Pretentious....

not a big fan of pretentious people...i volunteer for meals on wheels and today when I got there, there was this girl talking about Target and Wal-Mart and how she loves Target and could just hug Target, and that she would much rather pay more for her toilet paper rather than buy it from Wal-Mart and then the funny thing is that she and the person who she was discussing it with look at me for some input...not sure why they thought that I would agree with them, because I am not the most agreeable person and I had a look on my face that screamed "i don't agree with you and i can't stand hearing you talk"...anyway, at which point I calmly said that I have absolutely nothing against Wal-Mart and that the company is very good at business and that if I am closer to Wal-Mart than I have no problems stopping by and shopping. the girl who was ready to hug Target just said "well, I am very loyal to Target, they donate so much to local charities" to which I just started looking in other direction...seriously, nowadays ALL companies (well, ALL LARGE companies) donate to local charities, especially in the state where they are based out of...To say that Target donates more than Wal-Mart is ridiculous. I am glad that she is loyal to Target, it's good that she is, I guess, but it's silly to say I am willing to overpay for toilet paper only to support Target. If Target were to charge $3.00 more for toilet paper, would she stay loyal? If Target were going through rought times and did not carry toilet paper, will she go with paper towels? Why are people SOOO against the idea of NOT being restricted to just one store.
I personally like Target a lot better than Wal-Mart, I won't drive out of my way to go to Target or Wal-Mart. There is nothing wrong with having a preference, mine is Target, but what is the deal with people who just can't STAN Wal-Mart. I have yet to hear somebody give me a good reason what it is that Wal-Mart has done to them that they are so strongly opinionated, most of them rely on just "they descriminate against women and they pay very poorly to store personell" Well, most store personell at Target (cashiers for example) don't make all that much either. Anyway, it's a stupid arguement as to why they HATE Wal-Mart and would never shop there.
oh and then i did mention to the other lady that I mostly go to Target because I grocery shop there and that same girl again was like "oh, yeah, i totally love them, they have so much really good pre-made stuff, and I love their Archer Farms stuff"...that is when I definitely decided that i am done contributing to the conversation and just walked away...seriously, I don't buy premade stuff, and Archer Farms stuff while is ok, it's no better than other branded stuff, really, and money-wise, well, Archer Farms is not exactly cheap.
Anyway, just needed to vent...like i said, I don't like close-minded and pretentious people....i am usually pretty good at staying away from them, today though I wasn't so lucky...