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Y'all can take my word for it right now -- Walgreens is NOT the place to be at 11:00 at night. God knows what's happening in there four hours from now.

pplains, Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link

i go to target all the damn time, impossible not to, kinda

i grew up with a wal-mart. i remember the music section at the one in my hometown filed led zeppelin under Z. every one i've been to recently has been a tiring and unhappy experience. it's the quality of the light, i think. tho i feel like ppl need to get with the WM experience in a solidarity kind of way.

on a political level they aren't that distinguishable. lol "consumer choice"

xp oof walgreens. late night drugstore vibe is really unseemly.

goole, Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link

Walmart at night can be tough to navigate because the aisles are crowded with restockers and pallets of merch.

Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:13 (twelve years ago) link

The real misery Walmart causes is in their supply chain, do some reading about the abuse of temps in their distribution centers if you have time. I work in a Walmart factory supplier.

Josiah Alan, Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link

My job is like 90% Hispanic and Hmong temps, 10% Caucasian office staff.

Josiah Alan, Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:20 (twelve years ago) link

It took me a long time to step foot back into a WMT. I used to sell photography packages for American Studios inside rural Wal-Marts that weren't big enough to have their own studio.

Still have one part PTSD, one part Stockholm Syndrome about the place, tbh.

pplains, Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:21 (twelve years ago) link

re: food, Super Targets around here have full grocery stores inside with produce/meat at least as good as Kroger/Tom Thumb, if not better. And we only have one Trader Joe's about half an hour away when it opens.

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link

I just read taht walamrt is actually trialing robo-stocking of shelves

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link

target will stock robots HOORAY

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link

I wonder if the walmart robots will be injured and middle aged like the ladies that work there now - plus will they have cameras with a feed to peopleofwalmart.com

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link

i have a friend who's like that and who used to really enjoy going to walmart at 2am. his thing was "everything's so fucked up beyond repair that you might as well enjoy the fucked-upness of it all"

there's a Walmart in Greenpoint?

go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link

I have always had knowledgable clerks at Wal-Mart in the gun department, when I'm trying to figure out what ammunition I want.

Euler, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link

do they make a gun that can shoot paintballs full of pepper spray? - for use against racoons

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link

do they sell t-shirt guns, y/n

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link

do they sell a gun that shoots beer into your mouth?

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link

yes but you can only really use it once

I want L'interieur chicken, not Hausu chicken (jjjusten), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link

they have low, low prices on ammo I gotta say

I like Target hand soap, by contrast.

Euler, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link

good candles too

go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link

there's a Walmart in Greenpoint?

heh-heh

no actually this wuz near where billy clinton lived. during the clinton years.

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link

Target started carrying a lot more aspirational soap + candle brands like Caldrea and stuff

I think it's the same company as that Meyer's Green Day cleaning products stuff, actually

I am a 31 year old male who likes buying cleaning products and stuff that smells good don't judge me

mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link

* rubs green tea-scented lotion from Target into hands *

mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link

i've some target dental floss and as someone mentioned upthread, many of their in-house products have better graphic design going on than do the name brand competitors. especially since proctor and gamble got rid of their "we worship satan" progrock wizard logo

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link

I am a 31 year old male who likes buying cleaning products and stuff that smells good don't judge me

dude i think that is called sanity. if all guys were into aromatherapeutic cleaning products then our children would have a chance at a thermonuclearwarless future

so please rock on with your aspirational soaps. you have the right idea

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link

yankee candles are for frat guys and inveterate stoners who live in dominos pizza box hovels

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link

there, i said it

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link

Target's applesauce is bad

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link

ugh

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link

do you mean "bad" like b.a. good?

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link

I mean like it feels like it has some sort of detritus in it

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link

i bought a target ("archer farms") ham once. was p good. tasted like normal ham. their salty snacks are good too. don't really know beyond that.

i shouldn't have repped for target brand food in the first place. i started out intending to compliment their packaging and product design, especially their toys and holiday merch. they have kids workshop and kitchen toy sets (lol, i know) that are way cooler and cheaper than anything similar on the market. if i had kids, i'd buy the shit out of that stuff. and their halloween stuff is wonderful.

spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link

old moms in momjeans and sweaters and grannies like Yankee Candles too

mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link

eh, they're not really people though imo

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link

fair enough

mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link

they have kids workshop and kitchen toy sets (lol, i know) that are way cooler and cheaper than anything similar on the market.

nah, i totally can relate. since they stopped making incandescent lightbulbs and made everyone buy those florescent ones, it's almost impossible to build your own e-z bake oven

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link

I hate all scented candles ever

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link

maybe you just have shitty ones with bad scents rather than good ones that smell like bamboo or cilantro

mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link

go back to AUSTRIA-LAND!!

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link

how dare you

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link

"this candle smells like a kangaroo's pouch, just like home"

mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link

I DON'T WANT MY CANDLES TO SMELL LIKE THINGS

and I will stay right here, thank you very much mr racistpants

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link

fake smells smell like fake smells

the end

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link

since when is "australian" a race

mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link

was recently thinking that fake watermelon smell is the best fake smell

in fact I might think that fake watermelon TASTE is better than real watermelon taste, at least in the Jolly Rancher version

Euler, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link

jolly ranchers are the best fake tastes

mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link

the wax-scented candles are pretty inoffensive

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link

Kudzu scented candles are really nice. I didn't even know kudzu flowers had a scent until a local candlemaker started selling them.

Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link

since when is "australian" a race

it's pretty much a race to the bottom down there with the exception of yahoo serious

dell (del), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link

if u love scented candles so much why don't you marry them

jerkface

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link

or marry yahoo serious

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 June 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link


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