Go down to Bentonville, AR, and look at their stores down there. The stores close to Corporate Offices are immensely cleaner, and everyone is treated with respect...(they also have more variety - did you know WalMart has a grocery store chain?) Sam Walton's philosophy was customer first and foremost. If you compare Target up here, well, taking the two into consideration, Target stores close to Corporate are dirtier than WalMart stores close to Corporate. I've gotten lots o' rudeness out of Target employees. They're retail stores - they have lots of people who work for them for close to minimum wage - frankly I have my qualms with both of them, but I still find myself going to WalMart over Target these days. The store closest to me has more variety than the closest Target, etc etc etc... I know that WalMart takes complaints about stores very seriously - I know that they base their purchasing on local demographics - ie., if a local population ismore prone to buy cheap stuff rather than well-made stuff, you'll find a higher porportion of cheap stuff in that store. I know if I go up to the WalMart in Eagan, I have a higher chance of finding the dance stuff I want for my daughter than going to the one in Apple Valley. *shrug* Giving more choice to the consumer is always a good thing in my opinion, whether it's linux or clothing. So - thi sis a good thing IMO. On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Terry Houle wrote: > I remember seeing the CEO on tv a some years back and the story was on the > racks of clothes and other things that had a Made in the USA plaquard on the > rack of merchandise. Well the merchandise wasn't made in the USA is what > the story was about. > Also going into their stores just seem tacky and dirty and cluttered. Also > due to their volume I think they get COTS electronic items made to their > spec and might have different (cheaper) components in them that what you > think is the same model down the street (my opinion). > > > > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Brian > > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 7:59 PM > > > Not to start a flame war, but that's 3 anti-Walmart posts. What the heck > > do you people have against Walmart? Especially so bad that Jim "hates > > them worse than Microsoft"? Sure, I'll take Target over Walmart if given > > the option, but I'm not to the point of badmouthing Wlamart for any > > reason. Just makes me curious... :-) > > > > -Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Imagination is intelligence having fun... e-mail: kethry at winternet.com URL: http://WWW.winternet.com/~kethry/index.html