Wal-Mart is a bad place for health for more than a few reasons. I guess you can add blood pressure to the list.

I used to go there to get CDs for a decent price, but Target sells them for nearly the same price.

However, if I see Wal-Mart's got 'em for less than 10 bucks, I'll brave it. I will walk quickly. In fact, I'll run.

Oh! Here's a story for you:

I went into Wal Mart with my mom a few weeks ago when I was getting ready to leave for college. About 20 minutes in, we were going through the pharmacy area and I saw that blood pressure machine, so I decided to sit down and take it. Much to my dismay, as it has never been so horrible; it was 169/89. My mom thought it was lying, so she sat down and did it. I don't remember her score, but she said it was a lot higher than usual.

About an hour later, we were in Target. We had been there for about 25 minutes, and we again found ourselves in the pharmacy area right next to the blood pressure machine. I was curious if mine had changed at all. I sat down and, to my astonishment, my blood pressure was 130/70; much healthier! And same with my mom, much better score in Target.

So, is WalMart bad for your health (in so many more ways than this), or was WalMart's machine broken? Is there any sort of connection to Wal Mart being a place of bad health? I would say so. What do you think?

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Originally posted by CelticNewAger:
I don't know how they are in the US, but here, they suck. In every case possible.

Well, in one outing to Wal-Mart, I was damned to hell by a Christian shoving a pamphlet in my face. (He had noticed my borrowed Melissa Etheridge concert tee. Psh, I wish I could see her in concert.) And accosted by a large black guy who wanted to know if I had ever ridden in a real Ferrari.

This is why I go to Target. I can deal with loud kids with overwhelmed mothers and gross teenagers.

Still no response from the hypocrite.

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Originally posted by reactionary05:

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Originally posted by mac123:
Yes they got sued, but they got a slap on the wrist at most.

Have they tried to do it again?

Unfair question. Not enough time to really know. I'd personally bet, knowing their history, that they aren't going to change.

I agree with you on this one. I like low prices and hate that Wal*Mart buys a lot of their products from third world countries. But I think that somepeople forget to look at one of Wal*Mart's main competitor. TARGET. Has anyone thought to look at Target. Where do they get there products? More then likey it is like Wal*Mart China so if you want more American jobs and good pay don't just focus on Wal*Mart but Target too and all the other companies.

Damn, reactionary. Usually you tick me off but now you've made me laugh.

I love people who catch liars.

Anyways, I hate Wal-mart, because evertime I go in, I see aroused men with Down Syndrome greeting me at the door and trying to grad my behind, a mother with 156161 screaming children with loaded diapers, some guy who I swear I saw in a newspaper for being Wanted by the FBI, dirty merchandise, stenching clothes sections, crowded music areas, a screaming ghetto 16-year-old cashier, and general crappy products.

I don't know how they are in the US, but here, they suck. In every case possible.

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Originally posted by klanjam:
do you know that walmart sells products made in sweatshops!?!?!?!? lets burn it down i cant beleive that they would profit off such a travesty.

I'm overwhelmed by the irony.

Klanjam in 'Sweatshop Slavery' in the Expolitation of Children forum:

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i like paying 30 bucks for my sweatshop shoes just fine thankyou. at least we are teaching these kids at an early age the value of a dollar

Do you have a source, klan?

do you know that walmart sells products made in sweatshops!?!?!?!? lets burn it down i cant beleive that they would profit off such a travesty.

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Originally posted by mac123:
Yes they got sued, but they got a slap on the wrist at most.

Have they tried to do it again?

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Originally posted by confuzledsomuchhelpme:
Wow that is kinda scary. I can't believe that that happens, then again... yes i can.

Wow that is kinda scary. I can't believe that that happens, then again... yes i can.

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Originally posted by reactionary05:
Thats why they got sued for billions of dollars. Still though, no one is forced to buy Microsoft products. I, personally, have an iMac.

Yes they got sued, but they got a slap on the wrist at most.

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Originally posted by mac123:
I don't know. Micro$oft is still around...

Thats why they got sued for billions of dollars. Still though, no one is forced to buy Microsoft products. I, personally, have an iMac.

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Originally posted by reactionary05:

No one is forced to do anything. If this were true, Wal Mart would go under from the lawsuits.

I don't know. Micro$oft is still around...

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No one is forced to do anything. If this were true, Wal Mart would go under from the lawsuits.

Well, I mean it's not that they hold a gun to their heads, but it's basically a "do this or you will lose your job" kind of thing. Some people just can't afford to lose that job. I think this would be perfectly okay if they were paid for the overtime. And there are quite a few lawsuits, but many people can't afford a lawyer to sue so they just deal with it.

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-They owe millions they refuse to pay.


Even God doesn't know what you just said.

I'm sorry, was that unclear? I mean that they owe a lot of money and look for loopholes and ways to avoid paying it.

Wal-Mart is a good business, yes, but at what cost? I think reactionary brings up a lot of good points.
I am interested in marketing, and I find that often when I'm figuring out a marketing plan for something I do some fairly shady things (they are fake products, so it's not a big deal). When do you draw the line between profitable and corrupt? It's a difficult question.

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Originally posted by wildcat526:
-They force employees to do overtime without pay.

No one is forced to do anything. If this were true, Wal Mart would go under from the lawsuits.

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-They owe millions they refuse to pay.

Even God doesn't know what you just said.

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-They have a shady way of doing business. If they sell a product, they won't pay the original manufacturer until every last item is sold.

That's not shady, thats good business. That whats keeps the prices low.

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-Low prices? Yeah, now maybe. But when they drive everything else out of business, think those prices will stay low? NOPE! They will skyrocket b/c Wal-Mart will have a monopoly... isn't that illegal? (not sure, think so.)

Yes, it is illegal, and no, it will not happen because we have anti trust laws.

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I heard somewhere that Australia banned all Wal-Marts from starting businesses in their country. I didn't see any there. Australia promotes small businesses. I like that. However, I was told that they refused Wal-Marts because they don't allow big businesses, but there are Starbucks and McDonald's on every corner. Does anyone know anything about Australia vs. Wal Mart?

America is a small business country. 90%+ of the businesses in America are small businesses.

"The business of America is business."
-Calvin Collidge

Wal Mart has TONS of problems.
-They force employees to do overtime without pay.
-They owe millions they refuse to pay.
-They have a shady way of doing business. If they sell a product, they won't pay the original manufacturer until every last item is sold.
-Low prices? Yeah, now maybe. But when they drive everything else out of business, think those prices will stay low? NOPE! They will skyrocket b/c Wal-Mart will have a monopoly... isn't that illegal? (not sure, think so.)

I heard somewhere that Australia banned all Wal-Marts from starting businesses in their country. I didn't see any there. Australia promotes small businesses. I like that. However, I was told that they refused Wal-Marts because they don't allow big businesses, but there are Starbucks and McDonald's on every corner. Does anyone know anything about Australia vs. Wal Mart?

There are so many hypocrites out there though. Many people who I have talked with about WalMart and they discuss their hatred for it will still go there once or more a week.

They'll bow to its power, but they still try to fight? I don't quite understand. It's a tactic used to win a war, not an economical superpower.