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WalMart into the Dating Business?????
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Posted By:
X
in McKinney, TX
Jul 15, 2005
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They really are trying to corner every market........
July 15, 2005 — From lingerie to lawn mowers, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer prides itself on offering its customers truly one-stop shopping. Now, customers at a Roanoke, Va., Wal-Mart can peruse the aisles for something extra: <b>a date.</b>
<i>read more...</i>
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=940058&page=1
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Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 | 08:14 AM
I think they got this idea from stores in Germany. IIRC there was a department store there that was trying this out once or twice a week to increase sales. It appeared on the BBC site either late last year, or early this year. |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 | 08:21 AM
Thats what it said on the link Chary!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 | 08:57 AM
Ah, see what I get for not actually reading what you post? 😊 |
Tru
in Other Words
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 | 10:00 AM
I'm open to looking for dates in strange places, but I just don't think I could bring myself to hook up at Walmart... |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 | 10:37 AM
Personally, kinda sounds like fun...were always checking out people when we go there anyway..... |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 | 10:48 AM
Well, considering that I don't go out to 'dating' places a store is about the only chance I'd have. That or work, and work's not a smart thing to do. However, I would never knowingly go on singles night. I'm already pathetic, I don't need to advertise that fact. |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 | 05:29 AM
This is SO 1980s!
<quote>We could happily conclude our history of the shopping cart there, but that would leave out all the sex. Modern shoppers have found new uses for this now seemingly mundane grocery conveyance |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 | 08:34 AM
I assume you really looked into this Maegan....Anything else we should know about you....???? J/K.....One thing I enjoy about going to the market is the fact that there are sooooo many hot women where I live, and I enjoy checking them out. But I don't believe I ever asked one out, all though I have started conv. with some, but they were married, but I probably still had a shot, cause I mean, where are the husbands....why aren't they there???? My G/F and I ALWAYS do the shopping together..... |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 | 11:57 AM
I hate for my husband to come shopping with me. Our bill is usually twice as high. I tend to stick to our list, get what I need, if I see that pasta sauce is on sale, I might pick up a few extra jars...but he gets all kinds of stuff. Extra snacks, and junk food...coke...
So it's just easier to leave him at home, or better yet, go while he's still at work. So I can put everything away without him getting into it! |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 | 11:58 AM
Oh, and just for the record, I had read this story previously on snopes.com, and knew it sounded familiar when I read the WalMart story. |
Jockamo
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 | 07:22 AM
There's a loblaws in downtown Toronto that was rated the 2nd best place in Ontario to hook up...
Thats just weird.... |
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 08:36 AM
Wal-Mart have <a href="http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBFOZR1IBE.html">cancelled the program.</a> |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 02:59 PM
<I>"I'm disappointed," said Firebaugh, 63. "Where can someone over 40 who doesn't smoke or drink or go to bars meet someone?" </i>
The retirement home? |
D F Stuckey
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 | 04:01 AM
Only goes to show, even walMart has realised that the biggest hoax of all is love.
After all, if you can't measure, observe and touch something then it doesn't exist . . . Love fits all these categories. |
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