Stay away from WalMart

Someone could do a whole blog about strange things that happen every day at WalMarts across the country. Looks like someone got superglued to a public toilet seat-again. This time in Kentucky. I remember the same thing happening a year ago at a different store. I like the WalMart in Hamburg but some of the others are home to the scum of the earth. I seriously wonder where they find some of these people...

Woman Super Glued To Toilet Seat In Wayne County Walmart | LEX18.com | Lexington, Kentucky

New WalMart on Seneca Street

Stop by this Friday at 1PM and join the South Buffalo Team (Brian Higgins, Mark Schroeder, and Tim Kennedy) as they join West Seneca's Wallace Piotrowski for the grand opening of the new Walmart on Seneca Street.

As this after photo shows, the transformation has been incredible. Walk inside and see the cat sized rats amidst the broken down Gold Circle shopping carts. Hopefully, your car won't fall through the huge cracks in the parking lot.

You thought the Seneca Street revitalization project was just a scam? You've obviously haven't been to the government funded GED Center. You clearly haven't walked through the government funded Americorps offices. Salvation Army? Don't forget the Methadone clinic down the street. You don't know what you've been missing. This stretch of land looks like a Berlin ghetto in the height of WWII.
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Crimes against the elderly

A 26 year old woman strikes a 70 year old WalMart greeter on Christmas Eve in Batavia, sending her to the hospital. There is no excuse for this type of crime. I'd like to know if the suspect has a previous arrest record. If she does, I hope the judge throws the book at her. If she doesn't, I hope the judge throws the book at her...


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Empty storefront, empty promises

Regular readers of this blog (there are actually two or three of them) have been inquiring about the status of the new WalMart on Seneca Street. It appears to me that it is a dead deal. Here is an excerpt from a May 2010 Buffalo News article on the proposed new business...

Walmart is proposing a smaller supercenter at an old retail site on Seneca Street at the Buffalo-West Seneca border. The store, which would bring 300 jobs, would "eliminate a vacant eyesore" — a large building that has sat empty and been a target for vandals for about eight years, West Seneca Supervisor Wallace Piotrowski said.

The rumor going around town these days is that it is not going to happen. Customers at Tony's Hairstyling on Seneca St. have been wondering about what they call another empty promise by local officials. I laughed when someone close to the situation commented on here that the project was taking a long time because of "environmental studies." Funny, but in areas WalMart actually wants to build, there are never any such delays. We did some digging and think the reason for the company not building here may have been hidden in the very same article. Just look at WalMart as the Bass Pro of South Buffalo...

Last week, he joined Walmart executives from Arkansas for a meeting with Mayor Byron W. Brown in Buffalo City Hall to discuss the project. Formal plans have yet to be submitted for approval.

Red flag! There's your answer.

Walmart eyes Seneca Street location for new store

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Extreme April Fools Joke

How come it seems like almost every crazy story these days is taking place at local Wal Marts? A harmless prank is one thing, but placing crazy glue on a toilet seat in a public restroom? Seems like this could be the work of an antisocial deviant. Police say if the perpetrator is caught, he will most likely be charged with 2nd degree assault. They are hoping the charges will "stick"...

Man Glued to Toilet Seat in Store Bathroom

ELKTON, Md. - Elkton police say a man became stuck to a department store toilet seat after someone spread glue on it.

It happened Thursday evening at the Walmart in Elkton. Officials refused to say how long the man was stuck before he was able to get help.

Police say emergency workers removed the seat from the toilet and took the man out with seat still attached to him. The seat was removed at the emergency room at Union Hospital.

Police say the incident is a second-degree assault case that may have been a random prank the night before April Fool's Day.

Man Glued To Toilet Seat in Store Bathroom

Oh, I'm leaving on that midnight train tomorrow
And I know just where I'm going
I've packed up my troubles and I've thrown them all away
'Cause this time little darling
I'm coming home to stay

I'm stuck on you ...

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Multitasking

Who is the last person you would expect to rob a WalMart at gunpoint? If you said the store's 83 year old greeter, you win $200 and control of the board...

Police in Statesville say an 83-year-old man who worked at a Wal-Mart store as a greeter is in jail, charged with donning a disguise and robbing the store at gunpoint Sunday night.

George Plane Jr., of Mooresville, was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm inside the city limits, police say.

According to police, Plane was working Sunday night in his normal job at the Wal-Mart store in the Crossroads Shopping Center, off Interstate 40 just west of Interstate 77.

Sometime shortly before 7 p.m., police say, Plane went to his car.

Minutes later, a man wearing a disguise returned to the garden center area of the store and pointed a gun at an employee, demanding money from the cash register. Shortly after taking money, police say, the gunman fired at least one shot into the air. Police say the man escaped with money, got in his car and drove off.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/03/08/2120662/wal-mart-greeter-83-charged-in.html#ixzz1G22Uxq8w

Wal-Mart greeter, 83, charged in store robbery - CharlotteObserver.com

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Woman Accused Of Pushing 100-Year-Old Walmart Greeter - Video - WISN Milwaukee

A 100 year old Walmart greeter was shoved to the ground yesterday in Milwaukee. Lois Speelman began working at the store 10 years ago at the age of 90. The 37 year old customer has no past criminal record. People should not be so quick to judge the defendant. Speelman could be a sweet little old lady or a power hungry overzealous employee. We don't know. But assaulting her while she was attempting to do her job, looks like an overreaction on the face of it.

We attempted to contact Speelman's 6th grade teacher to ask her questions about her character but we're told she died 57 years ago...

MILWAUKEE – A 100-year-old greeter at a Milwaukee Walmart was shoved by a customer after the centenarian tried to stop the woman to determine if she'd paid for items that were in the lower part of her shopping cart, police said Monday.

Greeter Lois Speelman fell down and went to a hospital after she was shoved on Sunday."I'm bruised a little, but I'm able to go back to work Thursday," Speelman told The Associated Press from her home on Monday.

Woman Accused Of Pushing 100-Year-Old Walmart Greeter - Video - WISN Milwaukee

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Walmart on Seneca St.

I have to admit, I've never been a big fan of WalMart. Groups opposed to them have documented all the effects they've had on certain communities. The main thing I hate to see is small businesses driven out of business by the retail giant.

However, it seems to me like the proposed Walmart at the former Ames plaza on Seneca St. is a win-win situation for the neighborhood as well as WalMart. I don't see what businesses they would be driving out of town. There isn't much on that part of Seneca St.to drive out and I think this investment could also help spur other businesses to pop up, nearby. It is on a bus route, so I think people from all over the city (who don't drive) might go there. Their money is just as green as anybody else's (unless they are using food stamps). West Seneca mayor Wally"Mart" Piotrowski and Assemblyman "Wall"Mark Schroeder should be commended for dealing directly with WalMart management to get the deal done. I could be wrong, but I feel this is a positive development for Seneca St. I would like to apply for the greeter position. However, from what I understand, some famous people are already being considered.

Walmart eyes Seneca Street location for new store : Eastern Suburbs : The Buffalo News

Always low prices, Sometimes racist

It doesn't take much for something to become a national story these days. Some idiot gets on the intercom system at WalMart and says, "all blacks please leave the store" and crackpots like me are putting it on their blogs all over the country...


The whole non-story reminds me of this scene from Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles...

Always Low Prices (And Low Class Shoppers)

Thank you to correspondent Jenn Shenk-Reiss for sending me this very important story. Another great website I wish I had come up with: We bring you the people of WalMart:

Nothing like going out in public dressed as a stripper.

Time for a nap.

Are you kidding me?

I think I met these two at a party once.

The laws of gravity in full effect.

Gross.

This is what happens when flannel meets polka dots.

Video games should be the last thing on this guy's mind.

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