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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 10:46 PM Original message |
Poll question: Why the hell do Dem.s shop at Target but not Walmart? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Other. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Their CEO donates primarily to the GOP |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. sufficient. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Hey, I am a Minnesotan! |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Look, ya gotta buy your shit SOMEWHERE.... |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Oh I have the same problem, I shop at both admittedly |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Gotcha. Walmart has the penchant of building in small towns and wreaking havoc on |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I've only began shopping at Target (and Walmart) again |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. More often than not... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. do you have Meijer in your area? |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No. In fact, I am in Minnesota, the birthplace of Target, and they just finished upgrading |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. hmmm.... I don't think I like that |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. It's not bad |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Ahh, but what about Lund's? |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Hyvee? |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Rochester has lots of Hyvee's |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
58. Just checking here but |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Yes I do. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Costco |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Coincidentally, I just came from there. It is great for many things, but not nearly the |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I agree with you on selection. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. Might I add: Gas => COSTCO |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Target doesn't have the overwhelming miasma of dispair. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Ever shopped at an older, smaller Target? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. All the Targets here are recently remodeled. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. all of the mexicans escaped that they had been keeping locked in at night... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Tuesday Morning. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. The last time I was in Tuesday Morning |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. There is one in Eagle Rock that is pretty run down. |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. The one on Corbin isn't THAT bad |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Sucks compared to the Walmart in Porter Ranch or West Hills |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
16. I shop at both. Both beat grocery store prices on cleaning supplies |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. liberals don't hate corporations who make things we like |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. but is walmart really the "bad guy" here? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. One word: $$$$ |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Charleston, SC super wal marts |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well, for starters they actually clean the Targets near me. The only time I step foot |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. we don't have WalMarts here |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
22. Some of them sell Pierogies. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
23. I hate them, but I do not have much of choice... |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
28. Because you can say "Target" |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. Target is one thing I miss now that I've moved to the UK |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Carrefour is cool... also in the UAE we have HYPERPANDA and LuLu |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
31. because of the ignorant belief |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. Other. The Wal-Mart in my area is full of Jerry Springer rejects. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. Target stores are cleaner and more attractive |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
35. I try not to shop at either..but |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
38. I used to work for Target and I loved it! |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. Maybe because when I Google Target + watch I get a site for wristwatches |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. WalMart is of Southern origin; Target is Northern.. (could be a contributing |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
41. What I never hear about is Walgreen's |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. the bullseye makes it easier to find |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. because they sell Kashi Products that is hard to find anywhere else |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. No Trader Joe's near you? |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. 20 miles the other way |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. I go there because of the catchy way they do the Beatles songs... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. My choice is Target or Walmart |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. Cleanliness, crime, and lack of cashiers |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
55. It depends on the product to see if they are shit. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. I don't shop at either one. |
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