ok.. so there's articles all over the place about Walmart... Love 'em... Hate 'em... Protest 'em... Line up on Black Friday at 'em... it's a hot topic... So ok... There are as many opinions as there are people... so here's mine for what it's worth...
LOVE 'EM... that's right.. I LOVE WALMART... I understand all the arguments.. killing Main Street.. strong arming the production companies for their lowest prices.. etc... but let me tell you a little story...
Mr. 9 2 Bay and I were standing in line at the Wallymart registers on the nite before Thanksgiving... in front of us was a gentleman... rather shabbily dressed... slightly dirty... and missing more teeth than he had left... as he put his 3 giant cases of baby food up on the belt he turned to us and apologized for taking so much time at the register as the cashier was having to scan all 90 mini jars of baby food one at a time... Here was his story... It seems his son, now 11 months old, was a whopping 10 pound baby and came out of his momma screaming for "MORE food" and he hasn't stopped screaming yet.. it seems the little nipper goes thru 4 jars of food for each meal... 4 times 3 = 12 jars a day... Explaining further it seems he was from Southbridge, which is a long way to drive, especially with the gas prices, but having done the math it was still cheaper to do a run to Ware... The cheapest he could find his sons favorite foods in the Southbridge area was $1.09 per jar... times the 90 jars he had, that's $98.10... here at the Ware Wallymart? $.58 per jar times 90 jars, that's $52.20.. a WHOPPING savings of $45.90! Now lets say the guy takes home 7 bucks an hour... He would have to work an extra 6 and half hours to pay for the same food in Southbridge... That's right... I'm no math wiz but I think I got those numbers right... go ahead.. check me on it.. SIX AND HALF HOURS!
Now.. I don't know about you but I would MUCH rather see Daddy at home with the little nipper for those 6 and half hours than out working overtime so he can feed his baby... and don't even get me started on the math where I have to add time to his working hours to pay for the babysitter that allows him to work that overtime to feed the baby... lets just estimate and say he probably would have to do at least an extra 3 hours to pay the sitter...
As we we're leaving the store... there was Mom and the little nipper himself... an adorable little tow-headed bugger, with a smile that was melting the heart of the designated Wallymart greeter...
Yeah... Walmart... a GOOD thing!
Later...
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