Wal-Fart Tries again for New York

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I hate Wal-Mart but I think they know what they're doing.

Yep.

Also, people don't always go to Wal-Mart to get bags upon bags of things. Sometimes they want to pick up a loaf of bread, get their prescription from the pharmacy, and check out the new Wii game, all while waiting for their oil change at the Tire Lube Xpress (for the Wal-Marts that have that).

I hate Wal-Mart but it is capitalism at its finest (minus the fair employment model that smart capitalists would use).

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Yep.

Also, people don't always go to Wal-Mart to get bags upon bags of things. Sometimes they want to pick up a loaf of bread, get their prescription from the pharmacy, and check out the new Wii game, all while waiting for their oil change at the Tire Lube Xpress (for the Wal-Marts that have that).

Sometimes that one thing grows into 5 or 6 things. I suffer from Target Disease big-time. I go in to pick up a video game for my nephew or a movie, and I walk out with $80 worth of stuff. Damn damn damn!

Does Wal-Mart disease work the same way, or is that just Type 2 diabetes and hypertension? I kid...

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Sometimes that one thing grows into 5 or 6 things. I suffer from Target Disease big-time. I go in to pick up a video game for my nephew or a movie, and I walk out with $80 worth of stuff. Damn damn damn!

Does Wal-Mart disease work the same way, or is that just Type 2 diabetes and hypertension? I kid...

Stores, particularly superstores, love shoppers like you. I call that the "damn, I spent a lot" recipe once you get to the register.

I'm more of a planned shopper especially when it comes to superstores. If I go to SuperTarget for a couple of items, I usually only get the couple of items. I don't browse the store and pick up stuff unless I intentionally allotted a few extra minutes and extra dollars to pick up stuff.

[33girl]

I used to be like that with Target when it first came here, but now I'm more "go in, get it, get out."

I'll go there and K-Mart (the K Mart is the nearest and least stressful) but I avoid Walmart like the plague, unless it's 1 AM and I need Nyquil or something. The nearest Walmart to me supposedly is the one with the worst shoplifting rate in the land.

Target is going into East Liberty (where many of the shoppers don't have cars) and it will be interesting to see. Finally a replacement for the Sears that closed in the 1980s.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Target is going into East Liberty (where many of the shoppers don't have cars) and it will be interesting to see. Finally a replacement for the Sears that closed in the 1980s.

That certainly is interesting. Do you usually go to the Target in Homestead? I used to work there.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by agzg

That certainly is interesting. Do you usually go to the Target in Homestead? I used to work there.

Either there or Monroeville. The Waterfront isn't as handy as it used to be since I moved, not to mention the construction from hell that has been going on for the last year or so.

But yeah, it is bizarre to see this gigunda Target going up right on Penn Ave. I forget if I mentioned there's now an Anthropologie and a fancy bike shop in EL too...the neighborhood is changing so much and I just hope it ends up being a positive thing.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Either there or Monroeville. The Waterfront isn't as handy as it used to be since I moved, not to mention the construction from hell that has been going on for the last year or so.

But yeah, it is bizarre to see this gigunda Target going up right on Penn Ave. I forget if I mentioned there's now an Anthropologie and a fancy bike shop in EL too...the neighborhood is changing so much and I just hope it ends up being a positive thing.

I hope so, too. For such a blighted neighborhood they could really use some positive businesses going in. It probably won't be a Super Target, though - is a Giant Eagle moving in next door?

ETA: Is this part of a gentrification initiative for that area? If so, where will the people that live in Sliberty go?

ETA2: I didn't know there was construction going on around the Waterfront. When I was there (I lived right over the Homestead Grey's bridge in Squirrel Hill/Greenfield) they were just working on the bridge.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I hate Wal-Mart but it is capitalism at its finest (minus the fair employment model that smart capitalists would use).

Just curious what you mean about "fair employment model"...if you're talking about the legal problems the individual stores get themselves in (hiring illegals, racial/sexual discrimination suits, etc) fair enough...but if you're talking wages/benefits, when I worked there in high school, starting wages for my department -shoes (which was actually one of the lower paying departments, because we never had to mess with the register) was about $1 above minimum wage. Cashiers started at $2-3 above minimum wage. True, that's not great money, but it's also not rocket science. I personally don't see a problem with jobs that require very little education/experience paying much lower wages than jobs that require more qualifications. Also, they actually do have pretty good benefits.