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Random musings and observations from an individual with too much time on his hands
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Two days in a row? Probably never again
I hate Wal-Mart.
Sometimes you have to go there, like when it is the only major store in the town, or everything else is closed by six. Even then, the chance they have what you want is usually about sixty percent; and if they have what you want it will take you forever to find it since it is in an unintuitive department that has just been re-arranged in the past week.
This is going beyond the whole understanding that as soon as Wal-Mart comes in it depresses your local business by under-cutting them, or offering cheap, poorly-made items so people believe they are getting some kind of value. They will also use their might to make a loss on a store until they drive their competition out of business, leaving you with higher prices and less variety.
Of course, they whine for tax and utility breaks from a community, which everyone ends up paying for in the end; and ship off their profit to corporate headquarters off in god-knows-where instead of returning it to the local area.
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On a more positive note, I love summer showers. They seem to cleanse the earth of the dust and grime that accumulates as humanity blunders across her face. Things just feel cleaner during and just after a shower, sounds seem clearer and colors are more intense.
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Thought for the Day:
If Microsoft made toasters...
Every time you bought a loaf of bread, you would have to buy a toaster. You wouldn't have to take the toaster, but you'd still have to pay for it anyway. Toaster'95 would weigh 15000 pounds (hence requiring a reinforced steel countertop), draw enough electricity to power a small city, take up 95% of the space in your kitchen, would claim to be the first toaster that lets you control how light or dark you want your toast to be, and would secretly interrogate your other appliances to find out who made them. Everyone would hate Microsoft toasters, but nonetheless would buy them since most of the good bread only works with their toasters.
If Apple made toasters...
It would do everything the Microsoft toaster does, but 5 years earlier.
Sometimes you have to go there, like when it is the only major store in the town, or everything else is closed by six. Even then, the chance they have what you want is usually about sixty percent; and if they have what you want it will take you forever to find it since it is in an unintuitive department that has just been re-arranged in the past week.
This is going beyond the whole understanding that as soon as Wal-Mart comes in it depresses your local business by under-cutting them, or offering cheap, poorly-made items so people believe they are getting some kind of value. They will also use their might to make a loss on a store until they drive their competition out of business, leaving you with higher prices and less variety.
Of course, they whine for tax and utility breaks from a community, which everyone ends up paying for in the end; and ship off their profit to corporate headquarters off in god-knows-where instead of returning it to the local area.
-----
On a more positive note, I love summer showers. They seem to cleanse the earth of the dust and grime that accumulates as humanity blunders across her face. Things just feel cleaner during and just after a shower, sounds seem clearer and colors are more intense.
-----
Thought for the Day:
If Microsoft made toasters...
Every time you bought a loaf of bread, you would have to buy a toaster. You wouldn't have to take the toaster, but you'd still have to pay for it anyway. Toaster'95 would weigh 15000 pounds (hence requiring a reinforced steel countertop), draw enough electricity to power a small city, take up 95% of the space in your kitchen, would claim to be the first toaster that lets you control how light or dark you want your toast to be, and would secretly interrogate your other appliances to find out who made them. Everyone would hate Microsoft toasters, but nonetheless would buy them since most of the good bread only works with their toasters.
If Apple made toasters...
It would do everything the Microsoft toaster does, but 5 years earlier.
