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Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:02 pmby B-Valvs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090928/ap_ ... air_poll_2Seriously, Walmart is the best thing they could come up with? I thouhght all the choices were bad as a "Symbol of America."
8-)
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:00 amby Hagar
I thouhght all the choices were bad as a "Symbol of America."
The problem with all opinion polls is that the result depends on the way the question is worded & the people taking part. Like the polls on this forum you have to pick one answer from a list or choose "None of the above". This very often gives bizarre results.
I found the poll with the questions & results. How would you have voted?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/25/60minutes/main5339910.shtmlIf you had compiled the poll how would you have worded it?
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:45 amby H
you had compiled the poll how would you have worded it?
With something other than a multiple choice question. The only good thing they did was provide the "None of the above" choice. The older I've gotten, the more frustrated I've become with mutilple choice questions not allowing me to provide a proper answer, something evidently beyond the question-maker's comprehension.8-)
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:53 amby Politically Incorrect
I would have added other options, besides businesses. I would list some, but they would head in the direction of politics.
But I agree with H, at least they added a "none of the above" option. A majority of these style polls never have an option that I would choose.
It doesn't surprise me that WalMart won out given the choices. Everyone knows what WalMart is.
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:51 amby patchz
you had compiled the poll how would you have worded it?
With something other than a multiple choice question. The only good thing they did was provide the "None of the above" choice. The older I've gotten, the more frustrated I've become with mutilple choice questions not allowing me to provide a proper answer, something evidently beyond the question-maker's comprehension.8-)
I resemble that remark.
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:10 pmby Romulus111VADT
Well, at least it's not the outhouse....
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:21 pmby tcco94
I dont even feel comfortable being around Walmart to be honest...
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:52 pmby skoker
Come on! Walmart the symbol of America?
What happened to the classics:
apple pie
big trucks
...
...ShaneG?
well I guess naming members doesn't count!
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:25 pmby Hagar
[quote]Come on!
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:18 amby Brett_Henderson
I have residences in both rural America, and in the heart of a big city. So I get to go back and forth between the "Walmart America", and a "Walmart-less America".
The concept isn't anything new. Walmart is just Kmart, plus a grocery store. I have to admit that I like the "one-stop-shopping".
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:17 pmby Freog
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:15 pmby The Ruptured Duck
They were asking which institution is most american. The best way to conduct a public poll is for people to actually write-in their opinions.
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:17 pmby JBaymore
Walmart is just Kmart, plus a grocery store.
One difference however is that the vast majority of the merchandise at Walmarts comes from China.
Re: Walmart, the Symbol of America?
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Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:59 pmby Steve M
The last time I was in a "Wall"mart I had a hard time finding my way out. The shelves are so high, you can't see a horizon line. I ended up asking a 38D in the brassiere section for directions to the tills. I like like the smaller stores!