Ok so today I am getting prepped for school to start in a week. Lots to do some rushing around, craziness. Last night I went to Walmart. Now I really dislike Walmart, but I needed to put together some backpacks for the kids for the VBS camp this week. They are doing donations for kids school supplies through City Team Ministries. Now I needed to go somewhere where I could get enough supplies for 4 kids inexpensively. Why 4? I have no idea, I just felt led to do 4 kids and lately when God talks I've been obeying. So 4 it was. Anyway, I pull into the driveway and realize why I NEVER go to Walmart. I HATE IT! Its like your driving right into the Ghetto. No seriously. Anyway so I go in, and there are so many people in there, its crowed, and its 9 at night. Its ALWAYS that way here. We have like 4 Walmarts for Vicinity between South San Jose/East San Jose/Mountain View and North Milpitas. This includes all the little cities in between. So not a lot to go around, so they are ALWAYS jammed packed. So I get what I go in there to get and with no shortage of shoving and toes being run over by shopping carts and trying to manuever between everything everyone has thrown on the floor. (people dig through everything and instead of putting it back on the shelf they throw it on the floor. Like it belongs there) Ok so I get the heck out of there and I'm thinking I HATE Walmart so much!!!
So, I'm sitting on the toilet today (yeah great visual isn't it??) And I'm in total school mode, sharpening pencils, colored pencils, getting the kids pencils boxes ready, making sure I have all the supplies we need and trying to plan our lessons. I happened to look up and I see this:
Does anyone else see a problem here??? The reasons why I hate Walmart even more, or advertisers in general.
Kids aren't suppose to be Rock Stars at school.
How about we advertise: Get your school supplies here so you can go to school and learn, so you wont be stupid and the only job you can get is at Walmart!
2 comments:
Oh, Kelly. This is traumatic. I can barely speak the words "Wal*Mart" without making myself physically ill. That advertising is like a migraine-inducing non-stop primal scream! With all the media outlets available today across the interwebs any moron can try to be a rockstar, and that's the problem. Most of them should not be allowed to try...kinda like people who should never be allowed to handle a megaphone.
Feel better, greg
Walmart is terrible to its employees and to small business owners too - so add that to the reasons to go somewhere else.
Costco isn't so bad (if you are buying a lot of stuff), or Walgreens or Longs or even the large office supply stores.
Anywhere but Walmart. I avoid it like the plague!
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