Gunny
Gold Member
I hate their products. They sell crap. Their food also sucks. If I want to have stupid people be rude to me, I can just post on the Daily Kos or DU instead of driving to my local Walmart to be abused by their incompetent workers.
I agree AND disagree. First, I'd like to ask if you have timberwolves for dogs. I've had the same gates for about 8 years, with a forty pound dog using them as leaning posts.
I agree about the tools; however, I use tools for a living and require much better than weekend warrior, "Mr Toolbelt" quality. My wife has no problem with them. They're suitable for tinkering, and that's who they're marketed to. They can't and don't, nor even try to compete with Home Depot/Lowes and Sears.
Target's tools are as cheezy as Walmart's, and their clothing at about the same quality level. Sears brand clothing is as well. The option to buy brand name clothing at Sears is the cheater to that.
The goceries where I live are much better at Walmart than Target. Personally, I use HEB, an actual grocery store.
I haven't noticed the personnel at Walmart being anymore rude than they are at McDonald's, Target, Macy's, Sears, nor th econvenience store. That is our current culture .... they are there to collect a check and providing service to you is just a minor incovenience in pursuit of that.
I'm by no means placing Walmart above the rest, nor am I particularly a supporter. However, once hearing the actual facts regarding the villification of Walmart, I think it's BS. The unions created and perpetuate the myth that Walmart pays less and has no benefits. Sure, it pays less and has less benefits than the union. The catch is, when you get done paying union dues and for the benefits, you usually taking home less than if you weren't in the union.
Unions have a purpose, but they have lost sight of that, and priced themselves out of the market here. They're struggling, and it's for the aforementioned reasons. I also am not a fan of their exclusionary practices, and I've had more than a few words with union snobs who think they can treat non-union people as inferior.
Then there's the fact that former union employees who come to work with my company spend a lot of time demanding their rights and not doing their work. They're clock-punchers, not producers.