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BlackSkimmer

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144. It is a bit odd. DU will jump all over a "I hate Walmart" thread, but not for the reasons she seems

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #131)

Tue Mar 14, 2023, 12:36 PM

Mar 2023

to have.

I never notice other people when I'm out and about anyway, so these threads about store interactions are always fascinating.

I always try to imagine the interaction happening: "Hello, do you own a coat?" I can only imagine how most would answer lol.

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I don't know how people shop at Walmart [View all] samplegirl Mar 2023 OP

People shop there because they have good prices. Mosby Mar 2023 #1

Not here. Walmart is more expensive than Kroger SheltieLover Mar 2023 #11

Here, Walmart's produce is the worst RussBLib Mar 2023 #32

Kroger is even worse with literally rotten produce, meat & milk. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #35

.. roamer65 Mar 2023 #61

Many of them are better. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #70

The Walmart in my area is generally pretty good. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #118

I don't shop at Wal-Mart for groceries wnylib Mar 2023 #175

Huh. Different model here. We shop both, but also Publix, Aldis, etc. Hortensis Mar 2023 #72

A lot of time it is merely the illusion PatSeg Mar 2023 #33

People shop at Walmart because the prices tend to be lower. walkingman Mar 2023 #2

I occasionally shop there when I make a delivery, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #3

You see people beneath you. I see folks stretching their dollar Kaleva Mar 2023 #4

I do see people beneath me. samplegirl Mar 2023 #58

I'm pretty sure considering your comments that you are beneath many poor people ripcord Mar 2023 #65

I doubt that! samplegirl Mar 2023 #67

I have heard that Ohio is going downhill Kaleva Mar 2023 #68

Very bad samplegirl Mar 2023 #71

All categories with income below $100,000 voted more for Biden than Trump muriel_volestrangler Mar 2023 #73

While The Data Are What They Are.... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #80

it was a different poster that brought that term up treestar Mar 2023 #108

I always go with the most charitable explanation DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2023 #112

How do you know they didn't vote Democratic? iemanja Mar 2023 #92

You actually asked someone if they owned a coat? BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #119

Not sure either Lurker Deluxe Mar 2023 #162

Lol! BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #163

You people in here are ridiculous samplegirl Mar 2023 #169

You brought this on yourself. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #171

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Karma13612 Mar 2023 #103

If, in Walmart, everybody is poor but you, try shopping at Whole Foods, Croney Mar 2023 #5

It's true you can tell by their shoes samplegirl Mar 2023 #59

I am sure if you saw how I am dressed while shopping former9thward Mar 2023 #82

How the hell do you see people's teeth while in a store for 20 minutes? BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #121

Just wait a few months, when you see throngs of poor parents trying to buy school supplies.... 70sEraVet Mar 2023 #6

Kind of a snobby, elitist OP BannonsLiver Mar 2023 #7

Kind of? inthewind21 Mar 2023 #10

I think the OP was just expressing an observation. I don't see any malice behind it. CTyankee Mar 2023 #15

I don't understand how the poster gets poverty from just going to Walmart jimfields33 Mar 2023 #23

You bet, yesterday I stopped at newdayneeded Mar 2023 #39

Good for you! I love it. jimfields33 Mar 2023 #40

I Went To Walmart Today! ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #81

What the fuck is this shit right here. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #8

Not my personal choice JustAnotherGen Mar 2023 #9

That's reality, you earn less than x, you can only shop at certain stores. sarcasmo Mar 2023 #12

I am reminded of a story sarisataka Mar 2023 #13

I like that story. iemanja Mar 2023 #96

Gee, there was a thread just like this one back in January. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 #14

Weird. chowder66 Mar 2023 #17

At DU? Not anymore. Thanks for writing. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 #19

You sound like a samplegirl Mar 2023 #66

Well, there's some progress, of sorts. sl8 Mar 2023 #26

+1 chowder66 Mar 2023 #36

Very well done. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #122

Lol Jesus WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2023 #27

Interesting Tree-Hugger Mar 2023 #41

Burn! Doc Sportello Mar 2023 #53

Fascinating. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #87

Is this satire? leftstreet Mar 2023 #16

We shop at Walmart, started during the pandemic, and we're not poor, Hortensis Mar 2023 #18

I shop there because I'm poor nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #20

And yet somehow have never felt the need to sneer at others who shop there. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #123

Cheap house products XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #139

No shit! Walmart saved my life back in Covid. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #147

I don't know if I'm "poor", but heck it's close LeftInTX Mar 2023 #156

All kinds of people shop Walmart. It's not just low income. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2023 #21

You're supposed to be looking at the food, not judging everyone around you. milestogo Mar 2023 #22

I was making a point of samplegirl Mar 2023 #64

Why did you go in? BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #106

.... MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #24

Ha! Doc Sportello Mar 2023 #54

Walmart is the nearest big box store to my home. hunter Mar 2023 #120

Great value brands are usually very good. Their horseradish Emile Mar 2023 #25

Walmart now carries Arby's Horsey Sauce, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #29

Chipotle's sauces JCMach1 Mar 2023 #161

How nice for you that you have a choice mcar Mar 2023 #28

Yes I am lucky samplegirl Mar 2023 #62

Rule # 1 inthewind21 Mar 2023 #133

Yeah, that's what I'm going to do, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #134

Poverty is everywhere. maxsolomon Mar 2023 #30

Next they will be condemning dollar stores. Sneederbunk Mar 2023 #31

DG has their own issues, bad enough to warrant lawsuits. Lancero Mar 2023 #56

How many threads are you gonna post about it? Polybius Mar 2023 #34

You're not the first to notice that. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #124

We didn't for many years... hippywife Mar 2023 #37

Because that's all I can afford, kid Tree-Hugger Mar 2023 #38

I am not poor. I am upper middle class Raftergirl Mar 2023 #42

Wow - sticking up for samplegirl here... cilla4progress Mar 2023 #43

Because she just posted this on January 12 Polybius Mar 2023 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Polybius Mar 2023 #84

The nasty snark patrol samplegirl Mar 2023 #117

You don't want to shop there? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #125

Then why did you go in? BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #126

WTF does Walmart have to do with your county voting red? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #129

like people who frequent other stores don't vote red. iemanja Mar 2023 #152

Well inthewind21 Mar 2023 #135

Snark Patrol is a good way of putting it PlanetBev Mar 2023 #140

Well, maybe she shouldn't have started an thread like this, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #142

That's how it was meant samplegirl Mar 2023 #76

How about posting the same thing twice already this year? Polybius Mar 2023 #85

I would have iemanja Mar 2023 #94

go back and read it treestar Mar 2023 #110

I've read enough of her posts here to understand her meaning iemanja Mar 2023 #113

Check out post 117. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #127

Very weird, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #131

It is a bit odd. DU will jump all over a "I hate Walmart" thread, but not for the reasons she seems BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #144

then you are making it personal treestar Mar 2023 #167

What are you even talking about? iemanja Mar 2023 #172

+1 treestar Mar 2023 #109

People shop at Walmart because in a small town it may be the biggest employer. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #44

Agree - Rural person here driving miles for food womanofthehills Mar 2023 #98

truth is i dunno anymore dembotoz Mar 2023 #45

Probably you shouldn't go there, then. MineralMan Mar 2023 #46

It does bother me samplegirl Mar 2023 #60

Some people don't have the ability Texasgal Mar 2023 #90

Most liberals don't speak about the poor that way iemanja Mar 2023 #93

This is true...but it does happen Texasgal Mar 2023 #97

True, I would bet DU has had posts treestar Mar 2023 #111

I must have missed her point about labor relations iemanja Mar 2023 #173

You still haven't said how you KNOW those customers vote Republican iemanja Mar 2023 #174

... BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #145

LOL! MineralMan Mar 2023 #146

You're being very modest lol. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #148

Doing well. No more COVID symptoms. MineralMan Mar 2023 #149

I had in August '20. Just awful. Never been that sick. Long before the vax. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #154

I took Paxlovid as soon as I had symptoms and a positive test. MineralMan Mar 2023 #164

Of course you are. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #165

We must be worse off than I thought, we haven't been able to afford Walmart since pre-covid. Runningdawg Mar 2023 #48

That place ain't my cuppa tea. Torchlight Mar 2023 #49

And then all the self checkouts! samplegirl Mar 2023 #74

In some stores, especially during high numbers of Karma13612 Mar 2023 #104

I get you. Torchlight Mar 2023 #150

I think that your OP would be better received if you started with the last line first. Caliman73 Mar 2023 #50

But why assume they voted Republican? iemanja Mar 2023 #95

I think the OP assumes that because Ohio is currently run by Republicans. Caliman73 Mar 2023 #143

Well, Samplegirl lives there too iemanja Mar 2023 #151

Like I said... Caliman73 Mar 2023 #158

Some of us snowybirdie Mar 2023 #51

They shop at Walmart because the $$ only goes so far. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #52

Why do so many threads descend into name calling and infighting? bif Mar 2023 #55

I can't evaluate your situation without knowing WHERE the Walmart is... brooklynite Mar 2023 #57

Walmarts especially because here, they have one every few miles LeftInTX Mar 2023 #159

People that shop there generally need to make their money last longer. roamer65 Mar 2023 #63

It's why I only shop at Entire Foods Sympthsical Mar 2023 #69

Bwahaha! BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #130

LOL, I see what you did there. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #132

lol inthewind21 Mar 2023 #137

After reading Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, I didn't shop at Walmart for years due to the liberal_mama Mar 2023 #75

When we are on vacation, we squeal when Karma13612 Mar 2023 #105

Seldom do. Xolodno Mar 2023 #77

Well I'm a poor retiree & I shop where I need to shop. elocs Mar 2023 #78

Wealthier people shouldn't have to see the poor. SYFROYH Mar 2023 #79

Cheap AZSunDevil Mar 2023 #83

Haha. The staff of life. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #138

Why were you there? BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #86

Whenever possible, I don't. Happy Hoosier Mar 2023 #88

I use Walmart grocery delivery all the time. Scottie Mom Mar 2023 #89

Because they are poor iemanja Mar 2023 #91

People like cheap stuff . People don't want to pay much for many things JI7 Mar 2023 #99

Even after posting this same type of thing in January no answers have satisfied Raine Mar 2023 #100

Because for many Americans it's the only game in town. xmas74 Mar 2023 #101

JFC eShirl Mar 2023 #102

Is this the first time you went to Walmart? If not, why did you go back? akbacchus_BC Mar 2023 #107

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2023 #114

I asked twice why she went in. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #128

I shop there. Pete Ross Junior Mar 2023 #115

I tend not to shop at our local Walmart spinbaby Mar 2023 #116

Who knew Zeitghost Mar 2023 #136

Where do you think people who shop at Walmart should be shopping? onenote Mar 2023 #141

I shop there. As a matter of fact, they seem to have upped their game LeftInTX Mar 2023 #153

Surprisingly the nearest Walmart to me is in Pottstown, PA mvd Mar 2023 #155

This is an odd post. I visited your profile, and see nothing... LAS14 Mar 2023 #157

People shop there for a balance of price point and quality JCMach1 Mar 2023 #160

Trying to figure this out. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #166

+1 betsuni Mar 2023 #168

This is a stereotype of Democrats-are-elites-who-hate-the-working-class. betsuni Mar 2023 #170

I recently started shopping there. Kroger is trying to merge with Safeway and they have gldstwmn Mar 2023 #176

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2023 #177

Depending upon where one lives, that's good cause for fear due to antivax covidiots SheltieLover Mar 2023 #178