The Wal-Mart You Didn’t Know
The latest issue of Fast Company (my favorite magazine of late) sports a cover story on the evil side of Wal-Mart. It’s a great article, and it re-affirmed my personal embargo on Wal-Mart. Enjoy.
“A gallon-sized jar of whole pickles is something to behold. The jar is the size of a small aquarium. The fat green pickles, floating in swampy juice, look reptilian, their shapes exaggerated by the glass. It weighs 12 pounds, too big to carry with one hand. The gallon jar of pickles is a display of abundance and excess; it is entrancing, and also vaguely unsettling. This is the product that Wal-Mart fell in love with: Vlasic’s gallon jar of pickles.” – The Wal-Mart You Didn’t Know
Eugh. Make that: “The Wal-MArt You DON’T WANT TO KNOW”
You’re 20x cooler** now that I know you agree Wal-Mart is the anti-christ. <3
** Not that you weren't cool before.
Don’t forget Big Bird, heh heh.
So I guess people who run small businesses in the food industry would never need to buy a one-gallon jar of pickels as cheaply as possible. You know like those that sit on counters in small delis/sandwhich shops.
I mean hey NO ONE ELSE buys products, just consumers. And NO ONE needs a one-gallon jar of pickels. No one ever has a party with 20 people, no one ever hosts an event at a school where they serve food and a one-gallon jar of pickels can go a long way.
Riiiiight.
Goddamn people there is more to the world than YOU.
Neo:
What the hell is your problem? You’ve got a sad life. The point of the article is that we’re shopping ourselves out of jobs.
Also, if you need a gallon of pickes, I’d be willing to bet you could afford the market price for those pickles.