It’s troubling that people aren’t able to separate out what an absolutely shitty corporation Walmart is from the people that shop there. Hating Walmart isn’t the same as judging people that shop there (though, admittedly, there are some people that are clearly doing the latter here).

Honestly, a lot of people here can’t grasp the concept that there are places in this country where you can drive 20 minutes without seeing another house, let alone a town. That there are businesses in the Midwest that are floundering because the only entry level labor in the area needs to ride a bus, and the bus only…

*standing ovation*

Yeah, it goes over really well when someone notices and comments on the fact that you’re wearing the shirt she donated last month. That shit is awesome in high school.

The CEO literally made the “not aspirational” comment in an all-hands meeting. The entire company heard him say it. I was there. Jaws dropped. His propensity to lie is shocking and disgusting.

You disdain for the Walmart customer is amazingly classist.

THANK YOU for this post. As someone who grew up poor, shopping at Walmart in a poor town, who honestly still has to shop there, I get really tired of the well-off “activists” who decry those who shop there as either people unconcerned with social issues or destitute waifs who need to be pitied.

The prices definitely increased as they got bigger. I remember being able to get really cute little dresses for 40 or 50 bucks that are in the 80-90 range now. What a bummer.

It’s not the people who shop there that are the problem, Wal Mart is the problem.

Read my whole post, it’s not rich versus poor thing, it’s a rural versus suburb/city thing. I mean if I was poor in the city, I would atleast have the alternative of buying something at Target or a thrift store. Your location is a privilege for you. The fact that you never had buy something at Walmart means you had…

I think that’s the point though? About how so many companies (apparently even ModCloth, despite what they say) have such a difficult time managing their own plus-sized department...

I raised this at a staff meeting recently and was met with uncomfortable stares. I wasn’t suggesting we all start napping instead of working. I was just noting that sometimes the best use of one’s lunch hour or mid-morning break is a little shut eye, and that there’s no reason the company’s shouldn’t accommodate that.…

“...refuge for people who have completely and utterly given up.”

Where do you think the hand me downs were purchased from? For alternatives yes  in the summer and spring time there are garage sales. Rare if ever are they in the fall or winter. And I don’t know what small town you’re from, but it has to pretty big to support an actual thrift store, one that’s open all year at…

There it is. This what I’m talking about. Comments like these sound so much like the comments you got in high school if you were caught wearing Walmart clothes. Even though it’s all your parents could afford .

a refuge for people who have completely and utterly given up.

For. Real.

Ah the luxury of having never bought an item from Walmart. You obviously have never lived in a small town with poor parents, and the only place for 30 miles is a Walmart. In rural areas, it’s a necessity.

Former Southern Baptist here. The guilt is too real

I feel you. I wasn’t even catholic an demon possession was my #1 fear for a while there. Strangely, even Days of Our Lives had a demon possession storyline in the 90s...I had waking nightmares of “possessed Marlena” in my closet waiting for me to fall asleep.