Do you shop at Walmart?

[Cecilie1200]

The savings isn't that much. Other stores offer similar savings on almost everything.

More important is whether or not we support "Made in China" and slave wages. We can say we shop there to save money but really, that's a pretty empty argument. Shopping at WalMart is the way you say you really don't give a flip about your country or your fellow citizens.

made in china is not just a walmart thing....


I shop at ikea.... and most of it is made in china
I shop at target...and most of it is made in china
i shop at macys, nordstorms, sacks, neiman marcus....and it is made in china.
i shop at bed bath and beyond....and most of it is made in china
i shop at home depot and lowes...and most of it is made in china
i shop at mom and pops...and most of it is made in china..
Most ALL of my stainless steal restaurant small wear equipment.... is made in china

hell.... ralph lauran... his USA olympic uniforms... were made in china.


so blaming walmart for made in china is a strawman.

when my Nephew was born i turned him over to look at his ass to see if he was made in China......

My kids weren't made in China, but they were made by a Chinaman.

That's right, I went there.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Many people don't have families. Many other people are estranged from their families, or just don't get along well with them. And many people of a third group are in a financial struggle, and have decided that supporting their families has to take precedence over warm fuzzies.

Oh, and as someone pointed out, many people don't celebrate the same holidays that we do, and so see no significance to tomorrow at all.

That is very sad but true, especially about those who can't afford to get a day off. I have a cousin who sadly lost his house still several years ago even though he was working seven days a week.

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

P.S. Ever since then, my cousin has lived in an RV.

 

[B. Kidd]

It is none of the OP's business where I F'ing shop.
I don't give a shit where you shop.......fer' sure!
I hate these open-ended questions from Politically Correct Pubes................

 

[thereisnospoon]

I am working tomorrow and I am not crying about it.

Is being on the job tomorrow what you already wanted?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. Some people like to be off on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas to be with their families and I can't blame them. I lost three cousins and one of my grandmothers all in just last year alone (I lost one of them three cousins on this day actually last year.) and so to me everyone should try to grab as many holidays with their families as they can get their hands on.

Many people don't have families. Many other people are estranged from their families, or just don't get along well with them. And many people of a third group are in a financial struggle, and have decided that supporting their families has to take precedence over warm fuzzies.

Oh, and as someone pointed out, many people don't celebrate the same holidays that we do, and so see no significance to tomorrow at all.

Where you and I differ is on "many people don't celebrate the same holidays that we do, and so see no significance to tomorrow at all."..
If one chooses to leave their country of origin and immigrate to the USA, they are expected to live by the rules of our culture as it relates to those native to this country. In other words Americans. I will not throw the baby out with the bath water on cultural issues. This is America. We have a distinct American culture. Something liberals have been attempting to destroy for years. So if one comes here, they will have to get used to OUR holidays.
Now, should a retailer open on holidays? In my mind, no. However, I don't get to make that decision. Would I shop tomorrow. HELL NO. Thanksgiving is for family and that's that. Yes many people in many types of occupations must work on these days. It is the business they have chosen. So be it.
I have tried and it seems to have worked to convince Mrs "Spoon" to wait until Friday to go shopping for the big bargains.

 

[thereisnospoon]

made in china is not just a walmart thing....


I shop at ikea.... and most of it is made in china
I shop at target...and most of it is made in china
i shop at macys, nordstorms, sacks, neiman marcus....and it is made in china.
i shop at bed bath and beyond....and most of it is made in china
i shop at home depot and lowes...and most of it is made in china
i shop at mom and pops...and most of it is made in china..
Most ALL of my stainless steal restaurant small wear equipment.... is made in china

hell.... ralph lauran... his USA olympic uniforms... were made in china.


so blaming walmart for made in china is a strawman.

when my Nephew was born i turned him over to look at his ass to see if he was made in China......

My kids weren't made in China, but they were made by a Chinaman.

That's right, I went there.

You are a very funny individual!!!!!

 

[Cecilie1200]

Is being on the job tomorrow what you already wanted?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. Some people like to be off on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas to be with their families and I can't blame them. I lost three cousins and one of my grandmothers all in just last year alone (I lost one of them three cousins on this day actually last year.) and so to me everyone should try to grab as many holidays with their families as they can get their hands on.

Many people don't have families. Many other people are estranged from their families, or just don't get along well with them. And many people of a third group are in a financial struggle, and have decided that supporting their families has to take precedence over warm fuzzies.

Oh, and as someone pointed out, many people don't celebrate the same holidays that we do, and so see no significance to tomorrow at all.

Where you and I differ is on "many people don't celebrate the same holidays that we do, and so see no significance to tomorrow at all."..
If one chooses to leave their country of origin and immigrate to the USA, they are expected to live by the rules of our culture as it relates to those native to this country. In other words Americans. I will not throw the baby out with the bath water on cultural issues. This is America. We have a distinct American culture. Something liberals have been attempting to destroy for years. So if one comes here, they will have to get used to OUR holidays.
Now, should a retailer open on holidays? In my mind, no. However, I don't get to make that decision. Would I shop tomorrow. HELL NO. Thanksgiving is for family and that's that. Yes many people in many types of occupations must work on these days. It is the business they have chosen. So be it.
I have tried and it seems to have worked to convince Mrs "Spoon" to wait until Friday to go shopping for the big bargains.

Becoming an American does not obligate you to celebrate holidays. It only obligates you to respect the right of others to do so.

Nor is it necessarily immigrants who don't celebrate Thanksgiving and other holidays. Some people don't celebrate any holidays at all, for religious reasons. That's their right. Some people just don't like holidays.

Point being, these "everyone should do what I think they should do" people need to back the hell off and stop trying to impose their own rosy, unrealistic view of an ideal world onto other people.

But they're liberals, and they NEVER stop trying to impose their rosy, unrealistic views of an ideal world onto other people, do they?

 

[Harry Dresden]

made in china is not just a walmart thing....


I shop at ikea.... and most of it is made in china
I shop at target...and most of it is made in china
i shop at macys, nordstorms, sacks, neiman marcus....and it is made in china.
i shop at bed bath and beyond....and most of it is made in china
i shop at home depot and lowes...and most of it is made in china
i shop at mom and pops...and most of it is made in china..
Most ALL of my stainless steal restaurant small wear equipment.... is made in china

hell.... ralph lauran... his USA olympic uniforms... were made in china.


so blaming walmart for made in china is a strawman.

when my Nephew was born i turned him over to look at his ass to see if he was made in China......

My kids weren't made in China, but they were made by a Chinaman.

That's right, I went there.

you cant get any closer than that......

 

[thereisnospoon]

Many people don't have families. Many other people are estranged from their families, or just don't get along well with them. And many people of a third group are in a financial struggle, and have decided that supporting their families has to take precedence over warm fuzzies.

Oh, and as someone pointed out, many people don't celebrate the same holidays that we do, and so see no significance to tomorrow at all.

Where you and I differ is on "many people don't celebrate the same holidays that we do, and so see no significance to tomorrow at all."..
If one chooses to leave their country of origin and immigrate to the USA, they are expected to live by the rules of our culture as it relates to those native to this country. In other words Americans. I will not throw the baby out with the bath water on cultural issues. This is America. We have a distinct American culture. Something liberals have been attempting to destroy for years. So if one comes here, they will have to get used to OUR holidays.
Now, should a retailer open on holidays? In my mind, no. However, I don't get to make that decision. Would I shop tomorrow. HELL NO. Thanksgiving is for family and that's that. Yes many people in many types of occupations must work on these days. It is the business they have chosen. So be it.
I have tried and it seems to have worked to convince Mrs "Spoon" to wait until Friday to go shopping for the big bargains.

Becoming an American does not obligate you to celebrate holidays. It only obligates you to respect the right of others to do so.

Nor is it necessarily immigrants who don't celebrate Thanksgiving and other holidays. Some people don't celebrate any holidays at all, for religious reasons. That's their right. Some people just don't like holidays.

Point being, these "everyone should do what I think they should do" people need to back the hell off and stop trying to impose their own rosy, unrealistic view of an ideal world onto other people.

But they're liberals, and they NEVER stop trying to impose their rosy, unrealistic views of an ideal world onto other people, do they?

Precisely my point. I think it's just fine if immigrants and others do not celebrate our holidays. Just don't they dare interfere with anyone who wishes to do so.
Of course we have the PC multicultural view which is 'Don't offend those who don't do(fill in the blank)...Case and point. Christmas Break from public school has been renamed "winter break"..Merry Christmas was all but banned from some stores. Lowes went so far one year to label Christmas trees, not the generic "Holiday" trees but the extreme PC "Family tree"..Lowes received a lot of static about that one.

 

[Koios]

Ahh, emotion-driven arguments. We were so DESPERATELY in need of yet another purveyor of this illogical garbage.

The irony of that purely rhetorical horseshit reply is surely not lost on me. How about you?

I doubt you'd recognize irony if it crawled up your ass. God knows, your posts show you're not very perceptive.

Astonishing. Absolutely astonishing. Did your parents drop you as an infant or do you fall down much?

Now then Ms. Perception, did you notice that my response was a question? It had a question mark even, thus eliminating any potential confusion that it was merely rhetorical.

But I guess even god's gift to perception can overlook a bit of punctuation now and then. No need to let it bother you.

So once again: what other commodities have price minimums? Can you name one? (note question marks)

 

[Jarlaxle]

sometimes, but only for the fashion.

LOL!

I used to get clothes at Wal Mart. Then I realized that it was cheaper for my to buy more expensive clothing somewhere else because the durability of the clothes at Wal-Mart is practically non-existent. A $50 pair of pants that lasts 5 years is cheaper than a $10 pair that lasts 6 months.

Wal-Mart sells the exact same clothes as other stores...they just cost less. But never let FACTS get in your way!

 

[thanatos144]

I am working tomorrow and I am not crying about it.

Is being on the job tomorrow what you already wanted?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. Some people like to be off on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas to be with their families and I can't blame them. I lost three cousins and one of my grandmothers all in just last year alone (I lost one of them three cousins on this day actually last year.) and so to me everyone should try to grab as many holidays with their families as they can get their hands on.

I made a agreement when I was hired....Just like the talking heads on TV right now who are not walking off their job or the police working today..... You make a agreement you stick to it you don't whine like a little bitch cause you have to live up to your word.

 

[Neurotika]

i do not. usually i try thrift stores for my stuff first..i work in one so that makes it easy..my kitchen and closets are full of very high quality items that i pay almost nothing for. clothing and cookware in perfect condition. brands that i love..levis <3 i love my old levis and others. and im reusing what is already made and keeping shit out of landfills as their is no additional packaging to fucking up the envitronment.

if i MUST buy new..i try when possible to support smaller businesses that are local as opposed to the mass produced cheap shiny china crapware store.

 

[Koios]

I am working tomorrow and I am not crying about it.

Is being on the job tomorrow what you already wanted?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. Some people like to be off on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas to be with their families and I can't blame them. I lost three cousins and one of my grandmothers all in just last year alone (I lost one of them three cousins on this day actually last year.) and so to me everyone should try to grab as many holidays with their families as they can get their hands on.

I made a agreement when I was hired....Just like the talking heads on TV right now who are not walking off their job or the police working today..... You make a agreement you stick to it you don't whine like a little bitch cause you have to live up to your word.

Was the agreement pre-hire, or signed later and potentially under duress or absent consideration?

And it says specifically that you will work holidays; or just Thanksgivings, with reasonable temporal limits and additional consideration making the agreement legal and thus binding on you?

 

[thanatos144]

Is being on the job tomorrow what you already wanted?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

P.S. Some people like to be off on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas to be with their families and I can't blame them. I lost three cousins and one of my grandmothers all in just last year alone (I lost one of them three cousins on this day actually last year.) and so to me everyone should try to grab as many holidays with their families as they can get their hands on.

I made a agreement when I was hired....Just like the talking heads on TV right now who are not walking off their job or the police working today..... You make a agreement you stick to it you don't whine like a little bitch cause you have to live up to your word.

Was the agreement pre-hire, or signed later and potentially under duress or absent consideration?

And it says specifically that you will work holidays; or just Thanksgivings, with reasonable temporal limits and additional consideration making the agreement legal and thus binding on you?

All of them are..... Get off welfare and look for a job.

 

[Koios]

I made a agreement when I was hired....Just like the talking heads on TV right now who are not walking off their job or the police working today..... You make a agreement you stick to it you don't whine like a little bitch cause you have to live up to your word.

Was the agreement pre-hire, or signed later and potentially under duress or absent consideration?

And it says specifically that you will work holidays; or just Thanksgivings, with reasonable temporal limits and additional consideration making the agreement legal and thus binding on you?

All of them are..... Get off welfare and look for a job.

All of what are what?

 

[thanatos144]

Was the agreement pre-hire, or signed later and potentially under duress or absent consideration?

And it says specifically that you will work holidays; or just Thanksgivings, with reasonable temporal limits and additional consideration making the agreement legal and thus binding on you?

All of them are..... Get off welfare and look for a job.

All of what are what?

employment agreements

 

[Koios]

All of them are..... Get off welfare and look for a job.

All of what are what?

employment agreements

What agreement did you sign? Typically shit-pay service jobs that have folks coming in on holidays do not involve contacts. Heck; even well-paid folks such as myself who are being paid today and tomorrow while we need not go into work, are not under a contractual obligation to work. Do X and you get paid. Don't do X you don't get paid. But no one is indentured.

 

[Foxfyre]

Employment agreements don't have to be signed. You and your employer agree on what your job will be and the employer expectations, what your hours will be, when you start, what your starting wage and any benefits will be, etc. And there will be an agreement in advance if weekend and holiday work is expected. This Thanksgiving many government employees, UPS and FedEx employees, hospital personnel, a skeleton staff on the local newspapers, many retailers, casinos, restaurant workers, ships crews and various and other assorted workers are on the job as we speak. Most don't have to work EVERY weekend unless that is what they wanted; most don't have to work EVERY holiday.

And the pumpkin pies are about ready to come out of the oven and I need to get the turkey in. Sometimes I envy those who work on the Holidays and then have an excuse not to do all the traditional stuff we who are at home have to do.

 

[Koios]

Employment agreements don't have to be signed. You and your employer agree on what your job will be and the employer expectations, what your hours will be, when you start, what your starting wage and any benefits will be, etc. And there will be an agreement in advance if weekend and holiday work is expected. This Thanksgiving many government employees, UPS and FedEx employees, hospital personnel, a skeleton staff on the local newspapers, many retailers, casinos, restaurant workers, ships crews and various and other assorted workers are on the job as we speak. Most don't have to work EVERY weekend unless that is what they wanted; most don't have to work EVERY holiday.

And the pumpkin pies are about ready to come out of the oven and I need to get the turkey in. Sometimes I envy those who work on the Holidays and then have an excuse not to do all the traditional stuff we who are at home have to do.

Sure they do. You get an employee handbook and sign that it was received by you. You sign that everything in your employment application is truthful. Ink matters, especially to employers.

But no one in America is indentured. Period.

 

[Big Black Dog]

The unions only interest in Walmart is the great untapped source of income from collecting union dues from it's employees should they be able to unionize. Aside from that, the union could give a rat's ass about Walmart employees.