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To: Kirk © who wrote (9155)	10/8/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: Justa Werkenstiff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15132

Kirk: You made my point. The workers must be ready, able and willing to work. The workers on the curb are not qualified to work at Walmart. The jobs are left unfilled and you wait in rock concert lines like me to buy your crap.

To: Kirk © who wrote (9155)	10/8/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: Rock Fish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15132

>you should probably go look at the little Mom n Pop >stores and see how long the lines are before you jump >to conclusions. >You MAY be right, but consumers may be switching to low >price faster than we get closures in small stores with >good service. A checker at WalMart may handle the dollar >volume in an hour that a Mom n Pop store might do in a >day (if lucky). I was at Costco on Lawrence yesterday at noon buying 26 pounds of mayonaise and could swear that the entire Bay Area took a day off work to go shopping. The entire 17 acre parking lot was full. The California assembly just approved a Bill outlawing new Costcos, so that Mom and Pop stores (like Safeway and Lucky) have a better chance of making it. Personally, I would rather read consumer reports and buy my vaccuum cleaner from the huge box store rather than Mom n Pop. I bought my last unit from Mom & Pop, was lied to, and taken to the cleaners. Rock Fish