Man, I HATE Wal-Mart! The one here in Asheville is reputed to be the biggest one in the world (at least when it opened, which was last year), and it's *so* distracting I can't go in there during the day- all the people and noise make me feel... I dunno, wierd. It's the only place in public I feel like that too.
The local supermarket here (Ingles) is usually a pretty nice place to shop, especially the bigger ones. No TV's, no muzak
Oh, and the really scary part is? Playing music while people shop has been statistically shown to encourage the buying of more stuff. Also, you know why malls are laid out so insane-confusing like? Because people buy more stuff if they're disoriented. Probably why Albertson's (what is that? a grocery store?) is so confusing.
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