The last time I visited Walmart was....

[4dsc]

I believe the last time I visited a walmart was in August of 04.. I'm made a promise that I just like keeping with that sad organization..

How you everybody else???

[SmokingJacket]

1. Years ago. I think.

It makes me feel dirty.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. It's been a year and a half...

...and now they want to build one a mile away from my house!:grr:

The local proponent of this is the owner of the land (naturally). This is the same goober who put this sign up a few years ago:

BTW - I didn't vandalize the sign...

[blondeatlast]

4. To link Commander Bunnypants with those in uniform is criminal.

I hope your town can stop the bastard.

If you need some helpful links, I have some.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. So far, so good...

The town issued a moratorium on new buildings larger than 18000 sq ft - so I think we've staved it off for at least a year.:thumbsup:

[underpants]

3. About a year ago?

I think. When I first got out of the Army ('93) I used to go all the time I was not aware of WALMART as I am today.

To this date I have NEVER been greeted. Never not once and that includes walking in with my mother and my wife...NEVER been greeted-I have directly made eye contact with more than one greeter and still nothing nada nerts.

[blondeatlast]

6. Wal-Mart was okay when Sam Walton ran it, but when he died (1992) his

contemptible greedhead heirs destroyed what it was.

[mindem]

7. Around 2 years.

Hate the outfit.

[brainshrub]

8. 5 years.

And I won't go into one until I see a Union label on the front door.

[SheilaT]

9. It's been

four or five years at least.

[mike_c]

10. Dec. 1998-- and I'm not entirely sure it wasn't a Kmart...

...but I think it was a Wally's. In San Diego, just north of the border. Stopped on the way south to buy something that seemed essential at the time, and Wally's was near the off-ramp.

[BR_Parkway]

11. April 1, 2003 - haven't missed it at all

[yorkiemommie1]

12. only been twice

the last time two years ago when we had to get something for my mother in law.

i have lots of other places to shop that are cleaner, nearer, and bluer!

[Zenlitened]

19. Me, too, I've only been in a Wal-Mart a few times and they were FILTHY

I mean, it was the first thing I noticed. Not just shabby and worn, but GRIMY. Ick.

Fortunately, I live in an area where we have tons of shopping options.

Plus, I've been on kind of a "No More Stuff" kick for a few years. I try very hard to make a distinction between what I need and what I want.

Most times, the feeling that I want a particular thing turns out to be pretty fleeting. If I ignore the impulse to buy buy buy, it usually goes away and I'm no worse off for not having another "something" cluttering up my life. :)

[4dsc]

24. I like that idea about no more stuff

I tried to convince my girlfriend to quit buying stuff but its a wasted effort!! I just tell her not to buy the "hype".. She watches way too much TV. HA!

[Zenlitened]

41. Yeah, the whole POINT of most TV is to urge us to buy buy buy

Not just the commercials anymore, but the shows themselves. Think of the dozens of "home improvement" shows that air every day -- I'm convinced they're deliberately designed to make us unhappy with what we've got.

They don't even fix up "dumps" on these shows. Instead, they tear down, rip out and throw away perfectly decent rooms, furniture, appliances and even entire sections of a house.

So you can sit down to watch TV in your perfectly comfortable home, and half an hour later you're hating everything around you, and making plans in your head to throw it all away to get something new new new bigger better more more more!

Ugh.

[Catch22Dem]

13. About 18 months. I go out of my way just to shop at Target

Target ranks at or near the top of the list of most philanthropic companies in America. Since WALMART can't see fit to give ANYTHING back to the communities they wreck, I'll spend my money at Target (and get MUCH better stuff while I'm at it.)

[hlthe2b]

14. 'Have not stepped in one in more than 8 years....

Early on, I was just annoyed at how crowded with junk they were and you couldn't maneuver in their dark jumbled aisles. But, it didn't take long to see what they were doing to small town downtown and independent stores and devastated hospitals trying to deal with Walmart's uninsured employees in their already crowded ERs.

Sam Walton should be feeling plenty of heat wherever he is now, if you ask me.

[kedrys]

15. About a year and a half ago

Looking for cheap curtains and wanted to compare prices/quality. As I expected, everything was sucky, and since I had no intention of getting anything from WM unless they managed to impress me (HA!), I ended up buying from a small family-owned specialty shop in our neighborhood.

[MADem]

16. Haven't been in one in four years, EXCEPT ONE TIME

When Michael Moore's F-911 came out on DVD, I walked in, bought one, and left. I went there specifically to buy it, first, to make a perverse point, and second, because I knew they had it in stock, having called ahead. It was sale priced, too--I think I paid $14 bucks for it.

They had to unlock a display case to get at it, and while I was waiting, I started talking to two or three other people about the film. By the time the clerk got back with the key, there were four people, besides myself, who wanted copies. Heh, heh!

[wellstone dem]

17. at least 2 years

and I drive 45 miles to a costco rather than go to Sam's club a mile away. (I combine the trip with other tasks and chores to avoid contributing to one kind of pollution while working to end another kind of pollution.)

[flamingyouth]

18. Never

I've never been inside one.

[Tikki]

34. Us, either....

We have never stepped inside a Wal-Mart....but, we have heard tales of what goes on in those places....:scared:


The Tikkis

[Dervill Crow]

20. January 2004

My sister-in-law sent me a Wal*Mart gift card for Christmas. I ended up buying laundry detergent and soda pop since I couldn't find a durn thing in the whole store that I wanted to buy.

[2diagnosis]

21. last year

Target is better.

[skygazer]

22. At least 8 or 9 years ago

They put one up in a beautiful open field where I used to bring my dogs for a run - now it's all parking lot and ugly building at the base of a pretty mountain. Sad.

I went there a few times when they first opened but was not impressed and preferred to patronize the family owned downtown businesses I'd been going to for years - prices were a bit higher but quality and service were so much better.

[prole_for_peace]

23. Thanksgiving Day 2003

I went with my mom after lunch and have not gone back since. And i haven't missed it for a second.

[CRK7376]

25. Yesterday

We had to buy soda for the scouts working on my son's Eagle Project. Walmart has the best prices in town and 4 boxes of soda later....plus pizza and doughnuts....Pizza and doughnuts were from elsewhere.

[CO Liberal]

32. Same Here

They're a lot cheaper than King Soopers, Albertson's, and Safeway, which are my other choices in the Pueblo Area.

[Freebird12004]

26. before I found out about their political contributions

Also - I find quite a bit of their merchandise to be of a lower quality than I spend my money on.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

27. I haven't been inside a WalMart in at least a year

nt

[Melynn]

28. About a year ago.

I want to do some comparison shopping so I bought my groceries from Wal-Mart. I found out that Wal-Mart does NOT have the lowest prices. Wal-Mart's prices are the same as any other retail outlet. Plus the selection sucks. Just one more reason to boycott the Bentonville Bully. And I do.

[achtung_circus]

29. Never.

I prefer to support local businesses.

[bleedingheart]

30. 5 years ago....and never again....

I hate that place...

[benny05]

31. About the last time I visited one too

Every since the children turned over the management to some greedy SOB's, Wal-Mart has lost its friendly service, and I cannot even walk by the meat section.

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[China_cat]

35. My husband went there yesterday

With no insurance and 2 insulin dependent diabetics in the house, it's the only way we can afford syringes. ($13/100 as opposed to almost $30 at the pharmacy)

We don't buy anything else there, though.

[Democrat Dragon]

36. August 2003

I was looking for school supplies, didn't spend much.

[miss_kitty]

37. NEVER.

Never been into one. Never will.

[Occulus]

38. To compare prices on PC and PS2 games.

Surprise! WalMart marks those up. They cost more there than elsewhere.

I wonder why that would be.....

[7th_Sephiroth]

45. censoring

they censor the hell outta games there, i wont buy games from there

[annonymous]

39. About 2 years ago.

I stopped in there to get directions to a skating rink.

[Mojambo]

40. Never.

My parents shop there occasionally, but I've almost got them to the point where they're going to stop.

[last_texas_dem]

42. Probably three or four months ago

I stopped shopping there three years ago (with only one transgression, when I was given a gift card to spend there), but have been there a dozen times or so because I have friends who still go there so I have been there and looked around. Also, my former place of employment used to do their banking through Wal-Mart, and I was told to pick up supplies from there from time to time, for my job.

In small towns, it sucks how sometimes Wal-Mart is the only option for many. There are plenty of items that are only available at Wal-Mart in my town of 19,000- which is a pretty sad scenario. I am able to avoid it myself because I make a conscious effort, but there are some who are too lazy to do that, or think Wal-Mart's success is too inevitable to worry about fighting it. (My parents are about as liberal as I am, but I can't convince them to stop going to that stupid place.) There are also those who are poor enough that Wal-Mart's generally lower prices really do help; also, the cost would start to add up if they tried to drive out of their way (in my town's situation, twenty-five miles or so) to get what they needed at the next-most-convenient location. This is how Wal-Mart thrives.

[AlCzervik]

43. summer of 99 in Tomball Texas, scariest Wal-mart ever.

[Stop_the_War]

44. June 6, 1876

:silly:

[7th_Sephiroth]

46. there isint much choice here

they put in 7 wal-marts, the only targets both dont have grocery stores, and only the albertsons are left and thier expensive as all fuck

[SmileyBoy]

47. August of '01.

3 1/2 years it's been.

[cubschicago]

48. I think it was Jan of 04

I started dating someone that is actually a fairly regular DUer. And since then he has guilted me into shopping elsewhere. I still don't know if I have the whole picture of the Wal-Mart situation, but I have enough information to agree with him that I shouldn't support them.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

49. Last week

Sorry, not many other options around here.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

50. Amusing, then disturbing....about 2 years ago

I went to Barnes & Noble with my best friend. She needed to use an ATM, which was in the Walmart across the parking lot. So she uses the ATM and we're on our way back out when we pass a large, freeper-looking family.

A little boy, about 6 years old, suddenly says, "Mommy, are you drunk again?" Now I'm managing to hold it together, but my friend cracks up hysterically, and the second I looked at her, so did I. We bolted out of there.

Once we got outside, we realized it was actually sad because a kid that young has to be basing that question on reality.

Walmart is still scary. The only thing I've ever purchased there was about 8 betta fish. They had them in tiny tupperware containers only about as wide as the fish was long and filled only enough to cover the fish. I felt terrible and bought all of the ones they had. I put them in more suitable containers and some of them lasted for 2 years.