Re: Mainland Chains vs. Island Culture
Beaker it seems you don't have any kids because families require convenience so we can do other things that make our lives richer.
Healthy foods may be fast and easy to prepare but try getting a 5-year old to eat raw carrots or soy milk.
And here on the Big Island you can choose to bike or walk but I won't take my chances on the weather and tote my kids on a 22-mile hike to Hilo for a Bocha Burger during a rainstorm.
It's easy to talk about a perfect world where everybody eats and exercises the way you probably do, but this is the real world and people have vises and children.
My 2 year old goes thru a box of 80 count diapers in a week and a half. Don't tell me to buy the 36 count at Longs two times a week when a bulk pack costs less and requires me to travel less. And let's not get into washable vs disposable diapers. If you have to wash up to 80 (actually it would be more) diapers every other week, your electric and water bill would be astronomical plus you'd be taxing your sewage system tremendously.
For large families, Costco is a blessing.
And when shopping at Home Depot yeah there some bad apples but don't judge all employees that way. If you've ever worked in a retail establishment, there's a reason why sales associates run away from certain customers. It's because of those customer's rude attitude demanding attention this very second! Never mind that associate is already engaged in helping another customer. Anybody who's worked the retail floor will vouch for me that it's the irate customer that is to blame. There's only one of them and a store full of customers, you just gotta wait your turn man!
Now imagine a sales associate who has been on the floor for over four hours with no break because there's this big sale going on. After helping 50 or more customers over that time period, it's lunch time or break time to rest your tired feet and mouth (yes you have to smile and speak to customers for that long while standing continuosly instead of sitting at a desk).
You are heading to the break room for a few minutes to recharge when you spot a customer who is raging mad because they can't find that tool that they just passed because they're blinded with rage. You as a sales associate has had up to here with pissed off customers who can't find their glasses in front of their noses now see this raging bull making a bee line to you to spout off. You just want to take a break so guess what, detour down aisle 10 and do a round about. Then you get hit with another customer in aisle 10 with a similar attitude. Pretty soon you just want to quit that job and slap that customer silly in the face to let him know that you're a human being too not some punching bag that's been kicked around the entire morning and can't do anything about it but say, "have a nice day anyway (you friggin asshole) sir!"
So back OT... ...those glorious days of yesteryear are long gone, our society has changed and evolved into a different animal so for those who yearn for M & P's go find a small town. For those who yearn for a Woolworths, go fund their stocks and get them back in business. And for those who love to eat rabbit food then go plant a garden. But for me I have a kid that poops a lot and the bulk size of anything works for me.
It's not self-serving it is a matter of price vs convenience and if a cave man had the opportunity to buy his Brontasauris ribs at Costco precut and cook it on his Weber grill rather than risk his life for dinner and having to knock two pieces of flint over wet wood to cook it, I'm sure he'd choose Costco.
You want a simpler time and place go find it but don't force it down my throat. You want me to eat your rabbit food then eat my Big Mac.
Basically if you don't like large stores stay away from them because quite frankly...they don't like you either.
So there we all go to our respective places of enjoyment and stay there.
Originally posted by beaker
Beaker it seems you don't have any kids because families require convenience so we can do other things that make our lives richer.
Healthy foods may be fast and easy to prepare but try getting a 5-year old to eat raw carrots or soy milk.
And here on the Big Island you can choose to bike or walk but I won't take my chances on the weather and tote my kids on a 22-mile hike to Hilo for a Bocha Burger during a rainstorm.
It's easy to talk about a perfect world where everybody eats and exercises the way you probably do, but this is the real world and people have vises and children.
My 2 year old goes thru a box of 80 count diapers in a week and a half. Don't tell me to buy the 36 count at Longs two times a week when a bulk pack costs less and requires me to travel less. And let's not get into washable vs disposable diapers. If you have to wash up to 80 (actually it would be more) diapers every other week, your electric and water bill would be astronomical plus you'd be taxing your sewage system tremendously.
For large families, Costco is a blessing.
And when shopping at Home Depot yeah there some bad apples but don't judge all employees that way. If you've ever worked in a retail establishment, there's a reason why sales associates run away from certain customers. It's because of those customer's rude attitude demanding attention this very second! Never mind that associate is already engaged in helping another customer. Anybody who's worked the retail floor will vouch for me that it's the irate customer that is to blame. There's only one of them and a store full of customers, you just gotta wait your turn man!
Now imagine a sales associate who has been on the floor for over four hours with no break because there's this big sale going on. After helping 50 or more customers over that time period, it's lunch time or break time to rest your tired feet and mouth (yes you have to smile and speak to customers for that long while standing continuosly instead of sitting at a desk).
You are heading to the break room for a few minutes to recharge when you spot a customer who is raging mad because they can't find that tool that they just passed because they're blinded with rage. You as a sales associate has had up to here with pissed off customers who can't find their glasses in front of their noses now see this raging bull making a bee line to you to spout off. You just want to take a break so guess what, detour down aisle 10 and do a round about. Then you get hit with another customer in aisle 10 with a similar attitude. Pretty soon you just want to quit that job and slap that customer silly in the face to let him know that you're a human being too not some punching bag that's been kicked around the entire morning and can't do anything about it but say, "have a nice day anyway (you friggin asshole) sir!"
So back OT... ...those glorious days of yesteryear are long gone, our society has changed and evolved into a different animal so for those who yearn for M & P's go find a small town. For those who yearn for a Woolworths, go fund their stocks and get them back in business. And for those who love to eat rabbit food then go plant a garden. But for me I have a kid that poops a lot and the bulk size of anything works for me.
It's not self-serving it is a matter of price vs convenience and if a cave man had the opportunity to buy his Brontasauris ribs at Costco precut and cook it on his Weber grill rather than risk his life for dinner and having to knock two pieces of flint over wet wood to cook it, I'm sure he'd choose Costco.
You want a simpler time and place go find it but don't force it down my throat. You want me to eat your rabbit food then eat my Big Mac.
Basically if you don't like large stores stay away from them because quite frankly...they don't like you either.
So there we all go to our respective places of enjoyment and stay there.
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