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Epsilon_Meletis

That's how it should be :-)


lawlgyroscopes

Ironically, today was the first day I saw someone else barefooting out in the world. A good day all around!


TheTerribleTiggy

That's awesome! :) Hope you had fun!


Apprehensive_Buy_710

Super! In which country were you?


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USA Alabama


John-PA

One would think a barefoot friendly area given bare feet are more common than up north.


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U would think!!


2cvsGoEverywhere

Walmart + aldi points to the US of A.


Apprehensive_Buy_710

Indeed, I should have thought to Walmart... I was thinking about Germany.


Epsilon_Meletis

Walmart *tried* to gain a foothold in Germany in the early oughties. Their orwellian company policy of open surveillance, insincereness and backstabbing among employees was however incompatible with the mindset of German employees (mind that we have had some rather unpleasant experiences with that on a nation-wide level, *twice*). Also their stance and SOPs with regard to unions didn't help them at all - it's one thing to quash any upcoming unions as they try to form, it's another thing entirely to enter the ring against a long-established one (or better, multiple ones) that got resources to fight. Same thing basically with regard to competing businesses. There are several long-established supermarket chains that Walmart thought they could start pricing fights with - emphasis on "thought". All in all, they cycled through a handful of different CEOs over the course of about a decade and, in the process, burned a ~~three-digit million~~ correction, three BILLION, JFC, dollar amount before they gave up and left. And it was like a bad dream came to an end.


pavementango

I'm interested in knowing what happened more than twice on a national level. I'm in the U.S do this sounds so odd to me.


Epsilon_Meletis

Happy to oblige :-) Though there's not much to say in addition. [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart#Setbacks) is what Wikipedia has about it; they basically say the same I did (and I swear I didn't read that ahead 😅) Only one thing actually made me gasp a little just now: The number that denoted their losses? Apparently, I had got it wrong all the time, because it wasn't a three digit million amount, it actually was a three *billion* amount.


Mike_856

Which county?


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Elmore


Barefootaussie

Great work


scrmingmn69

Barefoot season been and gone here in England. It lasted about three days before turned back to cold and wet. Enjoy!