Is Walmart a cross-section of America?

[LadyFunkenstein]

Wal mart shoppers are for the most part sugar addicts which is why the adults are fat and the kids are unruly. I don't really blame them though, because our whole country has conspired to lower food costs by putting our cheapest calorie - corn sugar - into everything. It's not just Walmart of course, that's the case in most standard supermarkets in America.

 

[ksmybuttons]

But they are paid a competitive wage or else they wouldn't be able to fill the positions.

I disagree. They are paying a prevailing wage for their area which they set by forcing the closure of other businesses. Any company that allows the government to subsidize their employees through food stamps and low income health insurance while being the wealthiest people are stealing from you and me. Just like bronzeage's post about skimming through federal infra-structure.

 

[pornstarwannabe]

Almost all the really rich people I ever met look like paupers; they made their money honestly, and you dont get rich pissing money away. This is confirmed in a book called CLASS IN AMERICA by Paul Fussell.
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I bet these Walmart people are really rich too.

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[Peregrinator]

Almost all the really rich people I ever met look like paupers; they made their money honestly, and you dont get rich pissing money away. This is confirmed in a book called CLASS IN AMERICA by Paul Fussell.

The really rich dont give a shit what you think of how they dress or what they drive or where they shop. They got the money and youre a sharp dressing pauper one paycheck away from being homeless. Fussell discovered that only the middle class care about brandnames and labels and appearances.

One of the best books there is on American society. A tad dated now, but not by much.

The first and maybe the only post by JAMESBJOHNSON that contained accurate information.

 

[RightField]

Almost all the really rich people I ever met look like paupers; they made their money honestly, and you dont get rich pissing money away. This is confirmed in a book called CLASS IN AMERICA by Paul Fussell.

The really rich dont give a shit what you think of how they dress or what they drive or where they shop. They got the money and youre a sharp dressing pauper one paycheck away from being homeless. Fussell discovered that only the middle class care about brandnames and labels and appearances.

I'm headed over there in about 10 minutes to get a tractor battery. I'm wearing sweat pants, a long sleeve T-shirt, a wind jacket and a baseball cap. I'm not fat, I'm relatively thin and my weight is the same as it was when I graduated from college. I'll park my car at the closest available spot (not far away) because my dealership provides free door-ding repairs (and free rental car, and free oil changes, etc).

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

Much as I like to laugh at fatties, I'm not a fan of the People of Walmart site. It's basically a site to ridicule low income people. Come on, none of those people want to live like that. We've slowly been transformed into a service economy; the number of honest jobs at which on can support and properly feed a family has shrinked rapidly in my life time. Once upon a time ago a guy with a strong back and a solid work ethic could support a family of four and a stay at home mom. Now both parents work pouring coffee or taking out the garbage at Applebee's, and they can only afford to buy the cheap foods which turn them into the fat slobs you see on that site.

See, we are supposed to blame those fat fucks for being lazy, gluttons... so that we all are distracted from the fact that the system is rigged. The food supply is poisonous, the jobs suck, and a 4 year college degree gets you what high school used to get you.

 

[bronzeage]

Heres anuther one who learned to talk out his ass cuz his mouth is always full of meat.

As usual, you can't refute the facts, so you spew bullshit. The Federal government has spent billions to make your comfortable life style possible. You are a freeloader. Deal with it.

 

[Bert Notorius]

I frequently see the owner of one of the local hospitals and his wife, both doctors whose kids went to school with mine, shopping at Walmart. So yes, it's a cross section.

 

[pornstarwannabe]

Much as I like to laugh at fatties, I'm not a fan of the People of Walmart site. It's basically a site to ridicule low income people. Come on, none of those people want to live like that. We've slowly been transformed into a service economy; the number of honest jobs at which on can support and properly feed a family has shrinked rapidly in my life time. Once upon a time ago a guy with a strong back and a solid work ethic could support a family of four and a stay at home mom. Now both parents work pouring coffee or taking out the garbage at Applebee's, and they can only afford to buy the cheap foods which turn them into the fat slobs you see on that site.

See, we are supposed to blame those fat fucks for being lazy, gluttons... so that we all are distracted from the fact that the system is rigged. The food supply is poisonous, the jobs suck, and a 4 year college degree gets you what high school used to get you.

I disagree so much that I have to type it. While I agree that no one really wants to be fat, the people that are not fat are those that care enough not to be fat. As long as a person's fatness is due to over eating and lack of exercise, than they can be thin. But they have to want to be thin.

Fat people are almost always fat due to their own fault.

 

[RightField]

I disagree. They are paying a prevailing wage for their area which they set by forcing the closure of other businesses. Any company that allows the government to subsidize their employees through food stamps and low income health insurance while being the wealthiest people are stealing from you and me. Just like bronzeage's post about skimming through federal infra-structure.

This WalMart has been here for at least 20 years and was built soon after the first housing areas went up in this area so they didn't chase any other businesses away. They don't pay a big wage, but people seem to get by. They hire a lot of disabled people too, a couple of my favorite people who work there are young men who would otherwise probably be living in some sort of a government home for people with learning disabilities. They do their job well and it's a pleasure to talk and interact with them.

The Waltons are hiring people to "administer" their capital and intellectual acuity in designing and maintaining this very efficient "dry goods" distribution system. Why should they pay more? They fill the positions that they need, do some good deeds for society (sponsor youth activites, little league, etc) while giving a working chance to some like my buds at the door. If anything they probably hire more people than they need to because the economy is slow right now.

I don't understand your extreme distaste of WalMart. Should they pay their employees 20% more just because you believe that these retail employees should make more (when they already get more than enough applications to fill the jobs that need to be done?). Should they pay more so that the Waltons make less money? Why is this "fair" and what does "Fair" have to do with it in the first place? The Waltons are paying a prevailing wage to have people manage and administer their distribution system.

Shoppers have the choice to go there or not go there, it's not like the IRS is standing outside your garage telling you that you have to go to WalMart every Saturday morning.

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

I disagree so much that I have to type it. While I agree that no one really wants to be fat, the people that are not fat are those that care enough not to be fat. As long as a person's fatness is due to over eating and lack of exercise, than they can be thin. But they have to want to be thin.

Fat people are almost always fat due to their own fault.

Why are people who eat the same sort of diet that people ate in the 70s so much fatter today? The food is different.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I realize you are just performance art, but you should really try harder. A "really rich" person isn't living like a pauper in a trailer park. They are living in one of several estates they own. Step up your game; Yates and BB are gaining on you.

You dont know many rich people.

The first one I met owned several parking lots downtown, he lived in the cargo bay of an old truck parked on one of the lots.

 

[JohnnySavage]

You dont know many rich people.

The first one I met owned several parking lots downtown, he lived in the cargo bay of an old truck parked on one of the lots.

Our definitions of rich are considerably different.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I disagree so much that I have to type it. While I agree that no one really wants to be fat, the people that are not fat are those that care enough not to be fat. As long as a person's fatness is due to over eating and lack of exercise, than they can be thin. But they have to want to be thin.

Fat people are almost always fat due to their own fault.

Maybe most people like fat. Maybe Mother Nature favors fat bodies.

 

[pornstarwannabe]

Why are people who eat the same sort of diet that people ate in the 70s so much fatter today? The food is different.

I eat food today that is different than what they ate in the 70s. I am not fat. I eat whatever I want, but in moderation. And I exercise a few time per week. Fresh food today is essentially the same as fresh food from the 70s. It's the processed foods of today that are the issue. I eat processed foods too, but in moderation.

Sadly, the fat people than can choose to be fat or fit choose fat (again, assuming there is no medical condition leading to their weight issue).

Maybe most people like fat. Maybe Mother Nature favors fat bodies.

I think that is the case. As good a explanation as any

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Our definitions of rich are considerably different.

There are plenty of them who own all kinds of things....dumps, garbage trucks, hog farms, whatever.

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

I eat food today that is different than what they ate in the 70s. I am not fat. I eat whatever I want, but in moderation. And I exercise a few time per week. Fresh food today is essentially the same as fresh food from the 70s. It's the processed foods of today that are the issue. I eat processed foods too, but in moderation.

Sadly, the fat people than can choose to be fat or fit choose fat (again, assuming there is no medical condition leading to their weight issue).




I think that is the case. As good a explanation as any

We aren't talking about you. We are talking about the people in the pics at Walmart who can't afford fresh food because the system is rigged. I earn enough money to easily support a family of four, so I can afford fresh food. That doesn't make me better than those who can't.

Fact is, we subsidize garbage and have fucked up the food supply. Blaming lower income people for eating it is nothing more than being distracted by a pickpocket's left hand while he fleeces you with his right one. And it's not just about making people fat - as an example I can make a pretty strong case that soy protein isolate cause breast cancer, yet it is an unnatural super-cheap protein added into a wide variety of foods. (Soy protein isolate is the by products of chemically extracting oil from the soy bean. This stuff used to be used as cardboard filler, but now is considered food.) The carcinogenic nature of this food stuff isn't really publicized, because soy is so highly subsidized and is making some people quite rich.

There are a variety of foods I can go on and on about, but I know it won't change your mind. You do your service a grave disservice to shovel that poison down your gullet, and to look the other way while your tax dollars are being used to do real physical harm to citizens. But it's easier to just blame the fatties and ignore everything else.

 

[Cratchit]

I shop at Walmart only occasionally. I limit my visits because Walmart is a depressing place to shop. My observations compared to nicer Supermarkets and Big Box stores like Dillards, Macys, etc:
1. Kids are not as well-mannered
2. Higher percentage of overweight adults and kids
3. Adults purchase way more processed foods than non-processed foods (probably explains #2)
4. People dress like they just rolled out of bed... is it too much to ask them to run a comb through their hair, and shower before leaving the home?

If Walmart is a cross-section of America, we are in deep shit.

1. i have seen kids not well mannered in Sears, JC Pennys, Target, etc. Perhaps there are slightly more in Walmart but you have to consider there are more shoppers there in general so that would bring the ratio higher

2. What do you care if overweight adults and kids shop there? Do they offend your eyes because they aren't how you yourself are? They are certainly there but i have seen overweight adults and kids in any store i go in. They are humans too and i ignore them just like i ignore slender people. I don't go there to people watch, but shop.

3. I could care less what people are buying! How does that affect you? How does that make you not want to shop at a store. Am i buying it for myself? No, so let them buy all the processed food they desire

4. While i do see plenty of people in Walmart who should have thought before they left their house, but you know, its there right. Who am i, or you, or anyone else to dictate what they have on? I do think people should have more respect in how they dress, but if they feel like going to Walmart in their pj's, more power to them. I am not the fashion police nor do i own Walmart that i can tell them what or what not to wear.

I shop at Walmart for two reasons. I can find what i want and they are cheap. Dont give me this shit that Target is cheap too. They have some items that are but overall, i am spending less at Walmart.

 

[RightField]

We aren't talking about you. We are talking about the people in the pics at Walmart who can't afford fresh food because the system is rigged. I earn enough money to easily support a family of four, so I can afford fresh food. That doesn't make me better than those who can't.

Fact is, we subsidize garbage and have fucked up the food supply. Blaming lower income people for eating it is nothing more than being distracted by a pickpocket's left hand while he fleeces you with his right one. And it's not just about making people fat - as an example I can make a pretty strong case that soy protein isolate cause breast cancer, yet it is an unnatural super-cheap protein added into a wide variety of foods. (Soy protein isolate is the by products of chemically extracting oil from the soy bean. This stuff used to be used as cardboard filler, but now is considered food.) The carcinogenic nature of this food stuff isn't really publicized, because soy is so highly subsidized and is making some people quite rich.

There are a variety of foods I can go on and on about, but I know it won't change your mind. You do your service a grave disservice to shovel that poison down your gullet, and to look the other way while your tax dollars are being used to do real physical harm to citizens. But it's easier to just blame the fatties and ignore everything else.

It's just as easy to choose apples or bananas as macroni and cheese.

 

[RightField]

Not only is Wal-Shit anti-union, but they also discriminate against women. There's a class action lawsuit against them now.

They should realize that women spend a lot more money there than men do. I never shop there or at Sam's Club.

I think that the lawsuit was dismissed. The consensus was that there wasn't any common complaint across the plaintiff's to support a class action suit and that part of the decision was unanimus (men and women on the court agreed).

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/06/class_dismissed.html

 

[jomar]

There are plenty of them who own all kinds of things....dumps, garbage trucks, hog farms, whatever.

Yes. Folks should read The Millionaire Next Door.

 

[pornstarwannabe]

We aren't talking about you. We are talking about the people in the pics at Walmart who can't afford fresh food because the system is rigged. I earn enough money to easily support a family of four, so I can afford fresh food. That doesn't make me better than those who can't.

Fact is, we subsidize garbage and have fucked up the food supply. Blaming lower income people for eating it is nothing more than being distracted by a pickpocket's left hand while he fleeces you with his right one. And it's not just about making people fat - as an example I can make a pretty strong case that soy protein isolate cause breast cancer, yet it is an unnatural super-cheap protein added into a wide variety of foods. (Soy protein isolate is the by products of chemically extracting oil from the soy bean. This stuff used to be used as cardboard filler, but now is considered food.) The carcinogenic nature of this food stuff isn't really publicized, because soy is so highly subsidized and is making some people quite rich.

There are a variety of foods I can go on and on about, but I know it won't change your mind. You do your service a grave disservice to shovel that poison down your gullet, and to look the other way while your tax dollars are being used to do real physical harm to citizens. But it's easier to just blame the fatties and ignore everything else.

I used me as an example. I've been that way my whole life (as short as it is). Even when I did not have much money as a college student. GB has seen this food argument before. Complex carbs keep a person's energy up longer than carbs from processed foods. Keep blood sugar levels normal through out the day helps prevent a binge on quick-energy unhealthy foods. eat 5-6 small meals throughout the day vs 3 large meals. Watch portion size. Moderate exercise. All simple stuff.

But the biggest issue I have with your post, and this is really sad, is that you are making excuses for Walmart shoppers for being fat. Oh, it's not their fault, it's the system's fault.

One example of low-cost eating healthy.

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

It's just as easy to choose apples or bananas as macroni and cheese.

Of course you ignored the actual point of my post, or more likely you simply didnt understand it.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Yes. Folks should read The Millionaire Next Door.

Plenty of people make lotsa money from simple talents. Thanks for the book recommendation.

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

I used me as an example. I've been that way my whole life (as short as it is). Even when I did not have much money as a college student. GB has seen this food argument before. Complex carbs keep a person's energy up longer than carbs from processed foods. Keep blood sugar levels normal through out the day helps prevent a binge on quick-energy unhealthy foods. eat 5-6 small meals throughout the day vs 3 large meals. Watch portion size. Moderate exercise. All simple stuff.

But the biggest issue I have with your post, and this is really sad, is that you are making excuses for Walmart shoppers for being fat. Oh, it's not their fault, it's the system's fault.

One example of low-cost eating healthy.

And you also can't understand my post either.

Why are right wing types so fervent about being willfully ignorant? (Rhetorical question)