The Dichotomy of Wal-Mart
By: DroopyMcC

So the question is, do low prices outweigh tastelessness? I enjoy my frequent visits to the local Wal-Mart. They have low prices on anything and everything. Video games are cheaper there than at the egregiously over-priced Toys 'R' Us. DVDs are significantly less expensive, also. But then there are the clothes.

Clothes at real stores can get quite pricey. For someone who mows grass for cash, high prices are a bad thing. So every now and again, a trip to Wal-Mart's haute couture racks proves very fruitful. You can pick up some seriously nice stuff for, like, $10! The bad part is you just can't tell anyone you actually bought your clothes from there.

Friend: "Hey, nice shirt. Where'd you get it?"

You (response 'A'): "Oh, this old thing? Umm? I got it as a gift, a while ago."

You (response 'B'): "None of yo' damn business, dawg!"

The worst part about buying Wal-Mart clothes are the other people there, also shopping for clothes. I was going through a rack the other day, when some nasty, probably half-simian, toothless woman was looking for clothes for her equally disgusting, pot-bellied husband. And I mean disgusting. He was wearing these awful, tattered shorts and could not even be bothered to wear a shirt in public. No, this guy had one of those white, sleeveless undershirt thingies. At least, I think it was white. I couldn't tell with all the nasty stains all over it.

So herein lies the quandary. To continue clothes shopping at Wal-Mart, or not? That is the question. On the one hand, prices are lower than the IQ of most vegetarians, not to mention the cool styles they sometimes have. On the other hand, the aisles are populated with trailer park rejects. Hmm? Aw, who am I kidding? Low prices rule.


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