Roody:

I have no idea why you equate shopping decisions with liberalism but nevertheless, I avoid Wal-Mart as we discussed on another thread because I simply don't like the atmosphere/ambience. I shop Amazon and other online retailers because--anonymity and ease of shopping/peace.

I have a few retailers I frequent but for the most part I avoid physically buying from stores. Sure, I may be generalizing but after years of: "cashier won't get off the cell phone, employees bickering, employees cannot discuss the product, employee doesn't know where to find the product, employee stops assisting me to take a 10 minute phone call (but I came to the store), interrupts my transaction to help someone for whatever reason, the long lines, the fussy people, the crying babies, the parents cursing their children, children wandering without supervision, the arguing, employees can't be bothered, 'damn what do you want?' attitudes"---I won't apologize for making choices that benefit my peace.

As I have aged, my patience has decreased so to save myself the aggravation--sure I shop Amazon, Ebay, Overstock. If this makes me a liberal which apparently is a "bad" thing--so be it. I love shopping online.

My biggest issue is that blasted Paypal. A lot of retailers use it but I just want to use my credit card. This is so frustrating. I get the concept of PayPal ---I just wish more online retailers kept it as a choice as opposed to the only way to make a payment.


Billymc: Doesn't WalMart consider America the armpit of its business enterprise?

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