tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post2280688005532447065..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Attention Wasilla, Alaska Walmart ShoppersJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-76022186430324546262011-05-30T00:15:44.674-05:002011-05-30T00:15:44.674-05:00This is one of the funniest things I have read in ...This is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time! Unless you're a comedian w/fantastic timing, it's really hard to get me to laugh to the point of tears from just print! I realize this is an old post, but I came across it bc I was searching the internet to see when (or if) Alaska got a Super WalMart. I used to live in AK for a few years and my husband was shocked when I told him they didn't have one until recently. This needs to go back in circulation bc it's funny (and unfortunately true)regarding WalMart in general, regardless of its locationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-9613872476628768862008-05-21T10:39:00.000-05:002008-05-21T10:39:00.000-05:00Anon,You can save the self-righteous knee-jerk emp...Anon,<BR/><BR/>You can save the self-righteous knee-jerk empty bullshit patriotism for somebody else. <BR/><BR/>If you're going to make snarky comments here, try to get your facts straight, will you? Otherwise you're just pissing me off.<BR/><BR/>Target is an American company, founded in America in 1902 by George Dayton as Dayton's Dry Goods. The company is Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota - that's in America, just in case you are as ignorant of geography as you are of this subject. Target is owned and Operated by Americans, its CEO is an American. It's board of directors are Americans. Its employees are American. And the people who drive the trucks to deliver the products to Target's loading docks are American.<BR/><BR/>The false rumor of a French owned Target came from Oprah Winfrey's mispronunciation of the name during a broadcast of her show, and has no basis in fact at all. Ten minutes with a search engine would have told you that, Dumbass. If you're going to be lazy and fucking stupid, do it somewhere else, like, oh say Wal-Mart.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11317203503919972022008-05-21T07:14:00.000-05:002008-05-21T07:14:00.000-05:00You do know that Target is a French owned company ...<I>You do know that Target is a French owned company and that Walmart is American owned.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah? So?<BR/><BR/>Walmart treats it's employees like crap. It's <I>American</I> employees. And we're not even talking about the way it treats it's suppliers.<BR/><BR/>No company that evil deserves ,y money--or anyone else's.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-57748470701849075282008-05-21T02:50:00.000-05:002008-05-21T02:50:00.000-05:00You do know that Target is a French owned company ...You do know that Target is a French owned company and that Walmart is American owned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-84377960605148248212007-11-10T16:11:00.000-06:002007-11-10T16:11:00.000-06:00Just testing something here, disregardJust testing something here, disregardJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-64461864181145097982007-11-10T16:08:00.000-06:002007-11-10T16:08:00.000-06:00Well, you know, basic marketing - if you can't go ...Well, you know, basic marketing - if you can't go for the knowledgeable, go for the cute (cleavage and hot pants help too) especially if you're selling primarily to men. I would think that most female customers would find that strategy irritating. I know I do, not that I have any thing against cute (or cleavage and hot pants) it's just that when I'm looking for something I need, I want the sales help to be more knowledgeable about it than I am - or I want them to leave me alone. Also it irritates me when retailers blatantly try to manipulate men through sexy marketing - and men are in the majority stupid enough to fall for it.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46554429518968989082007-11-10T13:35:00.000-06:002007-11-10T13:35:00.000-06:00The one up here has a bevy of sweet young things w...The one up here has a bevy of sweet young things working in it. Now it is <B>possible</B> that they know something about hunting and fishing and such, so far my success has not been good.<BR/><BR/>But the girls are awful cute and try very hard to help.Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142380580388373496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-16969540853524006802007-11-09T13:06:00.000-06:002007-11-09T13:06:00.000-06:00Well, see I actually know a couple of folks workin...Well, see I actually know a couple of folks working there. So, maybe I'll be a little more polite about it. <BR/><BR/>Haven't been up there yet, either. But I've got to go to Lowes today, and that's right next door, so maybe I'll swing by.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-85717240973014842722007-11-09T12:52:00.000-06:002007-11-09T12:52:00.000-06:00Hey, are we going to get to see a similar commenta...Hey, are we going to get to see a similar commentary on the new Sportsman's Warehouse that just opened in Wasilla?Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142380580388373496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82214462322787133092007-11-07T14:37:00.000-06:002007-11-07T14:37:00.000-06:00S.J. Simon, I don't put up with starfuckery or com...S.J. Simon, I don't put up with starfuckery or comment spam. You want to participate in the topic at hand, fine. Behave yourself, or else I'll banish your ass to Pluto.<BR/><BR/>You've been warned.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-2730203423532345982007-11-07T14:23:00.000-06:002007-11-07T14:23:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15574685749976598607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-31162380884584544312007-11-04T22:10:00.000-06:002007-11-04T22:10:00.000-06:00Yeah, Target's a much better option. At least the...Yeah, Target's a much better option. At least they're a decent corporate citizen. <BR/><BR/>I have many retail choices, so I can afford to be choosey. And I am.<BR/><BR/>*goes off to make "down with Wal-Mart" signs*You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-73831732634094303952007-11-04T16:41:00.000-06:002007-11-04T16:41:00.000-06:00Tania, no insult intended, unless you were that 40...Tania, no insult intended, unless you were that 400lb guy in the carhart shirt covered in food stains and the pajama bottoms I was trying to get around this morning. Somehow I doubt that was you though :)Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-55871910397523400492007-11-04T16:20:00.000-06:002007-11-04T16:20:00.000-06:00Amen, brother!However, my cottage cheese textured ...Amen, brother!<BR/><BR/>However, my cottage cheese textured ass and inner thighs are feeling a bit slighted and insulted.<BR/><BR/>When WalMart came to Squarebanks you would have thought it was the second coming or something.<BR/><BR/>We have a little box store strip over along the Johansen, or as my friend Wendy likes to call that part of town "Anchorage Jr."Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142380580388373496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-25827415849942667652007-11-04T13:58:00.000-06:002007-11-04T13:58:00.000-06:00Well, see, Janiece. Once Walmart moved in, everyb...Well, see, Janiece. Once Walmart moved in, everybody else went out of business, so I don't have a hell of a lot of options. They're supposedly putting a Target into Wasilla - but that'll be at least a year. I do like Target better than Walmart, mostly just because the isles are so much wider. Kmarts no longer exist in Alaska (which I hated anyway). And the local Fred Meyers isn't any better than Walmart - and more expensive.<BR/><BR/>I can <I>not</I> even begin to tell you how much I utterly and absolutely detest Walmart, but like I said for some things I have no other options, unless I want to drive 60 miles into Anchorage.<BR/><BR/>What chaps my ass, and continues to utterly amaze me, are the people who think it's something special - because it now has the work "super" above the door. They actually plan their weekends around going to check out the new 'Super' Walmart. They were wandering though the place yesterday with their mouthes hanging open, as if it was the Sistine Chapel. It's a fucking warehouse, get over it!Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-2174112781705320732007-11-04T13:06:00.000-06:002007-11-04T13:06:00.000-06:00Jim, I find I'm shocked - shocked - that you would...Jim, I find I'm shocked - <EM>shocked</EM> - that you would actually patronize a Wal-Mart, Super or not. They're just so <EM>evil.</EM><BR/><BR/>*slumps off to go see "Across the Universe," heaving a big, disappointed sigh*You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.com