Re: (Back-Talk) Kathy Lee Gifford

On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:02:20 -0400, Alexandra Ceelie
<the.netkitten@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The "no different than any other" thing doesn't really work for me. It's 
>along the same lines as "well all the other kids are doing it". I won't 
>shop other places that I know exploit their workforce and deny health 
>care, either.  It's like telling them "Hey, what you are doing is A-OKAY 
>with me."   And it's not.  It's not okay with me.  Sure, boycotting them 
>may be pointless... because they really *are* that big... but I have to 
>follow my heart, you know?
I would point alot of retailers, both big and small, cut the same
corners and exploit their workers.   Mom and pop stores have no
corner on the intetrity market. 


>
>I would rather pay a little more and shop local merchants because I know 
>their money goes back into the community I live in. There *are* stores 
>with decent prices that don't treat their employees like ****, you just 
>have to look for them.  If I don't have enough cash to buy what I want 
>from THEM , I down-grade my wants and buy only my needs until I can 
>afford it.
There are many mom and pop operations that even shadier than
the big guys.   

>I've been to Wal-mart *once* in the past several years and only because 
>my puppy was really sick and needed something and it was 4am. It was a 
>Sunday and the blue laws in this area make it impossible to find 
>anything open at that time of day... EXCEPT... walmart.  I never felt so 
>dirty as when I walked out of that store with my $1.49 purchase... but I 
>console myself with the fact that it was my only choice.
Want to feel really dirty?  Go into a local convenince store
because the blue laws make these stores shut down Saturday
night so you have to go into a 7/11 type store and 
pay alot more than you would at a Wal-mart or other store.

>That's how I feel about it... it would have to be my *only* choice 
>before I would ever shop there again... and I hope that day never comes.
I'm not a big fan of Wal-mart but i'm also not a big fan of
7/11 who chages alot more than walmart.