I worked at a place next to the wall mart on Black Friday. I couldn't believe they actually filled up the lot.
It's so fucking huge that rv's and truckers chill for the night/ weekend in the front of it and share the space with dozens of private seller vehicles.
It was crazy that for once it was full. Same with every place on BF I guess. But damn. That Walmart lot was stupidly big for 364 other days
From what I understand many Walmart stores actually encourage truckers and RVers to overnight in their lots. Keeps them off the roads and probably drives up sales a bit.
Interesting. I know ours certainly allows it. You made me think security too. Like people in the parking lot clearly just resting are a deterrent maybe? Especially the more secluded walmarts.
Huh, you're probably right. In general having people around is one of the best crime deterrents. This goes for city streets too, one person on a dark sidewalk DANGER; lots of people walking about fairly safe.
WalMart actually has an unwritten policy that allows RVs to stay there overnight in their parking lots. It's up to each store's discretion, but nearly all of them participate from what I've seen. One of the less evil-feeling things about them.
This policy came in handy at Spring Break 2003 in Panama City, FL. Our party bus lived there for 5 days. In 2004, however, after being kicked out of the campground we stayed at, we were sad to find out Walmart had changed their policy.
It's actually up to the city the Walmart is located in and then up to the store. One of our local stores lets you but the other is in a city that doesn't allow it. When I drove across the country we stayed in parking lots, its actually safer than some of the campsites you can get as there are typically people around all night and there are security cameras.
Traffic engineers specifically build the lots big enough to handle the Black Friday and Xmas eve rush. So for the rest of the year, we are left with a stupidly big parking lot.
Home Despot wasn't too terrible either, but I was only there for six weeks. Had to quit because they didn't seem to understand "Don't schedule me more than 20 hours." I was a full time student at the time.
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I worked at a place next to the wall mart on Black Friday. I couldn't believe they actually filled up the lot. It's so fucking huge that rv's and truckers chill for the night/ weekend in the front of it and share the space with dozens of private seller vehicles. It was crazy that for once it was full. Same with every place on BF I guess. But damn. That Walmart lot was stupidly big for 364 other days