your cart and kids around WalMart.

It's a fucking cow.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:10 am

Dinsdale wrote:It's a fucking cow.

I'd rather have a midwestern cow. Took less mileage to get it to my plate. Also rather have a midwestern bunch of asparagus, tomatoes and lettuce.

Took less energy to get it to my plate.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:13 am

We grow pigs, hogs, and chickens better, too...and we know how to cook 'em and serve 'em up better.

I bet you didn't know there was a difference between a pig and a hog....

We midwesterners eat better than you sushi slurping, bird seed salad bar re-visiting, yogurt imbibing, tree-huuging U&L faggots ever will, and that's a fact.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:16 am

I'm from the midwest, and I like sushi, salad and yogurt. In fact, I had yogurt for breakfast, sushi for lunch and a Qdoba salad for dinner.

Am I gay? Or am I just a hypocrite for sposting this and the one two above it about the "local" shit?

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:18 am

It's too bad there's no cows on the west coast.

Sincerely,
everyone who's driven I-5 through Kettleman City

Y2K · Post by **Y2K** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:20 am

I bet you didn't know there was a difference between a pig and a hog....

Nonsense.....

The pig shops at Walmart
The hog shops at Sam's Club.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:22 am

You're a Cards fan.

Most definately Gay.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:25 am

War Wagon wrote:You're a Cards fan.

Most definately Gay.

So a Royals fan would be not gay, yet fucking retarded for cheering for way below average for 20 years?

kcdave · Post by **kcdave** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:28 am

More fucking Wal-Mart bashing.

Let me save all of you alot of time.

Things you buy at Wally World:

Name brand products that are the same there as anywhere else, as long as they have the lower price.

Soda, candy, soap, etc. A can of Coke is the same, no matter where you buy it. So is a fucking Snickers bar, or a bar of Dove soap.

Things you DO NOT buy at Wally World:

Clothes you will be wearing while doing anything besides cutting the lawn, painting, or the like.

Anything with a cord, or a model #.

Anything that involves you needing to discuss your purchase decision with an employee.

I swear some you are just total morons. Use Wal-Mart for low every day prices on the shit you would buy and get screwed elsewhere.

Shop elsewhere, and know that while you are probably getting screwed, for those products, where quality and service are concerns, you saved enough at Wally World on other crap, that you dont care if you over pay when it really counts.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:28 am

Bizzarofelice wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:It's a fucking cow.
I'd rather have a midwestern cow. Took less mileage to get it to my plate. Also rather have a midwestern bunch of asparagus, tomatoes and lettuce.

Took less energy to get it to my plate.

^^^^Gets what being "part of the solution, not part opf the problem" means. Props.

Maybe someday, the braindead fucks of this country might begin to understand that by supporting "outsourcing," not only are they dooming Americans to poverty, they're also supporting the terrorists. Talk about your double-sided America haters...but keep on shopping at WalMart, Billy Bob Mohammed.

Y2K wrote:
I bet you didn't know there was a difference between a pig and a hog....
Nonsense.....

The pig shops at Walmart
The hog shops at Sam's Club.

Awwwwwwesome.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:34 am

Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan

M2 · Post by M2 » Thu May 25, 2006 4:35 am

Super Wal-marts... are a good indicator of how well you're doing in life.

If you have a bunch... you probably need them(figuratively speaking).

If you don't have any(sup' Bay Area) or very few... you're probably pretty well off financially.

Does anyone see a common denominator here???

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:39 am

Bizzarofelice wrote:
So a Royals fan would be not gay, yet fucking retarded for cheering for way below average for 20 years?

Yes, we Royals fans are retarded...but we ain't GAY...our Football team doesn't play in a Dome named...what's the latest sponsors name again?

And we can out tailgate any motherfuckers on the planet.

ScorefuckingBoard.

And there's always 1985 to throw up in Cards fan face when they get uppity. :wink:

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan · Thu May 25, 2006 4:41 am

Dinsdale wrote: Maybe someday, the braindead fucks of this country might begin to understand that by supporting "outsourcing," not only are they dooming Americans to poverty, they're also supporting the terrorists. Talk about your double-sided America haters...but keep on shopping at WalMart, Billy Bob Mohammed.

God, how will I sleep at night knowing that the $2.38 I spent on that bag of PayDays (made in Hershey, PA) is lining Bin Laden's pockets?

Then again, I (allegedly) already support terrorists every time I buy pot from my American dealer...

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:44 am

War Wagon wrote:our Football team doesn't play in a Dome named...what's the latest sponsors name again?

Edward Jones. It is an investment company. One of the many headquartered in this town. I understand that investments in KC are limited to "Dale Earnhardt Franklin Mint Plates" so you may have been confused.

And we can out tailgate any motherfuckers on the planet.

Complete agreement. Not that general tailgate environ alters my own tailgate.

And there's always 1985 to throw up in Cards fan face when they get uppity. :wink:

I'll gladly give you '85 if it means we wouldn't have to suffer through 20 years of ineffectual baseball. St. Louis is a baseball town. KC is a football town. Sure, St. Louis visits the playoffs much more in both sports, but the baseball is more important to us.

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:46 am

m2 wrote:If you don't have any(sup' Bay Area) or very few... you're probably pretty well off financially.

Dumbest quote of the year much?

You don't shop there because you don't have any there. Build a few and I guarantee you they would be packed.

The wife and I pulled in 75k last year and we still shop there every now and then. The median household income is around the mid to upper 40s for this area. Does that mean we are too good for WM? Fuck you snobby west coast felchers and your pompus attitudes. You deserve them.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:49 am

Dinsdale wrote:...by supporting "outsourcing," not only are they dooming Americans to poverty, they're also supporting the terrorists.

So, Walmart is sponsoring Al-Quaida?

Nope, no tinfoil hats needed here, move along.

M2 · Post by M2 » Thu May 25, 2006 4:58 am

TenTallBen wrote:
m2 wrote:If you don't have any(sup' Bay Area) or very few... you're probably pretty well off financially.
Dumbest quote of the year much?

Really?

TenTallBen wrote:You don't shop there because you don't have any there.

Really? Why would the most highly educated populas, with the most money not want Super Wal-marts???

TenTallBen wrote:Build a few and I guarantee you they would be packed.

What part of most highly educated populas, with the most money are you missing here?

Let me help you out a bit... in buisness 101.

Smart, well off people, want to stay that way. They find nothing about being "Louisiana" or any other "Red" state... the least bit attractive.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:58 am

Bizzarofelice wrote: Edward Jones. It is an investment company. One of the many headquartered in this town. I understand that investments in KC are limited to "Dale Earnhardt Franklin Mint Plates" so you may have been confused.

I guess you don't know about American Century Investments, which far exceed those puny St. Loser firms...and that name won't be over ARROWHEAD, ever.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:06 am

War Wagon wrote:We grow pigs, hogs, and chickens better, too...and we know how to cook 'em and serve 'em up better.

I bet you didn't know there was a difference between a pig and a hog....

We midwesterners eat better than you sushi slurping, bird seed salad bar re-visiting, yogurt imbibing, tree-huuging U&L faggots ever will, and that's a fact.

rack the fuck out of that.

M2 · Post by M2 » Thu May 25, 2006 5:13 am

Screw_Michigan wrote:
War Wagon wrote:We grow pigs, hogs, and chickens better, too...and we know how to cook 'em and serve 'em up better.

I bet you didn't know there was a difference between a pig and a hog....

We midwesterners eat better than you sushi slurping, bird seed salad bar re-visiting, yogurt imbibing, tree-huuging U&L faggots ever will, and that's a fact.
rack the fuck out of that.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:15 am

TenTallBen wrote:
m2 wrote:If you don't have any(sup' Bay Area) or very few... you're probably pretty well off financially.
Dumbest quote of the year much?

You don't shop there because you don't have any there. Build a few and I guarantee you they would be packed.

The wife and I pulled in 75k last year and we still shop there every now and then. The median household income is around the mid to upper 40s for this area. Does that mean we are too good for WM? Fuck you snobby west coast felchers and your pompus attitudes. You deserve them.

you don't have any alternatives in the lafayette area? shit, i'd rather give my money to fred meijer than sam walton. even though the meijer family flashes their cash all over west michigan with donations requiring the family name, at least they give back to the local commune. more than what sam can say, regardless of the propaganda wal-mart puts out.

m-jew, enjoy your self-proclaimed lifestyle. no ones beating your brow over west coast/midwest/east coast/all that shit. just go fuck yourself.

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:21 am

m2 wrote:Let me help you out a bit... in buisness 101.

Learn to spell it and get back to me.

Your "populas" can have your homeless riddled streets and pretty scenery. Good luck putting those po' folks to work at the mom and pop shop. Wal-Mart would hire them in a heartbeat.

Bitching about benefits in 3, 2 ,1......

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:23 am

Screw_Michigan wrote:you don't have any alternatives in the lafayette area? .

Sure we do but Target sucks ass.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:38 am

Screw_Michigan wrote:
War Wagon wrote:We grow chickens better, too...
rack the fuck out of that.

Why would you rack something so grossly inaccurate?

The state I live in grows better poultry BY FAR. We kinda have these laws that place quality and health ahead of quantity. Matter of fact, I can buy several Midwest chickens for the price of one locally grown chicken.

And it ain't because the Midwest chicken is better...obviously.

Any time you find yourself agreeing with the resident moron, you should probably think things through a little better.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:55 am

Funny how you don't hear about any other big box or national chain anything for that matter catching any shit besides Wal-Mart.

TTB, what you don't "hear" could fill books. Hell, it already does.

Yet, let some podunk municipality in a state you don't live in ban smoking and prick up your ears...well, Sean Hannity's ears, then your ears...and you're a few beats away from aneurysm?

Shit - the next thing you "hear" that isn't ground up for your consumption according to some demogogue's recipe will be the first.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:52 pm

SF is an amazing city. The wealth of small business restaurants, grocery stores, and the like is kind of astonishing. I think that to the extent they have avoided the fast food chain blight, they should be applauded.

There are chain retailers in the Bay Area, but not a lot of them. All things said, it's good when a local economy can flourish, few people would deny that. If folks in the Bay Area want to preserve that and indeed expand on the concept, then I fail to see how that's a bad thing.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:08 pm

88 wrote:You would think that "smart, well off people" wouldn't take drastic and unprecedented legal action to try to prevent Wal-Mart from building a Bay area store. You'd expect that such smart, well off people would just let Wal-Mart build that store, and then when no one shopped there and Wal-Mart lost its ass on the deal, they could sit back and laugh the laugh of smart, well off people.

But maybe the smart, well off people are really, really afraid of what will happen if Wal-Mart opens a store in their neighborhood. Maybe they think Wal-Mart has imported enough "Red" state morons to live in their midst that a Bay area Wal-Mart will fluorish.

It's not that simple. And you should know that. I'm sure you have abandoned storefront property in Ohio.

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:24 pm

PSUFAN wrote:TTB, what you don't "hear" could fill books. Hell, it already does.

You got a link to that shit there, queerbait?

Oh and go fuck yourself over the whole smoking issue. You and your shitty stained drawers kept missing the point. We actually are doing something about it here now. I don't mind this at all...

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?s=4852591

Sean Hannity is a blowhard GOP cum gurgler, much like yourself to the opposite side of the isle.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:27 pm

Senators approved Senator Rob Marionneaux's plan to prohibit smoking in all restaurants but allow smoking in bars and casinos, cigar shops, and hotel and motel rooms. Marionneaux cited several polls conducted by anti-smoking groups showing that a majority of residents in Louisiana's cities support such a ban.

The measure passed on a 36-2 vote.

heh heh

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:59 pm

PSUFAN wrote:
Senators approved Senator Rob Marionneaux's plan to prohibit smoking in all restaurants but allow smoking in bars and casinos, cigar shops, and hotel and motel rooms. Marionneaux cited several polls conducted by anti-smoking groups showing that a majority of residents in Louisiana's cities support such a ban.

The measure passed on a 36-2 vote.

heh heh

What are you laughing at, dipshit? They did it right. They left the bars alone.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:22 pm

The Huns are at your gate, nitwit. Soon, you will be taken out by snipers for even lighting a match in your backyard.

Sure, and trees all over the South will shake their branches in relief.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:10 pm

88 wrote:
BSmack wrote:It's not that simple. And you should know that. I'm sure you have abandoned storefront property in Ohio.
You would rather force a bunch of quaint, inefficient and expensive stores on a population of people who, if given the choice, would choose to purchase staple goods at lower cost from an ugly "big box" store. That is the elitist way of thinking. You won't let people make their own purchasing decisions because it might make your shopping experience less enjoyable because your quaint, inefficient, overpriced little stores might go out of business. Boo fucking hoo.

Read back a little and see where I told the group I shop.

I'm hardly anti big box. I just think Wal Mart is a crappy store that treats their workers like shit and drags down wages in the areas they set up shop in.

TenTallBen · Post by **TenTallBen** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:18 pm

BSmack wrote:Wal Mart is a crappy store that treats their workers like shit

You have first hand knowledge of this? Oh, and the last time I checked, nobody was forced to work there.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:20 pm

TenTallBen wrote:
BSmack wrote:Wal Mart is a crappy store that treats their workers like shit
You have first hand knowledge of this? Oh, and the last time I checked, nobody was forced to work there.

Yea, actualy I do. And no, I'm not going to give you specifics because it involves my job. Of course you could read a newspaper and glean the same kind of thing. Hell, their motto should be "Always the illegal alien".

wtf? · Post by **wtf?** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:25 pm

BSmack wrote:And no, I'm not going to give you specifics because it involves my job.

I'm sure you work hard for that $2.35/hour cleaning the Walmart diaper changing station. Don't be too embarrassed to give us the specifics. You're just trying to feed la familia...

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 25, 2006 4:05 pm

Your beef isn't with Wal-Mart.

For my part, yes, it is with Walmart. I am not concerned with what they're offering, but with how they obtain it, manufacture it, warehouse it, and sell it with their workforce.