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pigeon
pigeon Dork
9/14/11 10:04 p.m.
carguy123 wrote: [snip] the core Walmart fanatic isn't your core middle of the road 'Merican"

Oh, but here's where you're totally wrong IMO. The induhviduals you see in WalMart are probably exactly like 80% of the American population. We're quickly sliding towards making Idiocracy a documentary movie.

carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
9/14/11 10:26 p.m.

If that's true then why do I only see these individuals at Walmart and no where else in the world?

jstand
jstand New Reader
9/15/11 12:27 a.m.
carguy123 wrote: If that's true then why do I only see these individuals at Walmart and no where else in the world?

You just need to get out more. Although with the advent of the super walmart, there's less overlap in customers with the local supermarket/CVS/Conveniece store.

Go to any of the local fairs (state, county, town) and you'll see a lot of the same level of induhvidual as Walmart.

On edit changed class to induhvidual to be clearer and avoid misinterpretation of intent, and not to imply anything about those that got to state fairs. I go, although I also like walmart, hmmm..... I wonder what that says about me

Twin_Cam
Twin_Cam SuperDork
9/15/11 8:17 a.m.

The guy who was eating raw meat ate $26 worth of it Unless it was filet mignon (and they don't sell THAT at Walmart), he ate a crapload of raw meat. It was near here in Carlisle that he was caught. He had four prior counts of retail theft, so he was charged with felony retail theft or something like that and thrown in jail. You should've seen this dude's mug shot in the paper. He looked like the definition of the phrase "off his rocker."

Trans_Maro
Trans_Maro Dork
9/15/11 9:13 a.m.
HiTempguy wrote: Not here in Alberta. walmart has become too trendy

Ahh, Albtera.

The Texas of Canada.

HiTempguy
HiTempguy Dork
9/15/11 11:21 a.m.
Trans_Maro wrote: Ahh, Albtera. The Texas of Canada.

What can I say?

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/15/11 11:34 a.m.
HiTempguy wrote:
Trans_Maro wrote: Ahh, Albtera. The Texas of Canada.
What can I say?

Sigh, Canadians.... only in Canada would a Wal-Mart be considered "trendy"

Take note, "trendy" stores don't have any stock showing on the shelves, just example product. Stock is kept in the back and brought out to you by effeminate salesmen who have already judged you useless and will speak only to your wife/SO.

Personally, I avoid those stores and wait at the nearest electronics/tool store.

carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
9/15/11 11:41 a.m.

My daughter just returned from Edmonton and she said that was the Austin of Canada. She said it looked and felt so much like Austin, Texas.

The river, the college, the clubs, the businesses, everything.

Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
9/15/11 12:25 p.m.
turboswede wrote: Sigh, Canadians.... only in Canada would a Wal-Mart be considered "trendy"

Not so. In Salt Lake City, teens take their dates there. They hold hands and orbit the floor for hours. Then, as a sign of class, they take the date to the attached fast food "restaurant," usually a Subway or MacDonalds.

corytate
corytate Reader
9/15/11 1:15 p.m.
Twin_Cam wrote: The guy who was eating raw meat ate $26 worth of it Unless it was filet mignon (and they don't sell THAT at Walmart), he ate a crapload of raw meat. It was near here in Carlisle that he was caught. He had four prior counts of retail theft, so he was charged with felony retail theft or something like that and thrown in jail. You should've seen this dude's mug shot in the paper. He looked like the definition of the phrase "off his rocker."

actually they do sell filet mignon now, as well

HiTempguy
HiTempguy Dork
9/15/11 2:24 p.m.

In reply to turboswede:

I never said Walmart was trendy, hell no! I said the items they offer are too trendy for the type of store and the clientele it brings in.

I can't possibly see how being like Austin is a bad thing. Everybody up here likes Austin

carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
9/15/11 2:44 p.m.

I never said being like Austin was a bad thing. She was just surprised at how much like Austin it was.

ultraclyde
ultraclyde HalfDork
9/15/11 2:58 p.m.

If the traffic and road design are like Austin, it's a TERMINALLY bad thing!

carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
9/15/11 4:44 p.m.

Up until pretty recently I loved driving thru Austin even at rush hour because it was so much better than Dallas, Houston or San Antonio.

I've only hit rush hour once in the past 3 years and in that time I've gotten used to Fort Worth"s (lack of) rush hour so I thought Austin was horrible. But now that they've got the Austin cut off that bypasses Austin and goes by the new F1 track I'm presuming things have gotten better.

As far as getting around in old Austin vs way out NW in the newer territories, I've never found it to be a problem.

fasted58
fasted58 Dork
9/16/11 1:02 a.m.

WM can't hold a candle to the old Pechin Market in Dunbar Pa.

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