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Within a couple of decades, it's estimated Wal-Mart will have taken a giant foothold in every habitable continent. Europe, then Oceania, then Asia, then Africa, then Sourth America happens to be their "conquest order," I believe.
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I've got my bid in to own and operate the first Lunar Wal-mart. And I've staked a claim for another franchise near Valles Marineris. Captain Braxton tells me that by 2245, Wal-Mart controls 1/8 of ALL interstellar commerce.
We are First of Two of Wal-Mart. Resistance is futile. Our prices are lower. You will all be assimilated.
K-Mart still lives. Indeed, a Super-K K-Mart opened up right NEXT to the Wal-Mart in my town, and the two are duking it out -- having already annihilated most of the small businesses. I don't know HOW this economically-stunted area manages to support both stores PLUS a fairly large mall. Tax write-offs, I guess.
Hills was assimilated by Ames.
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But they don't fly around knocking down prices-! *get thwapped in the head as Ziyal's smiley comes out in 3D to knock down the price of an item down the road*
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Well, I don't know what wal-mart is like, but for you Brits out there, I've been to Tesco's several times and it's already kinda big for Dutch standards, and I expect some wal-mart stores to be even larger. We like things small. There's simply not enough room for big things. Like me. *wiseass grin*
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That whole 'Walk-Mart is a Christian store' thing. How serious is that?
Asda staff pretty much depends on the area where the ASDA is. But they'll mainly be 18-21 year olds working off their overdraft anyway.
I went to a Wal-Mart in the US once. Big. But I was still shocked from the 23 flavours of Milkshakes that the McDonald's I had just been to sold, so I wasn't paying much attention.
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Which may explain the rousing success of Chik-fi-la.
YECCH!
Like I give a rat's *** about the religion of the people I'm buying from. I'd buy from a worshipper of Molech if I could get a better deal. As if so-called "Christians" don't lie, cheat, and steal just like everybody else.
Difference is, they can tell God they're sorry and that'll make it all better, for them, anyway, while the rest of us just have to live with it.
Sorry. Documentary-Induced ranting. (Just watched a program on the Salem Witch Hunts.)
I went to a mega-Wal-Mart out in central PA once. It was a Wal-Mart PLUS the distribution center for the entire area. HUGE!!!!! even had a full grocery store and a McDonalds AND a Fried-Chicken place in it. WOO!
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I dont care about the religion of a business owner. As a matter of fact, it really pisses me off when I want Chick-fil-A but i have to go somewhere else because its Sunday!! Its ludicrous I tell you.
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Hey! I love Wal-Mart, K-Mart, ShopKo and Pamida! They may not seel the best music, but they have cool toys and the clothes are cool. I can get a ton of school stuff for a few hundred bucks while my susters spend twice as much by shopping at Fashion Bug and other stupid shops like that.
We have a Super-K in Iron Mountain, which is our little corner of the U.P.'s hub-of-commerce. Nearly every major business is there, and it's only 50 miles from most towns. I think it's like the 3rd largest city in the area.. or something.
I mean, if you can get good-quality snacks, food, toys, clothes, etc, then what's the problem? I don't care if I get BigK soda or Coca-Cola, since they taste the same. Malt-o-Meal bagged cereals or Corn Pops, same taste. Just because they aren't as fancily-packaged or advertised doesn't mean they're not of the same or higher quality.
Plus, K-Mart has those nifty video camera displays that you can film people with...
And Wal-Mart or K-Mart (I forget which is in which plaza..) have all the neat LEGO sets and magazines like Popular Science, I can get all my junk at one stop rather than running to Angeli's Foods for milk and soda, then Pamida's for some magazines, then Angeli's Video for some movies, and Snyder's Drug for some books, like I hafta do here in town.
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AND...I never picked up any Anti-Non-Christian vibes or anything like that while in Wal/K-Mart stores...And I'm usually good at picking up on those kinds of things.
------------------ "You were right about the negotiations...they were short." Obi-Wan Kenobi to QuiGon Jinn, The Phantom Menace
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