Since living in a town where everything you need is just within a few blocks distance and the interaction with the people makes for a joyful shopping experience, I find myself dreading my weekly trip to Walmart with my dad. He likes the “convenience” of having everything in one single place, and he prefers to make a 15-km weekly trip to get his $16.30 2-liter diet cokes, instead of buying them from the corner store at $16. He thinks it’s too much of a bother to walk there even if they’re 30 cents cheaper, and he doesn’t mind being ripped off by a huge conglomerate.
There are a few things that you might not find here in town, but that would only justify a monthly trip to get those few things and not your whole groceries every week. At least I have convinced him to buy the produce from the local market. I’m the one who goes, and he doesn’t eat any veggies anyway.
An incident at Walmart a couple days ago, now makes me not only dread the store but its customers as well!! I went into an argument with two people who cut in line, and the cashiers did nothing about it. While I was making my point, even more people cut in line, and everyone thought it was like the most normal thing. I left the store without buying. I could’ve gone to the manager, but I was having a day, and maybe I was getting my lesson for buying there! I know I’ll be returning there, but I’ll be dreading every second of it.
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