Why I won’t be shopping at Wally World (Wal-Mart) this holiday season (rant, long)

Now those of you that know me well, know that I normally don’t use my blog to rant, only to rave.  However, this situation has made me so po’ed that I had to post it to my blog to get it off of my chest.  So here goes.

I have been a faithful Wal-Mart shopper for a long time.  I used to like shopping at Wal-Mart because my dollar could go further there.  I even bought a little bit of Wal-Mart stock via Sharebuilder.  Recent events have changed my mind about Wal-Mart.

Around last year this time, I married my husband Bobby.  When I met him he was divorced with three kids.  He got injured while working for Wal-Mart.  He was unloading a truck (which wasn’t the job he was trained to do) that was loaded incorrectly and the stuff that he was unloading fell on both of his arms and subsequently broke both of his wrists.  He also was born with over 300 allergies (most of them are to medications), so treatment is pretty tough.  To make matters worse, the manager that was on duty at the time filled out the form that they use to report injuries on incorrectly.  The manager put down that only his left arm was injured when in actuality both of his arms were injured.  So they paid him for his left arm, but not his right arm.  He developed carpel tunnel in his left wrist since he had to overcompensate to make up for the loss of the use in his right hand.  About the middle of last year, they cut off his worker’s compensation checks.  This court case has been dragging on for like two or three years.

So now all of our income comes from one person, me.  I do have two part time jobs and I’m running my own business, but the thing that is making me the angriest is the fact that my husband gets so depressed sometimes because he can’t do the things that he used to do before his injuries.  The other reason I won’t be able to shop at Wal-Mart is the time factor.  Between  working at my other jobs, running my business, taking care of a sick husband and juggling being a step-mom, I barely have time to sleep and eat, let alone shop.

The other reason I’m not shopping at Wal-Mart is because they did the same thing to my brother-in-law.  Like I said, I’m not advocating a boycott or anything, I’ve just got to get this off of my chest so I can go back to being my happy, positive self! Thanks for listening!