Monday, August 31, 2009

Birthplace of Wal-Mart

I visited the first Wal-Mart the other day. The original store sits in downtown Bentonville and serves as a museum/souvenir shop, that traces the origin and history of Sam Walton and how he built his empire. In the back, they have a display of his actual office that was reassembled after his death in 1992.

They also have on display Mr. Walton's 1979 Red Ford F150 pickup truck. When taking photos, I noticed a lot of dust on the hood of the truck. For a company that enjoyed a net profit of more than $100 billion this last quarter, you'd think they would at least hire somebody to dust the thing once in a while.

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