Walmart lawsuit.

[wheel interested]

My very wise eighth grade teacher and mentor taught me, The intelligent won't insult you and the ignorant can't."

[richie rich]

I like Walmart. It's a circus!

[richie rich]

When I spoke of the Walmart baby, I was referring to the movie in which a young lady finds herself homeless and camps out inside the store.It was a comedy totally unrelated to the meth junkie story. From what I've heard,huge Walmart barges empty their supplies here in the U.S. and go back to China with an empty ship.Camping on board that barge would be the proverbial SLOW BOAT TO CHINA! If I were to embark on said journey,once arriving at the wall I would proceed to bang the gong slowly in hopes of return passage.Carry on. Richie Rich.

[wheel interested]

Ohhh I remember that movie now, it was funny.


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[rogerdodger]

I too, have used W.M. overnite. From central California, it is a long drive to get out of state, so overnite to sleep is a good option. A small fee, used as credit, is a good idea. Also, in Cali, some local govt(city) have passed no overnite in W.M. and signs are posted, so ALWAYS check with management. If posted no overnite, they will enforce it. Central coast 5 cities, Arroyo Grande it is one. Placerville is another one.

[wheel interested]

My personal choice of refuge on the road is a rest stop. That is what they are intended for and I think very well equipped for it, and many suprisingly special. But there does come a time and not always planned that we need to just pull on over. Wal-Marts are always a welcome oasis to me for refueling on gasoline, supplies and rest. I leave you to repair as befits your granduer but I want to tell others they need not be hesitant to stop there if the local ordinances allow. Please stop before you fall asleep at the wheel. Spend up at Wal-Mart and I think that is the responsible thing to do in a pinch, or any other travel center along the highway. Not all travelers preschedule their stops and there is a need and provision made by many an establishment.

[Jammer]

Minnesota recently passed a law outlawing stops at rest stops longer than 6 hours except for commercial drivers.

[wheel interested]

Six hours is golden to someone needing a wink of sleep. It is regrettable that some abuse the privilege to make this mandate necessary but I wonder myself why anyone would want to spend more time at a rest stop, well except for the reason of increasing homelessness. "We don't know where you can go but you can't stay here... " Has anyone been in this situation and how have you prevailed against that?

Very much off topic but perhaps a common occurrance, I stopped at Sun City and the guard had no hesitation to visit my newly parked Airstream and inform me about infractions he could circumvent. As I told him I was not interested... And you thought seniors were benign... And yes he tried to steal a kiss!!!

[ROBERTSUNRUS]

Hi, yesterday while driving through the Wal-Mart parking lot, I saw a guy putting up some signs. [I couldn't read them] Today we noticed some signs stating that Subway was going to open up somewhere in the Town Center and then we noticed some other signs all around the parking lot.................












I don't know why and didn't ask, but there has been more homeless RVs and quite a massive truck [big rig] congregation for the past six months. We thought all of the trucks had to do with the remodeling of Walmart, but that's been over for a few months now.

[Lothlorian]

Only in America. A rest stop with limited time to rest. RV parks angry because people spend the night at a Walmart. When we stay at a Walmart I usually go in the store and by things we need. Wake up in the morning and get coffee so we can leave. Maybe if the RV parks would lower their prices people would stay at their parks. I called a private RV park and they wanted $41.00 dollars for me to stay there from 11:00 P.M. until 6:00 A.M. I went to the Walmart five minutes away and parked with the truckers. I guess it is OK for truckers but not RV's. Doesn't make any sense.

Brian

[Shacksman]

Originally Posted by ROBERTSUNRUS

Hi, yesterday while driving through the Wal-Mart parking lot, I saw a guy putting up some signs. [I couldn't read them] Today we noticed some signs stating that Subway was going to open up somewhere in the Town Center and then we noticed some other signs all around the parking lot.................












I don't know why and didn't ask, but there has been more homeless RVs and quite a massive truck [big rig] congregation for the past six months. We thought all of the trucks had to do with the remodeling of Walmart, but that's been over for a few months now.

We saw the same signs at a Walmart in North Carolina. I went in and asked the manager and she said it was fine to stay the night, the signs are to allow them to get rid of trouble makers. We stayed the night with no problem.

[KerriO]

It seems like a decent compromise would be for them to implement some sort "one night only —*in after sunset, out before 10am" rule (or something similar).

[Mikethefixit]

Robert
We have the same signs here. They dont want the big trucks on thier lot. Delieverys only. There is a Bob Evans and a Subway and the one Drive In Resturant that they deliver the meal on skates. I also ask and its a CITY Ordinance NO BIG TRUCK PARKING .I did ask about RV's and they said it was ok as long as people ask.

[mo_in_mo]

Wow - this is the first I've heard of this. I guess I'd always figured we could use Wal-Mart in case of "emergency"!

[Eric H]

Sounds like a tough argument actually... If campgrounds closed up and campers were forced to stay at Wally World I could then see them turning around and charging for the right to stay... that's their business practice in everything else they do so why not camping? Tough one.

[Jaxon]

Originally Posted by Eric H

Sounds like a tough argument actually... If campgrounds closed up and campers were forced to stay at Wally World I could then see them turning around and charging for the right to stay... that's their business practice in everything else they do so why not camping? Tough one.

Nothing tough about this story at all. If I’m traveling through a town on a longer trip and just need a place to rest/sleep for 8 to 10 hours, if the local campgrounds can’t accomodate me for a reduced fee, then they better not try and keep me from staying at a Walmart or local truckstop.

Walmart is accomodating a group of folks who by their nature, shop alot at Walmart. Campgrounds should follow suite - good business, good karma. By trying to force me to use their place of business by trying to shut down alternative resources for RV’ers, that crosses the line.

If they feel they’re “loosing” business to Walmart, then instead of strong-arming the customer and whinning about it, why not try to accomodate campers and adjust their business model. Maybe their reluctance to change and adapt to changing conditions is the reason for the lack of business and loss of revenues?

[Eric H]

Ahh yes, unfettered capitalism. We can all hope that one day Wal-Mart can just buy up all the campgrounds and public parks and pave them over too. God forbid there should be any push to keep anyone away from Wal-mart so they can get at all of their quality Chinese merchandise after spending the night under their beautiful mercury halide lights.
You're actually using terms like "Strong Arming" for local campgrounds and those who support them? HA, Wal-Mart strong arms local governments, local shops and their own workforce, it's just disgraceful. I've been through many small southern towns with decaying down towns and boarded up businesses because of your friends at Wal-Mart. And FYI, "Wal-Mart" and "Good Karma" don't belong in the same paragraph.

[navyspook]

I remember when there were just "local" shops. They closed at 5 PM except some were open Wednesday night until 9 PM. They closed at 5 PM on Saturday and were closed Sunday. Walmart changed the game...banks used to close at 3 PM (Bankers Hours), Doctors were closed every Thursday, and hardware stores charged $30 for a claw hammer. They charged $30 because the cost to produce it in America was ridiculously high, so the jobs moved overseas...not Walmart's fault. Should they sell only American products and go bankrupt?

I know, I know, Don't argue with an idiot, he'll pull you down to his level and beat you with experience...

[Airtandem]

wake-up people; it isn't Wally, George or the Big O, it is you causing alll the problems. As Navy said, why pay $30 for a hammer when you can get from the same thing from Eastern markets fro $15. Same goes for oil, gas, cars etc.Things are produced for less money there thean we can and it all goes back to the american greed. We can't afford the items we produce and that is mostly because of wages. We talk about "sweat shops and the items produced, but look who is purchasing them, we are! The same for cars, if it wasn't for the high import taxes the big 3 still doesn't compete. Also look at the quality of the cars.
Next is health care; who is causing the prices to rise? About half of us are paying for the other half and that proportion is changing. I just had a Dr visit that was $125
medicare allowed $68 and paid 61 cents; who do think is paying that bill?
So don't blame Wally, George or Obama for our problems, look in a mirror.

[ROBERT CROSS]

We CHOOSE not too use Walmart, that's a option we all have.

We also choose not to share the reasons...

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Bob