XPost: soc.support.fat-acceptance, rec.travel.air, rec.aviation.piloting   
   From: tardis@nospam.sdf.lonestar.org.nospam   
      
   On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Sancho Panza wrote:   
      
   >> I was dead set opposed to Walmart for the longest time.  Putting "mom and   
   >> pop" stores out of business, treating their employees like shit, the whole   
   >> 9 yards...   
   >>   
   >> Then one Thanksgiving my youngest son woke up with a 103 temp at 2am, and   
   >> the only over the counter medicine we had for him was the shit he threw   
   >> up.  I drove to Albertsons, closed.  I drove to Kroger, closed.  I drove   
   >> to Tom Thumb, closed.  I drove to 7-11, open but only had the stuff we   
   >> already had.  Then I went to Walmart.   
   >>   
   >> Not only were they open, not only did they have the stuff he could keep   
   >> down (grape infant Advil), but they also had 3 other Advil flavors, all at   
   >> 75% of what Albertson's charges...   
   >>   
   >> I've been a loyal Walmart shopper ever since...  Screw "mom and pop"   
   >> stores, I like my Walmart...  Why?  Because they were open when everyone   
   >> else was closed...   
   >   
   > Somebody who says Kroger and Albertson's are mom-and-pop stores doesn't know   
   > the first thing about business or what he's talking about.   
      
   Please re-read, moron.  I didn't say that they were, I simply said that   
   they were the ones I tried.  All three had been 24 hour a day service, but   
   were closed Thanksgiving morning.  My comment about "mom and pop" was in   
   reference to the line the anti-Wal-mart types spew.   
      
   Good try though, bozo...   
      
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