Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart, in my opinion, is one of those necessary evils. I hate the place, but I have to shop there. Unfortunately, the prices are lower overall than other places and if I have a great deal of shopping to do, that's where I have to do it. One of the reasons I dislike Wal-Mart is that they have been instrumental in putting a lot of little guys out of business. I can say I don't blame small towns for wanting to keep Wally-world out. Eufaula, for example, has fought tooth and nail to keep Wal-Mart out of there. There is a Super Center in McAlester and a smaller, original Wal-Mart in...I think it's Henryetta and maybe even Checotah. That's close enough for the people of Eufaula. And, as a result, a lot of the little businesses get to stay in business. Other things that drives me nuts about Wal-Mart are: the way people (who apparently LOVE to be there) just mosey around, they stand in aisles and block the flow of other shoppers, they look at you like you're an idiot if you actually try to move around them to complete your own shopping, the way people who have no clue what they're doing use the self-checkout lines. Wow. Oh...and the people outside looking for parking who will watch me go to my car with a basket full of stuff - AND A TODDLER - and they WAIT, blocking traffic, just to have a parking spot 3-5 places from the front. And more often than not, they look at me like I need to hurry up. That makes me want to put my stuff in the car, take my child and the shopping cart and GO BACK INSIDE.

I could probably go on for days about Wal-Mart. But, since the only person who will probably ever read this has heard me say these things before, I'll stop.