Wal-Mart Commercials: LOL!!!
 

Does anyone else want to throw up when they see the "homey" Wal-Mart commercials? Like the one where the mom of teens spends hours in Wal-Mart with all the fabulous fragrances and clothes and sings in the music department with her daughter? (My teens would leave me permanently if I did that.)

How about the ones where the retirees go to breakfast there every morning for coffee or the day's not complete? Or the 2 thirty-something sisters who almost dance arm-in-arm through the store comparing bargains? The obsessed mom who selects the choicest cuts of meat and tastiest fruits to serve the high school band when they come over? The mom of 4 who says she loves shopping there because life is so hard with 4 young children? (I sneer at her. I spit in her face.) We can't forget the ones where attractive, intelligent, well-spoken employees speak of their commitment to major issues that their store helps with, like the environment and Down's Syndrome.

Maybe it's just the store here but the employees are either 16-year-olds who can't work the register or retirees who ain't too swift either. Forget finding any employees who can help you in their department!

I am dying to run over to Wal-Mart and skip through the store, rhapsodizing over sales, singing along with CDs, and spending hours choosing the best doughnuts or volleyballs.:rolleyes:

Here is my Wal Mart beef. Now I agree with everything that you said Carnation, but for a sportsman, its REALLY REALLY REALLY hard to find someone in the sporting goods department that knows shit from applebutter.

Example. I walk to the sporting goods department not long ago, and asked the clerk for a box of 243 shells, remington, 100 grain, hollow point. Well I might as well have asked her for a 5 minute explination on mans exotential delima. Seems like i have the same runins and car part stores. Or here is one of my favorites. Walk up to a sporting goods clerk and say, "I looked all over the Zoom plastics section and I didnt see and pumpkin seed chartreuse lizards, will you be getting any in soon?" and watch them walk to the same DAMN aisle you just came from and look for them themselves. WTF? Do you think I lied to you or something? I know yall dont feel my pain here but I had to get that out.....

But God bless Wal Mart as a whole. Nothing better than getting blasted and have a sober driver come over and pick you up to go to wally world at 3 am to get that playstation 2 game that you and your buddies HAVE to have right at that second, only to come home, play two games, and pass out on the living room floor.

My favorite Wal Mart commercial is the one with all the sisters who talk about how, when each of them turned 18, their parents took them to Wal Mart to pick out a ring to mark the occasion. If someone bought me a piece of "fine jewelry" from Wal Mart, I would cry.

There's some even better ones about rings.

One is about how this chick picked out her ENGAGEMENT ring from Wal Mart. And how much she loved it, yadda yadda, she woudln't have wanted it from anyplace else.

The Other is about this mom-to-be who never gets jewelry because her husband "doesn't do that" and then he gets her a ring with their birthstones and the one of their baby to be. She's like "i'm so happy i just didn't get an oil change or something"

LOL

My mom has hated those Wal-Mart advertisements since they first started airing...she especially loathes the one where the mom is singing in the store (I think some of you all mentioned that one). My favorite is the one about the engagement ring...I know some people think a ring is a ring, but I would whack a guy over the head if I found out he got me an engagement ring from Wal-Mart. That sounds really awful, but come on--isn't that ring a reflection of how the guy feels? Hmmm...

Anyway, those commercials do nothing to make me want to go in that store. I do it because I have to--Wal-Mart came to my town and ran out all the smaller and locally-owned businesses.

LMAO at this thread!! These commercials are too funny, especially since the Wal-Mart where I live is a complete ghetto. I have seen the one about the Mom who feeds the band when they come over, and also the engagement ring one...lol. I'm sorry, and this may sound stuck-up, but who gets excited about a ring from Wal-Mart?? Once, Mr. XO_Princess joked that he should buy my engagement ring there, and I almost left him.

I have never been to Walmart since they don't have them here.

After seeing that commercial, my boyfriend joked, "That's where I'll get your engagement ring from." I gave him the silent treatment for two hours.

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I've always joked that the "Wal-Mart Engagement Ring" is new tires for the house
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My whole family hates the singing mom one - about "feeling like a keeeeed again" I just want to smack that woman.

Wal-Mart usually leaves me violent and in the mood to lobby for involuntary sterilization for anyone not watching their little brats.

At the Super Walmart by my house they have these video monitors all over the place and they are constantly playing those commercials,over and over while you are in the store. Loathe the one about the retiress who have nothing else to do. Proof why the retirement age should be raised.

The garden ones annoy me too.

Creepy.

LOL My Grandpa and his 3 friends -- all late 70s, early 80s actually DO meet at Wal-Mart every morning for coffee and bagels. LOL

HOw can you forget the familly that is a band? And they get ALL their pictures developed at walmart.. or for that matter the professional photographer who gets all his pics developed there, while he and his wife shop for supplies for their RV? And the guy who owns a daycare who only trusts his van to Walmart? Jeeeez! This seems like propoganda!

TG

AGREED!!!
 

totally a gree with that nice thought and all but " FINE JEWELRY!?!?!?"and what every one has said... Wal Mart is at time just to much to stomach

That is soooo funny!!! She sounds exactly like that! :D :D

Carnation, I knew there was a reason we were sisters.

When that stupid woman says she sings in a big band, I usually yell back at the TV: "But not very well!"

And I'm convinced that my local Wal-Mart keeps a crabby infant living in a Rubbermaid storage container, and when I enter the store, an employee starts kicking the box to make him whine and cry until I leave.

The saddest part is that Walmart is where we go when we have nothing else to do, of course, we always try shopko first.. you know you live in a small town when WalMart is way more exciting than the mall....

My fiance joked about getting me a ring from Wal-Mart once too. How strange that guys think that's actually funny.

I don't shop at Wal-Mart. They have twice allowed someone to use my driver's license number on their checks without checking ID, and of course, she bounced those checks...It took forever to convince them that I had never been to those Wal-Mart stores, much less spent money there!!!!!!!!!!!

Sam Walton is the Antichrist.
 

Wal-Mart as an entity makes me want to throw up. If there were 2 stores in town, and the other one was run by a guy named Jed who made me pay with chickens and sold moonshine out of a 50 gallon barrel, Jed would get all my business.

I don't know of any other corporation who has done so much to destroy so many small towns, and the dignity of the people who live in them. I don't consider underpricing everyone in town, driving them out of business, and then jacking your prices back up to twice what they were "smart business" or "capitalism in action" - I consider it shitty, repulsive and immoral.

Oh, and if that singing woman ever crosses my path, she will be at Wal-Mart permanently in the "corpse" aisle.

Hey what's wrong with the Palouse Empire Mall?! HAHAHAHA.. Sure it takes about a minute to walk the entire length of it and back..

I am laughing my head off about the Wal-Mart comments because they echo my sentiments exactly! The only thing worse than actually going there is being subjected to the stupid commericals. I would comment on them, but everyone has such a good job already!

Sometimes we go there just to laugh at people and come back with stories to tell other people as sad as that is. The stores are usually such a mess, I just love having to weave through crap in the aisles and idiots gawking over stuff on sale. I just want to scream, "yes, I am sure Billy Bob would love a new nose hair trimmer and it's such a good deal too!".. ugh.. The thought of buying fresh groceries there makes me sick!

Keep the Wal-Mart stories coming!

too funny!!!
 

I totally agree with everyone ragging on the Wal-Mart commercials!! The Wal-Mart where I live is so horrible! The commercials do not come close to describing the Wal-Mart where I live. I don't know which is worse--the cashiers who obviously just barely passed high school or the customers who have not bathed since high school! It is such a bad experience that I drive 30 minutes to the nearest Target instead! It is always clean and the cashiers are much nicer.
Oh and the commments about the engagement rings cracked me up because that is where my snobby step-sister bought hers!!!! She thought she was so cool because her fiancee is a medical student. If she only knew how much my ring cost (from a medical student also) she would drop the "I am better than you because I am younger and getting married first" attitude! Wal-mart engagement ring--white trash! lol!

Someone needs to do an internet search and find a WEHATE WALMART.COM site or something that mocks the store.

As for me...its creapy...... The super walmarts have every need covered, pharmacy, autoshop, groceries, photolab, photo studio, bank, diner, optomitrist, mcdonalds, hair salon, jewler, nail salon, garden center, petshop, and craftstore. Now I am just waiting for "Wal-Mart Religion Center." The only area they havent tried to worm their way into.

Also, blue smocks with screen printing on the back saying "May I help You?" is just too cultish for me. :eek:

Only a fellow cougar would know about the Palouse Empire Mall!!!! Isn't it just scary that it can be called a mall at all? I guess all you have to have is a Bon... but I don't think that there national sales reps have been there for a while.. it's looking a little rough. But then again, there's always Adams mall, now that's a place I like!

I've been caught..haha.. The quality of the Bon there is definitely lacking, but there is always the Buckle, which I am guessing will be pulled out of there sometime soon like everything else has. Now is Adams mall the one in Lewiston? That one is way worse than the Empire..haha.. I am pretty used to it though since I am from the rural East side of the state anyway and know that it is necessary to make the trek to Spokane or Seattle to shop. The Wal-Mart isn't too bad there just because it is all students that shop there, but I only go there to get some laughs or else its Shopko for me.

No, not the one in Lewiston, although I have heard horror stories. But hey, at least they have a Costco there! Adams mall is the little building right next to Papa Johns, with Shakers, Corner Mart, and of course, Pita Pit and Nacho Man! I wish we could have a real mall here, but I guess I'll just have to settle for Shopko and.. oh wait.. that's it.

Walmart Sucks
That is the walmart hate page

the one with the cheer leaders wasn't so bad.

My friend works at Wal-Mart and I'm really starting to think that it is a cult like you all keep saying. Employees there have to do this thing called "cost comp" or whatever, and my friend hates it with a passion--she has to go to competing stores like Target or Meijer with this little scan gun and get the prices of certain items. People who get caught doing this are understandably asked to leave those stores, and my friend is scared to death she'll get caught and embarrass herself in front of everybody. I know Wal-Mart does this to make sure they have the lowest prices in town, but it seems unfair to me even though it's evidently not illegal.

I wouldn't care if the prices at Target were (or are) higher-I prefer to shop there. What is sad is I own Wal Mart stock but do not shop there nor do I want to.

ROTFLMAO!!!
 

The Super Wal-Mart in mycollege's town is supposedly the largest one in Middle Tennessee, and trying to find a parking space there is *almost* worse than trying to find a parking space on the MTSU campus (which is next to impossible). I dread having to go there, because the lines are endless and there never seems to be more than four registers (out of what... 10... 15?) open at once, no matter how crowded the store is. Sadly enough, Wal-Mart is a staple store for most of the students at my school to buy food and toiletries.

That reminds me... my senior year of high school (last year actually), my Government teacher made us create videos about past presidents and do some kind of biography or creative show about them. One kid in my class did a documentary on Bill Clinton, and of all places, the setting of the documentary was at WAL-MART!!! Basically this boy walked around a Wal-Mart in a very redneck part of the metro Nashville area, and walked up to everyone he could find (all of whom had mullets :eek: ---even the little kids!!!), and asked their opinion on Bill Clinton. The responses of these trashy mullet-baring people were hilarious! At the beginning of the video, the boy even made a disclaimer:


"The haircuts which you are about to see are not condoned by the director of this film or by _____ High School. If you are faint of heart or under the age of 16 you should not view this film. I will not be responsible for any laughter that may occur while listening to the opinions of the Wal-Mart goers portrayed in this film." :D

Sam Walton is the Devil!!!
 

I can't stand Wal-Mart, yet it has every thing I need!!! Dilemma, dilemma. It's a college town's largest entity. I'm convinced that the Wal-Mart corporation share the responsibilty with the oil; companies in holding the world hostage. Ever take a look at the recent World's Wealthiest People list compiled by Forbes?? Well, Sam Walton's decendants are the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th richest in the world RESPECTIVELY!!! A new age Rockefeller family, or future global grand poobas?? i can't decide.

Re: ROTFLMAO!!!
 

No shit! WTF is that all about? Why do they build 80 checkout lanes, but never have more than 4 or 5 open. Very frustrating. :mad:

I completely agree with you, if a guy only cares enough to get you a ring from Wal-Mart instead of a nice ring with that little certificate that comes with a quality diamond . . . well, then he just doesn't want to be with me enough. I know dues are exspensive but he can put a little aside! As a side note, one of my friends (dear friend, but not terribly bright) just got engaged (to a guy she's only been seeing for 6 months) and honest to goodness her ring looks like it came from Wal-Mart. If it did she doesn't know the difference and none of us have the heart to tell her.

Emmi

They havent made a commercial about *my* walmart experiences! It would go something like this.

Girl in car spends 10 minutes looking for a parking space.

Girl gets in the store and proceeds to spend the next hour trying to buy 4 things. Crackers, Deoderant, a 6 pack of Cokes, and some shampoo.

After walking approximately 3.4 miles around the store - the girl has seen it all! A determined mother getting her screaming baby girl's ears pierced....A gaggle of old people gathered in the pharmacy dept complaining about the gaggle of old people in the pharmacy dept....I dont hear anyone raving about low prices or dancing in the isles.

I finally get to the register where a girl who is 9 months pregnant and has a bad home perm rings up my purchase and grumbles a "thanks"

I spend the next 10 min looking for my car because I have been inside so long I cant remember where I parked.

I guess this is why I no longer go to Walmart - we are divorced and I am now seeing a more friendly super target :)

I just heard on the news yesterday that a wal-mart in Houston is going to start selling used cars. I am just waiting for them to start selling houses that you can set up in the parking lot and just live there. If you lived in the parking lot there would be no need to go anywhere.

hahaha! I can see it now: "Wal-Mart Realestate, Inc." ..... "Buy a parking space at Wally-Land now for your mobile home! The convienance of living next to all your shopping needs. You'll be dancing through the parking lot! And soon, we'll have a Wal-Mart Elementary, Middle School, High School, and even a Wal-Mart University for all of our community (ahem...CULT) members."

I like it
 

Hey! I like Walmart......sometimess. I hate to sound like one of those commercials, but there are days when I just want to go out and buy everythings that I need at one place, without having to drive to 3 or 4 different stores. I like their groceries because here, there are usually like $1-$2 cheaper than the grocery store (here its called Dillions which is the same as Krogers). Plus, I hate Dillions, so I digress.......

Now, If i had to name a preference, or let's say if I'm going out to buy just household items, I would definitely have to say that Target is my first choice. Even though I think their ready to assemble furniture is too dang high!!! $89 for a veneer bookcase!! :eek: and their plants look like death warmed over.

Do they have like a Super Target?

The store that i think it THE WORST is KMART. Even the Super KMART are hor-ri-ble!!!!!! I think KMart is a lot worse than Walmart.

Re: I like it
 

As much as I hate wal-mart because the people there act like its christmas eve, and is always crowded as if for the same reason...... i double hate K-Mart. Luckily they are closing several of them here in houston!!!!

AggieAXO, i heard the same thing on the radio this morning and couldnt help but think of this thread!!!! :D

Re: Re: I like it
 

Same here! Wal-Mart can be a HUGE pain in the ar$e, but most of the K-Marts I've been to are TRASHY & smelly! :rolleyes: I do prefer Target to either of them, except their prices are jacked-up a bit, so I try to get things at Target that I feel are better quality. As far as things like shampoo, laundry detergent, etc, I'd rather go to Wal-Mart because of the prices, though. That reminds me... one of my sisters has a bumper sticker that says something like "Don't buy CDs from Wal-Mart." lol :D

Re: Re: Re: I like it
 

Not that I love to hear cursing or explicit lyrics in every word, but I agree with your sorority sister. Wal-Mart only sells "clean" versions of your favorite CDs.

Oh, wait, I know what it says exactly now:

"Friends don't let friends buy CDs at Wal-Mart"

Okay I wondered what was so bad about Wal-Mart CDs, but now I understand. Oh well, that sux for adults & teens, but I know if I were a mom I wouldn't want a 12-yr-old listening to "bad" language (not as if kids don't hear enough of it at school, though).