On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 21:29:12 -0400, Judy and Dave G wrote:

Hello all

I was at Wal-Mart this afternoon. I needed 6 more purple wave plants.
Well they had 4 of those 6 foot high rolling carts with 6 shelves on
them just loaded with wave plants. But none of them were marked as to
which wave they were. No big surprise.

Here's the problem. Everyone of the plants in that garden center that
wasn't dead, was almost dead. Most were dead. Why? Because they had
not been watered. For God's sake. Water, that's all. I cannot believe
that there is no one that works at the WalMart garden center that does
not realize that plants NEED water to survive. How very, very sad.

Someone had noted last year on these newsgroups that Wal Mart does not
pay for all the flowers that are there. They only pay for what sells.
And if something dies, the supplier takes it back, or pitches it, but
Wal Mart does not have to pay.

What a crock. It was apparent that the plants were healthy before they
died of thirst.
What a sad, sad waste.


Judy I tend to have to agree with you. Wal-Mart is a sad, sad place.
Besides their plant abuse, they have help to destroy the small businesses
that used to supply these same goods. I'm finding it much harder to hand
over my money to these mega box stores who seem to care less about their
customer service with each passing day. I implore you or any other reader
of this, to support your local businesses. The 10 or 20 percent more you
might spend at a local business will support your local economy, not to
mention the customer support that you'll recieve.


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