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Monday, January 15, 2007

When You Absolutely, Positively Have to Have a Parakeet at Half Past Eleven On a Monday Night

posted by on January 15 at 20:25 PM

I’m not sure if a grocery store is supposed to have a “Live Pets” section…

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But it’s nice to know that when I need a parakeet or a hamster in the middle of the night in McHenry, Illinois, I can just head to the Meier on Route 31. It’s by the Starbucks, just past the Subway… across from the Payless Shoe Source… shares a parking lot with the Borders…

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1

Yes, I can imagine Dan Savage finding a use for a Gerbil in the middle of the night.....

Posted by Get a grip | January 15, 2007 8:39 PM
2

Oh for chrissake, not with the gerbils again. Get a fucking clue, Getagrip.

This looks like sanctioned animal abuse to me. I'm sure the staff are all trained up on bird and rodent care. Were there fish, too? Did it stink?

Posted by Fnarf | January 15, 2007 9:16 PM
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That is fucking crazy. If there is karma in this universe, every Meijer executive will be reincarnated as a hamster to be sold in their store.

Posted by laterite | January 15, 2007 9:18 PM
4

Dante already wrote about this place.

Posted by Ryan | January 15, 2007 9:29 PM
5

Well at least they're "new birds". You just can't depend on the quality of those4used birds.

Posted by Giffy | January 15, 2007 9:41 PM
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I am currently in Spring Grove, IL and saw that place yesterday!!! INSANE! This area is a riot. The people still have hair from the 80's! Love it!!! The woman who rang up our groceries at Dominick's yesterday was straight out of a John Hughes film!!! Don't forget to buy Salerno butter cookies to bring back to Seattle!!!

Posted by K | January 16, 2007 6:35 AM
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I remember a movie called "Career Opportunities" where the main character worked in a Target that sold pets too. This always striked me as odd, because our neighborhood Target didn't sell animals. Just food for animals.

It was a pretty bad movie too.

Posted by move_it_by_bike | January 16, 2007 7:39 AM
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Gotta love Meiers. Sort of like the precursor to WalMart. Altho, I dunno about the parakeets...were they in the pets section or the meats section?

Posted by Bart | January 16, 2007 8:08 AM
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Reason # 123,980,771 why I HATE the suburbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Scott | January 16, 2007 8:50 AM
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Meijer is a huge presence in Michigan. It is both sometimes a curse and a blessing, but, since I left Michigan I miss Meijer more than any other local store. Now, when I find myself 1 can of paint away from finishing my home improvement project at 2:00 am I have to wait till morning. Never had to do that when there was a Meijer nearby.

Unlike Walmart (I hear from family who work there) that Meijer is a pretty great place to work. Besides being union they use local farmers for produce, offer great benifits and promote from within.

It is nice to have independant stores to shop at but when Walmart is killing them all off I am glad that when I go to Michigan to visit my family I can go to Meijer. When companies like Walmart are influencing retail and manufacture the way that they are it's nice to know that Meijer has chosen to stay regional, and keep up the standards that they were founded on.

Posted by GO Bears | January 16, 2007 9:35 AM
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Growing up in suburban Detroit in the 80s, Meijer Thrifty Acres was one of the few all ages venues we had at our disposal when we didn't feel like heading into Detroit (without our parent's knowledge) to go to City Club to get our goth on. It was surprisingly fun to hang out there after smoking a pile of weed.

Posted by dj girth | January 16, 2007 10:07 AM
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Snakes gotta eat too.

Posted by flamingbanjo | January 16, 2007 10:29 AM
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Oh! I almost forgot, the BLUE MOON ICE CREAM is one of the best things that I have ever put into my mouth!

Posted by GO Bears | January 16, 2007 12:46 PM
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There are tons of shops in Seattle if you know where to look.

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 16, 2007 1:51 PM
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here here #s 10 and 11. there is nothing like a late night vist to meijer. nothing.

Posted by Go Lions | January 16, 2007 3:09 PM
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The pet section at Meijer is hundreds of feet away from the food section. Which is fine with me. I went to Wal mart for the first time to buy gifts for Christmas (which were purchased after midnight because Kohl's was closed ) Wal mart doesn't even hold a candle to Meijer, even including mishandling animals.

Posted by larry clark | January 17, 2007 4:37 PM

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