You think thats bad, a Walmart near me has the all time high record for losses due to theft! At night the scum comes out with there welfare credit cards, and in the front of the store there are carts filled with items that they could not afford or the welfare card would not purchase. I will never go back or near this place again.

Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler 92-Jetta GWC www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Mon, 17 May 2004, Jeff at Vanagonparts wrote:

> The "urban center" rule is probably a good one. I, for one, refuse to shop > at our local Walmart here in Sacramento (on Truxel Road) due to the huge > number of morons and low-lifes that frequent the place. Unfortunately, that > includes the people who work there. It seems that this Walmart only hires > people with a 6th grade education or less. I just couldn't handle it > anymore. > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Chris Sullivan > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:05 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: cross country camping suggestions?? > > > On May 17, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Stan Wilder wrote: > > > Who are the Wal Mart customers at your neighborhood Wal Mart? > > A lot of it depends on the local Wal-Mart, I'd gather. > > I've done the "boondocking in Wal-Mart's car park" thing, and in all > but urban centers it's a perfectly safe thing to do. In fact, there's > a lot of good sides to using a Wal-Mart parking lot, including having a > convenient place to purchase supplies (and often fuel as well). In a > couple of circumstances, I'd further add that it was downright > pleasant: I had friendly "neighbors" (other RVers) who were quiet, and > at one Wal-Mart (St. George, UT if I remember right) the security staff > made an effort to be friendly to the boondockers. > > There has been a lot of discussion on many of the RV lists about > "Wal-Mart do's and don'ts". In brief: be discreet, don't set up tents > or outside furniture (pushing up the tent-roof on a Westy is usually > okay), and don't set up the charcoal BBQ. Don't leave a mess, and > don't throw away massive amounts of trash in outdoor trashcans. Some > Wal-Marts have set up a dumpster or other such waste container near the > edge of the parking lot: a small reasonable amount of trash dumped here > is OK. It's also a good indication that "this is where RVs should > park." Specifically asking permission is usually not required, however > keep a lookout for "No Overnight Parking/Camping" signs, and if they > are present, move on. Overnight stays only. > > An interesting documentary on the Wal-Mart Boondocking phenomenae: > http://www.highplainsfilms.org/fp_nowhere.html > Also worth reading: http://www.phrannie.org/boondock.html > > A recent trip in my Westy resulted in me doin' the Wally World thing in > Northern California, with a couple of elderly couples as neighbors. > Got a lot of comments on the ol' Wedge. It was a Good Thing. > > -fedl >