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Walmart Stored Value Cards Compromised
morcheeba writes "It appears that Walmart's pre-paid gift cards have been hacked. Customers are buying cards and finding that criminals have already emptied them of value. It seems someone has access to Walmart's database and/or registration data, and can create clones of recently activated cards. (via engadget)"
The joke is inherent in the intentional misspelling of "customers".
And what's so bad with Wal*Mart coming in to a small town? You don't like new jobs in a small town? My uncle would be extremely pleased if a Wal*Mart came into his area - right now he's working in a lumber mill that caused his hands to be crushed several times now, and he's making less than a cashier at a retail store! Don't assume every person weeps when the "evil" Wal*Mart builds a store. Your choice of words - "taking over" - is quite negative, when a new Wal*Mart in the area definitely is not something negative.
All large companies today began as small companies in the past. To complain that Wal*Mart doesn't give Ed's Groceries a chance is ridiculous. Wal*Mart didn't suddenly pop into a super size existence - it grew. It grew from the size small businesses are today. Those small businesses are the same size of company as Wal*Mart was years ago. Wal*Mart started before those new companies. Early bird gets the worm. Small business is risky. It's life. You move on. And all those other clichés.
On another note, why are there users here writing Wal*Mart's name as "WalM*rt"? Is there some phobia with writing the name properly? Are people so angst-ridden that they can't handle writing out the name? Are they in fear of somehow paying backhand respect to a company that is so "evil" that by writing out the name they and their children are cursed for all eternity? Grow up people, write the name for crying out loud. It's not going to kill you.
Okay, rant's over. Please don't take this for trolling. I just don't like anal attitudes about simple, petty things. It gets to me.
I went to google and tried a search for "walmart customers and IQ." It didn't find any pages that suggest that walmart customers are stupid. At least that has has facts you can trust. There were 2 links that had other people say that Walmart customers are stupid. Unfortunately I do not believe them. Hell, I don't even know who they are and/or if they are researchers, professors, or any one doing some kind of study about the IQ's of walmart customers.
If what you are trying to say is that walmart customers in general have a lower education level. Then this could be debatable. But a lower education level is not the same as being stupid.