The People of Wal-Mart

It appears that the latest MUST VISIT site on the Internet happens to be of a relatively new and previously unthought of concept, that of posting pictures of people who shop at Wal-Mart. Not exactly the most interesting of website theme one might think, but how little we know.

The site set up by two brothers, Adam and Andrew Kipple and a friend, has suddenly gained momentum and gotten viewing figures reaching one million plus per day. Originally conceived as a site to showcase the many weird and wonderful people who shop at Wal-Mart, the site has attracted complaints that it is a way to mock poor and rural patrons of the store. The site owners strongly deny this, saying that they had only intended to show the ill advised dress sense and hair styles of many shoppers. Pictures are emailed in to the site for inclusion from across the US but any depicting any sort of physical or mental handicap will most definitely not be published.

People of Wal-Mart is just for fun say its' creators, not for mean spiritedness or spite, although unfortunately many of the people who have taken to commenting on individual pictures don't seem to agree. There are lots of uncomplimentary remarks made about people just because they appear to be poor or unattractive.

Wal-Mart themselves have declined to comment on the site, although the owners of People of Wal-Mart are quick to point out that their site could be a boon to Wal-Mart as it is encouraging people who haven't visited recently to decide to go now.

It could however work the other way and people who are conscious of their looks, dress sense or those who may be somewhat down on their luck, will decide that the risk of being happy snapped whilst reaching for the economy tin of beans is too much of an embarrassment and keep away.