Re: Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!

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> >> Evidently the only business they want is the "retiree" and "stay at home
> >> mom" business.  Not the "works hard and doesn't get home until 6"
> >> customer like me.  So I gladly oblige and go to WalMart.
> >
> >No actually they wanted you too. But after 20 years of people driving buy
> >because cheep was more important than a local business community and
> >knowledgeable store owners they couldn't afford to stay open...
> >
> 
> Not in my neck of the woods.  Where I'm at, the local business never *did* have
> hours convenient to folks who had to work for a living, even long before
> Walmart put in an appearance.  Now that Walmart has appeared on the scene, the
> small local businesses that are still around *still* don't have any sort of
> convenient hours but they've found a great scapegoat in crying foul about
> Walmart.  But if Walmart packed up and moved on out, would the small local
> businesses increase service?  Not likely.   
> 
> Cindy

I agree.  Small businesses had inconvenient hours long before Wal-Mart
came on the scene.  If any are shifting their hours its because of
Wal-Mart.  I love shopping about 11PM to Midnight on Fridays and
Saturdays...Wal-Mart was the first place that allowed me to do it.