Grocery Grievance. Good Grief! - Page 3

PhoenixAzul · #31 05-29-2007, 03:57 PM

My very-union dad has forbidden all of his children from going into Walmart...i guess I've been trained well because I refuse to even go near the place. I look at the parking lot and all it looks like is a mass of baby strollers and minivans and I cannot stand crying children.

BetteDavisEyes · #32 05-29-2007, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

It's not like a shop at Walmart.

I mean, I needed toothpaste and Walmart just happened to be there, so I went in. I don't shop at Target either. To me they're both places I would go only to buy small things like toothpaste, deodorant ect. Stuff like that. Plus, I think the people there look pretty trashy, so of course I wouldn't be around people like that very long. Hey, a girl has to keep her pearly whites white. Thanks Walmart.

You are an idiot. Really.

#33 05-29-2007, 04:01 PM

We have a local grocery chain here that promises their customers that if there are more than 3 people in line, they'll open another checkout stand. Most of the time these cashiers are busy doing other stuff, but usually there's one or two employees just floating around doing nothing.

macallan25 · #34 05-29-2007, 04:48 PM

Only time I will ever use a Wal Mart is to get shotgun shells, clay pigeons, and my yearly hunting license.

Other than that I use HEB, Brookshires, Central Market, and Whole Foods. Target is fine too.

PM_Mama00 · #35 05-29-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

You are an idiot. Really.

You're so meeeeeeeean!

PeppyGPhiB · #36 05-29-2007, 05:11 PM

I feel spoiled. We have great supermarkets in the Seattle area...QFC (Kroger), Metropolitan Markets, Whole Foods, Top Foods, Red Apple, Fred Meyer (Kroger) and if necessary, Safeway and Albertson's (I'm only teasing).

We have hardly any Walmarts in the area - I think the closest to where I live is about 20-25 minutes away - and most of them don't even carry food. I won't shop at Walmart for various reasons, including that in the few times I've been in one I've felt like I was going to have an anxiety attack thanks to the chaotic atmosphere inside. Screaming kids and parents screaming back at them, crap from the aisles thrown all over the floor and shelves, and the place is like a maze to get through. If I want a deal, I go to Target, which we have way more of here.

Tom Earp · #37 05-29-2007, 05:17 PM

Boy are not BIG stores great?

They run the smaller easier to shop stores!

I do not want to spend an hour when I could shop in 1/2 of the time and get it cheaper!

Boy I miss the smaller store and would drive by the big one daily!

BetteDavisEyes · #38 05-29-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

You're so meeeeeeeean!

Yes. Yes I am. I thrive on picking on poor GC souls who make stupid comments & then whine about why they are getting picked on.

PeppyGPhiB · #39 05-29-2007, 06:19 PM

I got so caught up in the stores themselves that I forgot to mention my pet peeves

All the major grocery chains here have "loyalty cards," which you have to sign up for and use in order to get the sale prices. I resisted using them for as long as I could, and actually boycotted some of the stores, until I couldn't anymore. I signed up using fake info., but anyone in marketing knows that that info. is easily matched up to personal identities when used with a debit card, and then that info. is used for marketing purposes.

I also hate it when I've bought something and get home to discover it's past the expiration date!

Texas Beta · #40 05-29-2007, 10:21 PM

I go to Wal-Mart to practice my Spanish speaking skills and to buy Heroin.

Woman Caught Taking Heroin In Walmart.

cheerfulgreek · #41 05-30-2007, 12:56 AM

MG! You guys! I didn't say people who shop at Target are trashy, I just don't shop at Target or Walmart. So I'm a criminal for that? I said the people who shop at Walmart are trashy. The Walmart that I went to doesn't have groceries, and if it did I still wouldn't shop there. Ewwww, the people there look SO gross. I do my grocery shopping at Rainbow or Cub Foods. I needed toothpaste and Walmart just happened to be there so I stopped in for a second. Give me a break!

cheerfulgreek · #42 05-30-2007, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Target is full of trashy people?

I meant Walmart, not Target.

cheerfulgreek · #43 05-30-2007, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

You are an idiot. Really.

So I'm an idiot because I don't like shopping at Walmart or Target? That was rude!

I just don't like to associate myself with really low class people, and if you think I'm an idiot for that, then right back atcha!

GeekyPenguin · #44 05-30-2007, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

MG! You guys! I didn't say people who shop at Target are trashy, I just don't shop at Target or Walmart. So I'm a criminal for that? I said the people who shop at Walmart are trashy. The Walmart that I went to doesn't have groceries, and if it did I still wouldn't shop there. Ewwww, the people there look SO gross. I do my grocery shopping at Rainbow or Cub Foods. I needed toothpaste and Walmart just happened to be there so I stopped in for a second. Give me a break!

Rainbow or Cub? I guess you like trashy produce, since you live in a metro area with Lund's/Byerly's, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and so many great co-ops and farmer's markets...but that's okay, keep looking down on Target.

cheerfulgreek · #45 05-30-2007, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Rainbow or Cub? I guess you like trashy produce, since you live in a metro area with Lund's/Byerly's, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and so many great co-ops and farmer's markets...but that's okay, keep looking down on Target.

I don't look down on Target. I meant Walmart. I'm from Fargo, but while I was in school I would go to Rainbow and Cubs. I don't see anything wrong with them. At least the people don't look gross there.

Starting in June I won't be living in Minnesota anymore.