Wal-Mart dethrones Exxon on Fortune 500

AP on Yahoo ^ | April 16, 2007 | Not Attributed

[katieanna]

This is stunning to me.

[Chi-townChief]

I guess they weren’t lying about that “service economy.”

[Graybeard58]

Ping.

[Gabz]

WalMart PING!!!!

[The South Texan]

Evil “Capitalism is great”, ping!!!!

[katieanna]

I’m surprised they’ve surpassed Exxon in revenue because I run into people quite often who don’t like to shop there. I’ll shop there at maybe 7 am before it gets busy. Once it does, I don’t find the shopping experience to be very pleasant. That’s a sentiment I hear quite often too...

[Gabz]

I have the same attitude about shopping in general - not just in WalMart. of course I find shopping to be a necessary evil, and not exactly a pleasant pastime!!!!

[Graybeard58]

of course I find shopping to be a necessary evil, and not exactly a pleasant pastime!!!!

Have your gardener do it for you.

[USS Alaska]

Retailers {as well as all capitalistic organizations} come and go in terms of popularity. Sears ruled the retailers for 40 years and their inability to adapt to changing market realities moved them down the food chain. It happens to all businesses and it's the best thing about capitalism. Either adapt to changing market conditions or you will be replaced.

This is the principle that drive the left crazy...they whine, it's not fair. They want the gummint to make some rules that "levels the playing field". I love the market, you win or lose, success or failure, that's one of the attributes that make America great. It wouldn't be possible to sustain without our Constitution that guarantees private property rights {before Kelo}.

[Gabz]

Have your gardener do it for you.

Gee, thanks buddy.........

With 50mph winds, there's no gardening going on today, that's for sure!

[USS Alaska]

Have your gardener do it for you.

I do and with all of her other jobs she stays pretty busy. She shined my golf shoes and clubs very nicely so I gave her the day off today so she could go to the casino. {I feel pretty safe in writing this knowing that she probably won't read it}.

It's good to be King {when the Queen is away}.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

I stopped shopping at Walmart for a variety of reasons and I am somewhat surprised others don’t follow suit. They aren’t that great, prices are ok, service stinks and for all the money they make you’d think they’d spend a little labor and keep those bathrooms clean.

[Gabz]

They want the gummint to make some rules that "levels the playing field".

I absolutely despise that term. The only "level playing field" is the one that is open to competition for customers. Whenever I hear that phrase I cringe, knowing someone is gonna get screwed.........

[Gabz]

You’re bad...........

[Gabz]

I stopped shopping at Walmart for a variety of reasons and I am somewhat surprised others don’t follow suit.

Maybe they have, at the WM you used to shop. Don't forget, not all are the same. Where I live WM has the best prices on most things, the service is great, and the bathrooms are always clean.

I've been in some really nasty WMs, but I can say the same about Target, KMart and all the rest.

[discostu]

Of course if you have a bunch of people that don’t want to shop in a store when it’s busy that means the store must regularly be busy. Really I don’t think anybody actually likes shopping at WalMart, and yet vast quantities of people do.

[katieanna]

I will say I’ve never been in the bathroom. I can’t bring myself to go in any public bath unless I’m in major DIRE straits. LOL
And, they could keep the entire store cleaner, if you ask me!

[1rudeboy]

Yup. “Level the playing field” generally means “level the playing field in the direction I WANT.”

[Publius Valerius]

I run into people quite often who don’t like to shop there. I’ll shop there at maybe 7 am before it gets busy.

Yep. Nobody shops there anymore--it's way too crowded.

[upchuck]

Thanks for the ping.

I’ve shopped in Wal*Marts all over the country.

There IS disparity from store to store regarding store and bathroom cleanliness, number of checkouts open, etc.

In my experience it's the typical bell curve pattern. A few stores are outstanding, most are okay and a few are the absolute pits.