our local Home Depot (in Findlay about 30 min from me- closest one) has closed.Originally Posted by RICHARD
and I just quoted the Half soy, half salmon b/c that made me giggle but really I'm thinking - YUCK!!
this is a good point.
I live in a small town that for many many years did without a Walmart, has mom/pop groceries and many home grown restaurants. Unfortunately, you pay for convenience b/c what you can get at the mom/pop groceries are usually more expensive than found in BB. True story I bought a package of sliced cheese at our local mom/pop grocery for $3.97 - I went to Walmart and happened to see the same product for $1.50. When this happened, the gas prices weren't as outrageous as now but even with them as high as they were then, it still paid to do your business OUT of town. We had a local store that was similiar to Big Wheel, called Pamida. I know it isn't local - b/c there are others around just not as conglomerated as Walmart. I rarely shopped there b/c 1)their prices were astronomical 2) they revamped their store and made it harder than Hades to get around in. When I was on crutches last year, I tried to shop there using the scooter, there was no way I could get where I wanted to, b/c there was no room. I left and went to Walmart where the aisles are bigger and more handicap accessible.
Pamida ended up closing in April-it just couldn't keep up with Walmart.
I do shop/give my money to the local yocal restaurants around town, (the only chain restaurants we have are fast food) but when I travel to Findlay, I rarely go to the local restaurants there, b/c they have more chain restaurants there and a lot less the local yocal ones. But there are people that live in Findlay that will drive 30+ minutes to eat at our mom/pop establishments- so that's saying something for quality.
this is true as well MOST of the time. We have a well known steak restaurant here in my town that's been in business for YEARS. Its locally owned and operated. For quite a few years, my department from work had our Christmas party there b/c we enjoy the food, atmosphere, and they had an upstairs room where we could be served that was out of the public eye. When you work in the medical profession in a small town, (law enforcement and public service as well) you don't want people to see you drinking and smoking and yakking it up. At least that is the mentality of our town and my boss. Right before our Christmas party, they called my boss and said would you want to share the room with another party? my boss said "NO" they said well you don't have enough people for that room so we are moving you. ummm well we want somewhere where we will be out of the way. "yea whatever" was the response. We were seated in a corner with all these tables around us, our waitress had many other tables so our service SUCKED, (when you are up in the upstairs room - you get one dedicated waitress) so John Q Public was sitting there watching us eat/drink/smoke and open our white elephant gifts. Which for lack of room we had piled on the floor what we thought was out of the way until our waitress KICKED the gift out of her way. Come to find out the party that was going on in "our" room was from an out of county hospital. They chose to put the out of county party ahead of us, when we had reserved that room for a year in advance. My boss was livid and we haven't been back there since!
So you are right - if the product from a big business is not up to par - you won't be back, but in this instance if the product and service of a local mom/pop restaurant SUCKS as well, but I get good food/service at a chain restaurant, I'll be going there.
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