Remembering the old stores/good memories

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Mr Magoo wrote:

Here's some good memories of today's wonderful alamo-ghetto, from the land of "Not what I can do for you, but what can you do for me", that will stick in my mind for the rest of my born days.
Walmart, and Lowes. Two shitholes who couldn't give a rat's ass about a customer, or about moving their dead asses for anybody.
I'll speak of both shithole establishment's bakeries.
I've discovered that Walmart has a bread slicer! Holy shit batman, Walmart came out of the stone age! But the catch is, the people who work there must only slice a few loaves on some special holiday, or occasion, maybe sombody in the back had a few hits of meth, and had a little bit extra energy that day?
Anyway, you won't find not one goddamn loaf of any bread they make-sell sliced, because this is the land of the lazy, the land of a day late, and a dollar short, the land of "I get paid wetback wages, what do you expect from me"?
Cries to them, management has fallen on deaf ears.
I'd literally have to call in a swat team to get any results from this deadbeat establishment. A walmart? A far cry from I'm afraid.
OK, now onto the other shithole in town, known as Lowes. Here, they make what appears to be a 1/2 way decent french sandwich bread, useful for subs, etc. But only one place in town gets such bread, and that is your super, award winning "Brown Bag Deli", which couldn;t be a pimple on a real Sub joint anywhere else in the country.
Anyway, I placed a special request with the manager in the bakery, and I was told "This bread is very hard to make, costs more money, bla bla bla, just a runaround of more lazy excuses. Same with the main managers at this store. Your pleas go in one ear, and out the other, you aren't changing their gae plan, just like you cannot change any other businesses game plan in this town, they all have heads like rocks, know only how to d things one way, and it's their way, or there's the door, and take your business elsewhere.
Well, guess what? I do take my business elsewhere, screw all you people and your crap businesses, which you think are something so extra special here. You ain't! Screw ya!
Rant off. Magoo.

Heisenberg wrote:

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In response to Mr Magoo.
Walmart had sliced French Bread today when I shopped there.
And they're charging you too, an additional 62 cents for slicing it. Price of un-sliced 98 cents, price of sliced $1.60. Agreed, freaking shysters in this town would sell you ice in the winter time. And walmart's the biggest offender.

Neat Stuff wrote:

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You're right. there was a drug store where the Winner circle is now located.
Also there was a 5 & 10 cent store where EZ TV is. Can not recall the name.

Heisenberg wrote:

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In response to Mr Magoo.
Walmart had sliced French Bread today when I shopped there.
And they're charging you too, an additional 62 cents for slicing it. Price of un-sliced 98 cents, price of sliced $1.60. Agreed, freaking shysters in this town would sell you ice in the winter time. And walmart's the biggest offender.

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Wow wrote:

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I know this is an old post, but when I read it, it was right in line with something that happened to me yesterday (Sunday). I went through the drive-thru at McDonald's and got a drink and a burger. The burger I got doesn't usually come with lettuce and I asked that they add it. They charged me 40 cents for a little sprikling of shredded lettuce that in the end really made no difference to the sandwich. I won't be making that mistake again. Next time they can keep their 2 cents worth (or less) of lettuce and I'll keep my 40 cents in my pocket.

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Actually wrote:

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Why would you post that under good memories? Why don't you call corporate and complain about it? There is no one here that can help you with this issue.

Toe Picks Police wrote:

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Well lookie here. We have a Topix policewoman on duty today. She's wanting to tell people what they can and can't post to these threads. Everybody watch out. You might get a ticket from her. LMAO!

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Actually wrote:

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Um, I'm not a woman but common sense escapes some people.

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Sure you're a woman. Just look at how you're in other people's business and trying to boss them around like you own the place. Hint: You don't own Topix. Is that common sense enough for you?

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JDMoore wrote:

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I remember Mr. Swiss' french fries, best in town

John Zschiebsch wrote:

I remember mr. Swiss as having the prettiest girls working there including my first sweetheart and wife soon after it first opened. But the fries were cool too
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Who Remembers wrote:

Hey who remembers the old outhouse up on north florida avenue as i miss that ol' place when nature called.

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Paul Townsend wrote:

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Rereading this made me think of the streaker in the mid-70s at Baskin Robbins.
In junior high, we went to the KMart to do a Chistmas gift wrapping fundraiser.
I remember getting fish & chips at Alfie's, which used British newspaper newspapers to wrap their stuff ... loved reading the strange stories from England.
I recall going up to the old sandstone Indian wells and finding arrowheads and stuff like that.
Mrs. Skinner, my fifth grade teacher at Buena Vista, went to Trinity Site and came back with "trinitite" and gave me a small piece. That should explain my thyroid problem, no?

Debbie Branstetter wrote:

I was was also stationed at Holloman in 1971. Very fond memories. The Back Door Saloon for one! Does anyone remember the Quin Tikis that used to play there?

Resident wrote:

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Do you remember the Red Rooster?

Debbie Branstetter wrote:

I was was also stationed at Holloman in 1971. Very fond memories. The Back Door Saloon for one! Does anyone remember the Quin Tikis that used to play there?