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Tuesday, February 10, 2004

The Wal-Mart Economy

I was unloading groceries from the trunk of my car when a Large, Bald Butcher named Max (seriously) was walking by and noticed that my grocery bags all proclaimed, "I (Heart) my CUB!" Unfortunately, Max is from the local, independently owned and operated grocery store. Max certainly would have carved me into thin slices had it not been for my neighbor (whom Max was visiting), who calmly reassured Max that I was simply lost, starving, drunk, and new to the neighborhood, and that I ALWAYS patronize my local small business establishments, and would NEVER make such a mistake again.

What does this have to do with the hyperlink to the lengthy article above? The article discusses the long-term effects of purchases made at stores using the business model of Wal-Mart. If you are upset at poor customer service, overseas outsourcing of jobs, and jobs with low pay and no benefits, you can thank businesses like Wal-Mart and the people who choose to shop there. I learned this lesson when the Mall Of America opened: go there to see what is available, then go somewhere else to buy it. Go to CUB if it's 1AM and nothing else is open...maybe. Better off to wait and

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