Wal-Mart — Not Evil?

Was your dollar really that hard-earned?

 

She was large. And in charge. And very wrinkled. Sort of like Roseanne Barr Arnold Barr's grandmother.

Male prostitutin' is hard ...

 

Point conceded.

 

Come to think of it, maybe this should have been on the "Second Jobs" thread.

 

sing it, sing it.

 

Welcome to the boards, Fred Garvin.

 

My lifelong boycott of Wal-Mart isn't just about its union-busting. Mostly, it's because it refuses to pay health care for its employees while pulling down huge profits and then letting said employees apply for Medicaid so all the rest of us get to pay for their health care through our taxes. See how that works? That's why Wal-Mart has money left over!

 

Magic, Do you mean you think Wal-Mart should pay 100% of the cost of insurance for its employees?

 

EEOC backs plaintiffs in Wal-Mart gender bias case.

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202429230666

Oh, and the lack of basic humanity among some posters here is sickening.

 

I've known several folks who have worked for Wal-Mart... for various reasons not optimal employees. One has some developmental delays and the other a chronically ill child who requires her to take time off sporadically and unpredictably. Both rave about how Wal-Mart works with them, found a position they could handle, gives them hours and always keeps their jobs available.
Like everything else, shades of gray.

 

I just posted that they handed out $2 billion in bonuses to hourly employees, and that fact has been skipped altogether.

 

I think Wal-Mart is yet another example of how nothing is ever as simple as "they're evil" or "they're wonderful."

In all my years of buying from Wal-Mart -- out of necessity or convenience -- I have few complaints about the quality of the merchandise. Of course, I refuse to buy my clothing from there, but for groceries (non-meat items) and household stuff, they fit the bill, especially for someone on a single parent's budget.