Shopping At Wal-Mart

Shopping at Wal-Mart By Elton Camp Worse economic woes could be in store So I watch what I spend as never before And that is now the principal reason why That our Wal-Mart is where I usually buy At that place, I find very little I can praise, Except that it’s true, “Low Prices Always” And I can even understand the reasons why Their own store brands they urge me to buy But if saving money wasn’t any object at all At a much nicer store I would prefer to call One that would help me get out to my car And closer parking so I don’t walk so far At an establishment where the clerk tries To help me find what’s in my own size Where checkout lines don’t reach the wall And my money is taken without any stall Where the employees don’t give a blank stare And about giving good service, show they care A place where they carry the quality brands Rather than having mainly the unknown cans And in a building where I don’t walk a mile From the entrance to the milk and bread aisle To a pharmacy where they don’t close for lunch So they can eat together—the whole bunch To a business that doesn’t look for a cheater With a person in the guise of a store greeter One that beggars at the entrance won’t allow Who try to milk me like I am some cash cow As soon as I approach the door, they begin And when I am trying to leave, do it again “Please give to the cause near to my heart. So that doing our new project we can start.” If I could afford extra money to give away It sure wouldn’t be costs like that I’d defray As I drive out of the enormous parking lot I wish I could afford a better shopping spot