WalMart blows....

[wuvmybetta]

Oh I know And right back atcha Ya know what sucks (uh oh..I might be straying off topic) Tuesday wanted a clean fish bowl so she could make blue jello and put gummy fish in it, so I drove her alll the way across town to Hobby Lobby today, knowing I could get a bowl cheaper and closer at WM,but screw em. Then I remembered the dogs food on my way home and it was like a slap in the face. It was like WM was sayng "hah hah *****, you know you need us,you forgot Petsmart didn't you? Look how close we are "

If only we could destroy the heart of Walmart..
*looks toward mirror*

 

[Ethos]

I'm really mixed on the subject. I have lost my footing where I stand.
My aunt use to own a small store in the same complex where a walmart moved into 4 months after she had the Grand Opening. Stores like walmart and target made her close down.
(She was a home-product shop owner, so she sold alot of the stuff they did)
But she ended up firing 18 emploes, then she had 12 people running the whole store, and before long, they had to close down. the employies got tired an 4 of them quit, and she couldn't hold up the finances.
So she doesn't go to walmart or target, and shops at locally owned and based stores.

On the other hand, walmart is 5 mins away, has cheap, decent quality stuff, and I can buy more for less.

So really, all in all, I dont know. All I do is argue with the people manning the aquatics, call the manager, and refuse to buy fish there.
But I do buy bettas.
So really, I'm saving myself money, while shooting myself in the foot!

 

[BettaMomma]

>insert Marge Simpson type groan here<

Just thinking about this topic makes me want to bang my head on the desk and I don't know why.

I feel your pain Wuv

What's keeping Walmart in the fish business is uninformed beginners who keep replacing their fish every time one dies. Period. Those who have saved fish from Walmart are just an insignificant drop in the bucket.

This isn't directed solely at you Synirr - but to everyone. I stopped reading this entire thread after the post you made that I quoted above. I haven't read anymore - I just can't. I'm taking the whole opening of this as a direct stab at me, because I am obviously the most vocal person about this whole topic, and WalMart is my main target.

I'm not going to go into how I go about doing what I do as far as WM is concerned, or why. I think you all know - cuz I've said it here a hundred times. I don't want to get any more ticked off than I already am. You're throwing out some pretty deep insults and namecalling at some of us, and I am taking it pretty personally. I'm going to sign off this forum, maybe for a while, maybe permanently - this whole post has made me feel basically like you're calling me an insignificant idiot and that everything I have ever done for the better of the fish has been for nothing because of how completely insignificant everything I have done really is.

Well, I personally think what I have accomplished as far as fish care goes, even if it's in just a few shops in my town, has had some kind of impact. I rant, rave, ***** and raise all kinds of hell. And I am DAMN proud of it.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinions on how to handle fish, you're certainly entitled to think that those of us who drag sick and/or dying fish home are doing something insanely stupid. I think that people that leave them behind are heartless, sometimes. However, I have never once thrown out insults or namecalling onto ANYONE who decides that what I do isn't for them.

I'm not sure if you're just having a bad day, or if some burr is stuck in your hiney, but I for one am incredibly offended, and suddenly feel like all the time, effort and heartbreak I've invested in saving my little brood of fish has just been completely undermined and made out to be the stupidest most meaningless insignificant adventure.

Whatever. I'm out.

 

[wuvmybetta]

BM you should read the rest of the thread. You are by NO means the only one here who saves ill fish. I was you two years ago and I stuck with it for well over a year,nearing two and I'm still all for it.

It may seem like you're the only one, although I don't know why, just look at the front page of the betta forum and you can see half a dozen WM rescue threads.

 

[mm_simb]

This isn't directed solely at you Synirr - but to everyone. I stopped reading this entire thread after the post you made that I quoted above. I haven't read anymore - I just can't. I'm taking the whole opening of this as a direct stab at me, because I am obviously the most vocal person about this whole topic, and WalMart is my main target...

I agree with you BM so don't feel so alone. I understand what you do and know that nobody is going to stop you. You've been so inspiring for so many people and even to me. I normally don't speak out to people about how they treat their pets (including fish) but ever since I saw how some people here are I've since spoken up for them.

 

[cation]

Bettamomma, if you didn't read the whole thread, you missed the fact that you were singled out as the example of the right way to do it, if you're going to. If you can't be bothered to read the whole thread before you storm off in a huff, thought, I can't be bothered to find the post where I was saying nice things about the way YOU do things. Find it yourself. I found your lack of interest in any of my points combined with your assumption that you knew what the thread said without reading the whole discussion offensive, but I'm a big girl, so I'll suck it up.


If you want to leave, leave. I'm not going to stop you or beg you to stay. I think it's a shame, but only you can decide whether or not this is the right place for you.

 

[BettaMomma]

I'm sorry, I am so offended and pissed right now I can't read it.
Maybe I'll come back later and finish it, but I also have to leave soon - have volleyball tonight and I really need to calm down before I go there.

And yeah, you're right - I know there are other souls out there who rescue fish, I didn't mean it to sound like I think I am the only one that sticks their neck out. I am just one who is VERY vocal on here about it - I didn't get over 3000 posts in just a few months miraculously.

I'm still really, really offended. You have NO idea.

 

[cation]

I'm still really, really offended. You have NO idea.

Right back atcha, sister.


And apparently you weren't reading very carefully, just letting your anger get you all bent out of shape, because the post you stopped reading it was AFTER the post I made regarding your rescue practice.

 

[BettaMomma]

If you want to leave, leave. I'm not going to stop you or beg you to stay. I think it's a shame, but only you can decide whether or not this is the right place for you.

I will go back and read the entire thread when I get home.
I have to leave for volleyball right now - I just don't have time to read it all right now. It's not that I don't want to, because in all honesty I would like to stay home and debate this whole thing...

I am leaving the second I post this because I will most likely already be late - it's not that I"m blowing the rest of the posts off, but I kind of did just because I can't be completely irate when I leave to go to volleyball - I need to calm down first.

I'm not exactly sure what you hoped to do by opening up this topic, but you've really opened up a huge can of worms, I tell ya.

I'm sure I'll see things a bit differently later when I come back and read the entire thing, but right now I just feel like I've been kicked in the ass and told I'm a freakin idiot for what I've been doing. And that sucks!

oh, and Why would YOU be offened?

 

[BettaMomma]

I'm still really, really offended. You have NO idea.

Right back atcha, sister.


And apparently you weren't reading very carefully, just letting your anger get you all bent out of shape, because the post you stopped reading it was AFTER the post I made regarding your rescue practice.

YOu never specifically said anything about me, AND if you read it - it says that when we ***** about stuff, it make it just sort of okay.

Like I said, I have to go right now - my team is going to kill me.
I'll be glad to come back and we can discuss this as soon as I get back.

And no, I didn't get in a "huff" - I have to leave!!!

 

[cation]

I'm not exactly sure what you hoped to do by opening up this topic, but you've really opened up a huge can of worms, I tell ya.

You haven't been here long enough to know this, but that's what I do. I don't just let issues that bother me go unsaid, especially when the board that I'm posting on has so many potential animal activists right here, ripe for the picking. But since all you seem to be able to do is take this thread personally (when in reality it has close to NOTHING to do with you or what you do), I'm pretty much done discussing it with you.

 

[cation]

YOu never specifically said anything about me, AND if you read it - it says that when we ***** about stuff, it make it just sort of okay.

I didn't? Really?

Ask Bettamomma - she's one of the few on here who makes a true and stong stand for the fish she buys. She doesn't just buy them quietly then crow about "saving them".

 

[BettaMomma]

Ripping on people for saving fish from WalMart has nothing to do with me?

I have to go, but I will be back.

 

[BettaMomma]

I stand corrected. You did call me out - I was starting to see red at the time and completly missed it.

I apologize - I just missed it.

It still makes me irate that other people are ripped on for this.
I REALLY have to go now.

 

[cation]

(oops, forgot to quote) this is in response to this thread having to do directly with you....

Nope, actually it doesn't. I know, hard to believe the world doesn't revolve around you. Honestly, though, that's a hard one for me to remember too, so I can't fault you for that....

This thread has to do with all of the recent attention getting posts from people complaining about the way walmart treats fish, then acting like they're making a difference because they bought a fish.