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DonCoquixote

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40. The walmart near me

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:37 AM

Nov 2012

Has it's parking lot FULL.

Honestly, I can see some places being open to get that carton of milk, but this idea of making the shopping a holiday in and of itself is nuts. I see families by my Best Buy actually set up CAMPS, I mean full blown camps where people bring their grills and coolers. Don't get me wrong, if people kept civil about it, I would not mind; I'll even bet some of the Campers are having a good old time. However, when you encourage the sort of looting and aggression that normally happens after a class 5 hurricane, then you have become a public nuisance.

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Just got a call from my son @ Walmart [View all] Mother Of Four Nov 2012 OP

Shopping like this is the end of the world. leveymg Nov 2012 #1

Ray Milland! johnp3907 Nov 2012 #25

classic movie heaven05 Nov 2012 #65

To keep with the "Johnny Dangerously" theme,... MarianJack Nov 2012 #2

Thanks ..nt :) Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #9

You're welcome! MarianJack Nov 2012 #63

You know what this is? R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #29

YES. and... MarianJack Nov 2012 #61

The walkouts are expected in the morning nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #3

You're covering it? Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #8

I am, local paper in San Diego nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #15

Please be careful. Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #16

Oh taking the trolley nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #17

I'm glad :) Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #18

Be careful, BF-Shoppers are ravenous beasts! nt rDigital Nov 2012 #36

I know... nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #37

It took me a second to realize that he was working, not shopping there. femmocrat Nov 2012 #4

He had put in his two weeks around the 5th Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #6

That's good to hear. He sounds like a wonderful young man. femmocrat Nov 2012 #12

Thank you! Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #14

He injured himself working? StatGirl Nov 2012 #44

That's why his supervisor was willing to move him to the register.. radical noodle Nov 2012 #45

That's awful. I hope he gets home safe. Fingers crossed for him. freshwest Nov 2012 #5

It's nuts. Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #7

you said it geckosfeet Nov 2012 #10

From what I understand Maynar Nov 2012 #42

Just passed by an outlet mall on my way home from Thanksgiving dinner. susanna Nov 2012 #11

these shopaholics are sick, insane northoftheborder Nov 2012 #19

I'm glad you made it home ok. Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #21

Thank you. I was just astounded... susanna Nov 2012 #22

The TV tells me I have to go crazy and shop in a herd! Scootaloo Nov 2012 #53

Rats. I was hoping for widespread customer boycotts. Brigid Nov 2012 #13

Thank you :) nt Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #24

I just got home from work myself. SheilaT Nov 2012 #20

Thank you.. Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #23

Thank you. Or I should say you're welcome. SheilaT Nov 2012 #27

A few years back, these vultures trampled a Wal-Mart greeter to death. Dawson Leery Nov 2012 #26

Yes they did! sheshe2 Nov 2012 #28

The event is arranged to promote trampling. It's rather easy to arrange it otherwise, HiPointDem Nov 2012 #39

Who Could Have Predicted that they would Bust Down the Door to Get to the Doorbuster Specials? AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #51

Wal-Mart is a cancer upon this country 47of74 Nov 2012 #30

Fargin iceholes. nt SunSeeker Nov 2012 #31

Probably the same poor, brainwashed gits who vote Repub. against their own interests. snot Nov 2012 #32

the fam & I were joking about this tonight & how nuts people are over shopping wordpix Nov 2012 #33

God, I bet you're worried about him... ReRe Nov 2012 #34

My daughter works at Walmart malokvale77 Nov 2012 #35

As negative as your son's experiences have been at Wal-Mart rDigital Nov 2012 #38

The walmart near me DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #40

A cartoon from last Thanksgiving, after Occupy. CrispyQ Nov 2012 #47

Something has to change... ellisonz Nov 2012 #41

High time to end capitalism RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #43

I'm sorry for your son that he has to see people behaving badly over material stuff. CrispyQ Nov 2012 #46

I used to work at walmart. I never had a problem on black Friday because madmom Nov 2012 #48

buying cheap stuff is scary enough, I can't imagine eating at Walmart aletier_v Nov 2012 #50

Your loss, their deli food is actually quit good. It is madmom Nov 2012 #59

Well my husband worked last night at 7:00pm on a register. He said there was southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #49

www.revbilly.com Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #52

I don't shop at Walmart, but I went there this morning because I was up plethoro Nov 2012 #54

I was a kid in the forties and my mother was a shopaholic and movie addict. Cleita Nov 2012 #56

I'm speaking of going backwards in terms of real quality of life and rational thinking.....nft plethoro Nov 2012 #57

Actually, we had a better quality of life for everyone back then. Cleita Nov 2012 #60

Yes HowZanyIsThat Nov 2012 #70

My son was on the computer this AM and said he really coudn't understand people who got 1monster Nov 2012 #55

We went LP2K12 Nov 2012 #64

A couple of weeks ago, I asked a Walmart worker I know if any employees at her store 1monster Nov 2012 #74

Adrenaline rush? AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #77

More proof ... tabasco Nov 2012 #58

Bastages yes The Wizard Nov 2012 #62

Just watched a video clip Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #66

That makes me feel sad and embarrassed. savebigbird Nov 2012 #68

No it doesn't... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #69

That's interesting... savebigbird Nov 2012 #72

I notice in a lot of these Wal-Mart experience stories today Caretha Nov 2012 #67

I imagine they are on duty, so the citizens are paying for this. n/t AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #75

Just a suggestion mimi85 Nov 2012 #71

Tell him to hang in there. Lots of good things starting to happen... pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #73

This is why I hate this weekend... AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #76

Can't we just raise the minimum wage to $10 ? ELI BOY 1950 Nov 2012 #78

Uh, the "stimulus" worked ! ... eom Kolesar Nov 2012 #79