We have a Sam’s Club opening in our town next week, and there are little tables with people selling membership everywhere. Yesterday at the hospital I discovered such a table in the midst of the cafeteria. I thought this was obnoxious because hospitals are supposed to be about something other than peddling extraneous services, but I was the only Grinch who didn’t love the tables and the advertisement.
People would enter the cafeteria and practically whelp with joy when they saw the promotional table. They greeted the promoters like they were B-list movie stars.
I’m not being in any way judgmental of them because I know that most of the town didn’t even exit 10 years ago. There was wilderness where today we have Walmart, Best Buy, Office Depot, etc. People needed long drives to get anywhere where they could eat or shop. And then the university began to expand and the area started building up. For people who have spent their entire lives in the area, this is a pretty major development. Of course, it would be better if individuals and families started their own businesses here instead but it never happened. Only enormous chains have the resources to develop this kind of land. As a result, our Walmart is growing like a huge, ugly mushroom after the rain and transforming into Walmart SuperCenter.
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Ugh. Sam’s Club is owned by Wal-Mart. It’s not as good as Costco, which has kinder employment policies.
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