Don't Shop at Wal-Mart

“EXACTLY! thank you Chili.”

“Who would've thought that the rightwingers would sell out to the Communists just so they could save a couple of bucks on cheap plastic $#!+? � It's insane.”

“Tilty I think PrezBO is the one bringing Chicom Cars into the US here shortly....I think he is a Socialist Democrat.”

“How's that Sambo joke working for ya? � Told it to any of the Brothers yet?”

“so that's why i confess to a bunch of stuff i didn't even do every time i take a shower”
thriftyhiker
8:47:19 AM
5/22/09


lol...hahahahaaaaaaa”

“ya'll are too damn serious!!!!!”

“How lucky and blessed are we that our lives are so good all we have to bytch and complain about is where people shop for their goods 75% of the world doesn't even have access to much less the vast wealth to buy.

We are a bunch of spoiled brats.”

“Censorship is about denying you the choice to decide if you want something or not. If your kids want a version of Green Day's album you must buy it with the language you don't feel is appropriate. Walmart's policy is enlightened and if Green Day is unwilling to sell both versions in their stores then I am fine with Walmart selling neither. Lots of other stores sell the album so just go there. Green Day is only concerned about money and could care less about your rights. How Walmart turns out the villan here is beyond me.”

“�How lucky and blessed are we that our lives are so good all we have to bytch and complain about is where people shop for their goods 75% of the world doesn't even have access to much less the vast wealth to buy.

We are a bunch of spoiled brats.�
Nigal
4:35:08 AM
5/23/09

Only in America.”

“Perhaps, but someday we will change this.”

“WHAT YOGI SAID, YEAH!”

“
Their labor practices are yet another issue ----

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2003/03/against-wal-mart

You can skip the article if you like, but the comments that come after from Walmart employees tell the story.”

“tilt, do you even read what you post?

...or do you think the fact that more "bad" than "good" posts is somehow an indication of anything. we all know people get big balls and post all kids of meaningless pap. people seldom post the positive things.

anyway, i especially like the comments that reads:

any retail job stinks if you are a person who thinks everything should be handed to you on a silver platter. young americans have no work ethic, no wonder everything is getting out-sourced

My sister, a single mom of two, has worked for the Federal Government, a veterinary office, and Winn-Dixie. She has been working for Wal-mart for the last four and a half years and says it is the best job she's ever had. She says she is treated better at Wal-mart than she was at her previous employers and loves her job. Her daughter just hired on at another Wal-Mart, and is very happy to be there after two years at fast food.
Another friend is a Wal-mart truck driver. He also loves his job and says that Wal-mart is the best employer he's ever had.
My son starts next week.

A LOT of Wal-mart employees are very happy with their jobs adn with the company.

{and yeah, reaching above your head to reach a 50 lb box was an accident waiting to happen.}


i work at a store in south florida, i have worked at walmart for 14 yrs. it has not always been so bad. it seems that all of the stories i've heard from most of you are somewhat similar to what i've experienced before. if it were so simple to just go find another job i would, but for what i get paid and the benefits that i get from walmart no other business can match in this small town i live in. most of the time i make the best of a bad situation i clock in do the best i can while i am there and clock out when i'm sceduled. i have been in numerous positions at walmart including management but stepped down because the workload was so overwhelming and unreasonable i felt i made the right decision. yes, "WAL-MART IS BROKEN' they only try to put band-aids on a bad situations. their collapse has already begun. in my store our store manager is so rude he is hard hearted and no matter how many complaints are reported it seems h.o will not do anything. our morale is soooo low. he openly tells us to call our market mgr to complain, we lost over a million dollars in inventory last year and he is still there. sometimes i think i'm in the twilight zone workig at this walmart

me and my husband work for a retail company(union)the only thing the union is good for is that you get a yearly raise,they do not protect you on nothing else not even pension me and my hsuband can work in the same dept. do the same job but i get paid a lot less than him, they can promote you and demote you on the same day for no reason they can schedule you whenever and whatever they want union says do what they say,years ago unions were good not now they suck

I am a single mother of four beautiful children. If it WEREN'T for Walmart, I would just be another statistic depending upon the system. I have dental insurance, medical insurance, and accidental for myself and all of my children. I don't know why anyone would neglect to sign up fo medical benefits for their family, not only are they affordable, there are many plans to choose from. If you aren't taking advantage of that, I would consider that due to your own fault, not Walmarts. I have NEVER been asked to work off the clock, in fact just the opposite, my mgrs. always asked if I was "on" before even attempting to ask a question. The biggest problem, is hiring people who come in with an already biased opinion of the store and attempt to sway any and every other individual to mirror their negitivity. Working at Walmart is not mandatory, it's optional, and VOLUNTARY.

etc
etc
etc

...oh and my mothers experience is identical to what this latter person posted.”

“Anyone can cherry-pick.

If these posts upset you, use the ignore function.”

“�tilt, do you even read what you post? - Yogisan

*snicker*”

“"tells the story"?

the only story it tells is that you don't read what you post before you post it.”

“Here's a reply or comment. 'I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, ah, education like such as in South Africa, and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.'from the Motha Jones article.”

“Everything can be better, even TT.LOL”

“I wonder if t*ltypoo wears his Mother Jones Che' tshirt while reading it?”

“I don't argue with winos on the sidewalk either ---- < WINK >”

“when i finally had enough of retail, i left. don't tell me the door isn't available.”

“$16,800 a year. "And I'm considered high-paid," she says. "The way they pay you, you cannot make it by yourself without having a second job or someone to help you, unless you've been there for 20 years or you're a manager." Because health insurance on the Wal-Mart plan would deduct up to $85 from her biweekly paycheck of $550, she goes without, and relies on Medicaid to cover her son, Gage.

she's making more than i was/am, and she would be paying less for health insurance if she opted for it, (than i did), she hasn't much to btch about really, especially as she's in a two wage family. of course she has decided to keep her biweekly $85 and let the government pay her medical. what IS her problem?”

“Anyone can cherry-pick.

If these posts upset you, use the ignore function.�
Tllt
3:27:40 PM
5/23/09


I think that's an implied no.”

“Letterman was talking about waterboarding and how the whole premise was that you really thought you were drowing and didn't know it would stop. The then talked about the guy who was waterboarded 100+ times. Deadpan as can be he said, "Uhhhh, you think he caught on they were just foolin' around?"

I need to find his exact quote.

My only knowledge of waterboarding is the 30 second clip they showed in GI Jane.”

“Yogisan, don't bother discussing things with tilt. It only matters if he read it in a anti-walmart story. He would discount the opinion of an actual walmart employee if they were speaking face to face and show the guy an article telling him how bad he has it as a walmart employee.”

“WHAAAAAAA! I don't like where you shop! You're an ass hole because you don't think like me! WHAAAAAAAAAA!”

“ROF! i like you Nigal.”

“Is there anyone here that gives a damn where tilt OR yogisan shop?”

“They don't give a damn about the ultimate effect of where their money goes; they'd rather act like schoolchildren.

This thread has been quite educational ---- not on issues at all, but on mob psychology.”

“The Rodney Kings on this thread are funnier than us poo flingers. Its not like the thread title is ambiguous.”

“Perhaps can they find more efficient ways to screw themselves over; I don't know.”

“so what have you read about mob mentality that tells you what you should believe?”

“The realiity is that this debate is no longer an issue of who is right; rather it has taken the posture of how wrong and stupid the other side is for not agreeing with the advocate.”

“when was it ever about who is right? Are you sure you are on the right forum. This is trail talk in case you were thinking you were somewhere else. BTW, I don't think the other side is wrong and stupid for not agreeing. I just think tilt is wrong and stupid in general.”

“Silly chili. ;-)”

“I rest my case.”

“We and them?”

“Why are you even making a case? This isn't anything new. You are acting like a newbie asking why we can't all get along.”

“all i said was that my mom and many of her friends (all of whom work full time at walmart) have been well treated and that tilt is cherry picking stories. i am not sure where i said i thought people should shop at walmart. i could care less where people shop. hell, i doubt i care that much where i shop.”

“At least t*lt's not bombing Wal-Marts, like the moonbat anti-capitalists do at NYC Starbucks, yet.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/25/2009-05-25_small_bomb_goes_off_outside_upper_east_side_starbucks.html
last edited: 5/25/09 9:21:31 AM”

“yogi, thats the difference in this argument. Some of us are just saying let people shop and work where they want. Others are telling us where we can and can't shop.”

“i could care less where people shop. hell, i doubt i care that much where i shop.�
Yogisan
9:49:57 AM
5/25/09

That means you're not doing your moral duty by shopping at particular places. This also means you should ridicule those of us that disagree with you.

On a serious note, my MIL took a 2nd job at Wally world about a year before our wedding to get extra cash to pay for 2 weddings. My sis in law got married a year after my wife and I did. She continued to work there after teh weddings. About 10 years later she retired as a school teacher, went full time at Walmart and is a manager there. She loves it.”

“
Well, this is one of those threads that you see now and then
You don't know just where and you don't know just when
It's one of those threads that are over and then
It's one of those threads that start goin' again

Yes, it's just one of those threads that you read for awhile
That comes into fashion then goes out of style
It's one of those threads that you think you forgot
But it's one of those threads you cannot

Hey!!!!!!!!!


(with apologies to Jimmy Durante)

”

“does he shop at walmart?”

“I hate Walmart.
You like Walmart.
You're opinion threatens me.
I crave validation.”

“Everybody shops at Wal-Mart except the liberals who got caught shoplifting.”

“Serious question, those of you who feel strongly about this issue, do you also boycott all American companies that offshore any of their production?”

“Can we please get off of this topic and talk about something that really matters?


I hate McDonald's burgers... BK's are much better...

'32oz”

“Please go to the Don't Eat at Wal-Mart thread.”