Nevermind what's been selling, it's what you're buying,
and receiving undefiled

I was just looking at this poll of best places to shop, in terms of courteous employees, and the like. Wal-Mart was right near the top. Now, I'm not going on a big anti-Wal-Mart rant here, but in terms of pleasant employees, none of the stores I've been to seem to have those. The people never want to speak to me, even the greeters seem to ignore me most of the time. I know this is not the case at all the stores, my great-aunt (I believe) still works at Wal-Mart in Louisville, KY, she might be a greeter, she has to be one of the nicest women on Earth, if you're in Louisville, in Wal-Mart, and there is a really happy older woman walking around, probably talking to everyone in sight, it's probably her, say, "hi, Pat." Point is, Pat being as pleasant as she is, makes me assume that she isn't surrounded by a bunch of people in shitty moods. I actually have a few friends whose parents work at Wal-Mart; I assume the same for the stores they work in. Perhaps it's the ones I choose to shop at. On the other hand, how courteous does an employee have to be when I am in their store to buy some motor oil?
Then again, Target was also high on the same poll. I understand the importance of Target's existence, otherwise, a year, or at least many, many hours of my life, have been wasted. The employees at a lot of their stores that I've been to don't appear to be in much better moods than the Wal-Marts I was speaking of. Considering how bright Target always seems to be, and those bright red shirts, I would either stay pissed off, or my head would shoot off, causing a volcanic eruption of blood, which, assuming this happened in the bedding section, and all the blood landed in perfect drops (or better yet, vintage flower patterns) might cause a rush for a mid-season line replacement.
This could happen at Wal-Mart. People there would probably end up paying a few bucks less, though.
Then, everyone would ask, "who designed this?" And people would say, "some asshole named Chris, he always seemed to be in a bad mood, never very courteous."

posted by beta at 9/06/2004 08:40:00 AM