Wal-Mart Follow Up, Wherein my 12 year-old Daughter Demonstrates the Economic Way of Thinking

So I just went to Potsdam and back to pick up my daughter and her friend from their day at theatre camp.  On the way home, I noted to them, as we passed it, that the parking lot at the new Wal-Mart was PACKED (I didn't have time to drive through and count the SLU faculty parking stickers...).  That prompted the following exchange between the friend and my daughter in the back seat.

Friend:  Think of all the gas those cars wasted going to the new Wal-Mart!
Daughter:  But Friend, if they couldn't go to that new Wal-Mart, they'd just go replace their underwear with a million holes in it by driving twice as far to the Wal-Mart in Ogdensburg.

I've never been prouder as a father. 

Comments

[DPrychitko]

Cute, and insightful. But how does she know that I, as a typical WalMart shopper, have any holes in my undies?

[Steve Horwitz]

"Daddy, everyone has holes in their undies. Only the cool people admit it."

BTW, my chair pointed out that having a SuperCenter also saves on gas by centralizing several retail services under one roof, eliminating the need to drive around to several shops to get things done. This can be a particular problem in rural areas like this where the shop in question could be 10 or 20 miles away.

[DPrychitko]

Hotelling.