Awesome Bases
I can’t say I hate-hate Wal-Mart. I know they’ve got all kinds of arguments stacked up against them and I’ve sworn that big box cattle car off on more than one hair-pulling trip… but man, at one int he morning their home-town hating, 24/7 corporate empire makes life convenient when you need that certain “je ne sai quoi”. That and it’s got a toy section that goes a long way to pacifying Little Dude when he hears grocery shopping is on the agenda.
And while that perspective in and of itself might qualify me as a frumpy, red state hater of righteousness, humanity and taste, I’m sure when the world crashes and we’re on the lam from roaming bands of cannibals/radiated, Clydsdale-sized cockroaches, the husks of burned out Wal-Marts– with their massive parking lots and limited-window architecture– will make awesome bases.
In the mean time, for those who do visit Wal-Mart, this clip is a casual/artsy reminder that yeah, Wal-Mart might not ever sleep, but visiting between the hours of 6-8 pm and sampling the five-deep, 20-minute-wait checkout line is still the shopping equivalent to losing the will to live.
Stephen Wilkes – Time-Lapse: A Day at A Walmart Store from BERNSTEIN & ANDRIULLI on Vimeo.
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