move into small town
get job at local walmart
say the word "union" in the break room
walmart gets shut down the next day
entire small town's economy collapses
buy the town's assets for pennies on the dollar
Try that in a small town.
My visits to Wal Mart are a general reminder that the vast majority of people who live near me appear to be months away from dying of some terrible illness.
My visits to Wal Mart are a general reminder that the vast majority of people who live near me appear to be months away from dying of some terrible illness.
yeah, it's weird how most of the people at any Walmart look like they're in so much worse shape than any other random collection of people in town
wouldn't be surprised if being in a walmart causes illness like symptoms, i know i definitely feel physically and mentally worse in a walmart and then much better as soon as i get out
Target is just wine-mom Walmart. Just as anti-union, but with better graphic design in their marketing.
I genuinely believe the Walton family knew this. They knew the classic American town/city was transforming into a desolate car-centric hellscape and saw an opportunity to capitalize on it and mimic the walkability. Consumerist walkability but you have to sit in 30 minute traffic in order to experience walkability. What a backwards ass society we live in here.
It's like driving to the gym to run on the treadmill, except far worse
The Thing didn't kill all those sled dogs, it is all those sled dogs
This is a much better comparison than I was expecting. I am surprised they didn't say anything about the walmart greeters (I guess maybe these aren't really a thing anymore?)
Like, "Sure it's an alienating hellscape out there and most of the people you're sharing the store with would run you down if you take too long to cross from the entrance to the parking lot. But once you're inside you have a friend who is (being paid minimum wage to pretend to be) happy to see you and you can have a moment of human interaction, remember that?"
No real point, just seems to fit the premise well
when walmart bought asda they brought the concept of greeters to my shit town
we have dour customer facing people even by british standards, cos you know, they live in this hell hole so of course they're miserable
so seeing the big american style fake smiles and cheerfulness from someone making minimum wage standing outside the supermarket all day was really fucking weird lolGreeters definitely are a thing here in Ontario Wal-Marts. And I'm pretty sure they're going to be doubled as anti-theft soon enough as well, if they're not already. Although they're usually super-old people doing it as of right now. I think they check receipts occasionally though.
Yeah, they're just "security" where I've lived. Just harass you if you walk out with a full cart or decide to opt for no bags.
I think they're gone in northeast American, but it's also possible I don't notice them because I rush through the store as fast as possible trying not to talk to anyone when I end up at Walmarts.
Slapping a conglomo in small towns at a deliberate loss to undercut the local economy until it choked to death absolutely fucked small towns.
