Posts Tagged ‘wal mart’

In a second that dude is gonna notice those chicks and be embarrassed.

You know those people who hate Wal-Mart?  Like, HATE it?  The people who have decided that all the sins of the evil corporation can never be wiped away no matter what the circumstances?  The people who figure that the people who work at Wal-Mart were somehow taken prisoner or tricked into not getting a different job?  Or the people who understand that it has been the company’s policy to drive single item businesses into the ground (like bike shops and pharmacies) by using their margins and voulme to undercut prices.  Yes, they have done that in the past and gotten busted for it.  They have done some shitty things.

But they have also done some good things.  They buy rainforest land equal to the footprint of every store they open (I can only presume to preserve it and not…burn it) and they can probably influence the way the world does business more than any government could ever hope to.  They are too big and they are scary as shit.  Their prices are low and they almost always win.  So lots of people hate them.

Until now.  Until the clown commercial.  Now whatever they did before is forgiven.  And whatever they do going forward will be compared to this.  Good job Wal-Mart.  Now you can be known for something other than killing those people.

Shit- our secret is out!

Target has skated by for a long time with their red interiors and ‘We’re not Wal-Mart and we didn’t make your mom do meth like Wal-Mart did” attitude.  But it seems like at least one Target has shown its true colors.  And those colors are: fuck face.

David Lawrinowicz of Lancaster had worked at Target for nearly eight years before the company fired him Wednesday — for buying two Zhu Zhu Pets…Not stealing them, buying them.

A few days later, Lawrinowicz said he was called into the human resources office and told employees were not allowed to purchase “popular items” until the store opens at 8 a.m.

The full story is here.  Did I edit the thing above to make the store seem even worse?  Damn right.  This whole thing has me bothered.  Here is why:

1. Target is not as good as everyone thinks but they are still pretty good.
2. Walmart is not as bad as everone thinks (at least anymore) but they are still pretty bad.
3. Anyone who hides behind a policy either in a handbook or ‘on a posted placard’ is a pussy.  And I don’t even think that posted placards are legally binding.  You know those signs that say: management is not responsible for lost or stolen articles?  And we all think they aren’t?  Well fuck that.  It’s a trick.  What if the sign said: management reserves the right to hump your wife?  Would you pay attention then?  And yes, I know YOU would, Swinger Larry.
4. Why in the hell did they not have some sort of do-over policy?
5. Why didn’t they fire the people who checked them out?
6. How much do you think Target wishes they had lightened the hell up.

Anyway – I still like Target.  I am going over there right now, as a matter of fact.  I don’t work there so I can buy whatever I want.

Potentially Incorrect Facts about Wal-Mart

1. At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit Every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot +Kroger + Target +Sears +Costco+K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart  employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
8. During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the  world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.
11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store.  (Earth’s population is approximately 6.5  billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
13. Let Wal-Mart bail out Wall Street!

Update!  Thanks to bustedstr8 for finding this terrifying map showing the growth of Wal-Mart since it started.  Or else it is a map of his HPV outbreak that he renamed, but I like to think it is the former.  Thanks Busted!  LINK TO SCARY MAP