More Proof that Walmart is evil!

Grammatron said:

Well you don't spontaneously have children, why didn't they plan their finances before having them?
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I'm factoring in unexpected pregnancies and divorce, here too. Also, women who don't practice birth control for religious reasons, and lack of abortion for religious/moral reasons.

Sorry, should have thrown that in.
 
LostAngeles said:


I'm factoring in unexpected pregnancies and divorce, here too. Also, women who don't practice birth control for religious reasons, and lack of abortion for religious/moral reasons.

Sorry, should have thrown that in.
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Every time you have unprotected sex with out a birth control pregnancy is not really that unexpected. Basically if you don't want to get pregnant and you don't take certain step to prevent that from happening it's your fault you are pregnant. I don't why the company should be expected to pay more for people who are that careless with their futures.
 
For all the woman who have worked nonstop without taking time than I agree with grammatron, Wal Mart should be sued.
 
Grammatron said:


Every time you have unprotected sex with out a birth control pregnancy is not really that unexpected. Basically if you don't want to get pregnant and you don't take certain step to prevent that from happening it's your fault you are pregnant. I don't why the company should be expected to pay more for people who are that careless with their futures.
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Very well:

Rape victims, incest victims, failed birth control (The Pill has a 3% failure rate in practice), failed vasectomy will result in unexpected pregnancy.

Are all my bases covered now, you 104 yr old dried up old coot?

*shakes fist*
:p
 
LostAngeles said:


Very well:

Rape victims, incest victims, failed birth control (The Pill has a 3% failure rate in practice), failed vasectomy will result in unexpected pregnancy.

Are all my bases covered now, you 104 yr old dried up old coot?

*shakes fist*
:p
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Abortion and adoption are always a choice if you can't afford to take care of the child. There are also about 11 methods of birth control aside from the pill.

So no they are not all covered :p
 
Grammatron said:


Abortion and adoption are always a choice if you can't afford to take care of the child. There are also about 11 methods of birth control aside from the pill.

So no they are not all covered :p
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NO! Why God, why? Why must I lose so?

Sponges, Spermicides, Diaphrams, Condoms (Male and Female), IUDs, surgical, implants, patch, shots, ring, and... crap. We're not counting combination methods right?

Damn it, I've always prided myself on my knowledge of birth-control methods, and yet I lose again.

:D
 
LostAngeles said:


NO! Why God, why? Why must I lose so?

Sponges, Spermicides, Diaphrams, Condoms (Male and Female), IUDs, surgical, implants, patch, shots, ring, and... crap. We're not counting combination methods right?

Damn it, I've always prided myself on my knowledge of birth-control methods, and yet I lose again.

:D
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You may have got them all if you don't think Fertility Awareness and the morning after pill should be counted.
 
Grammatron said:


You may have got them all if you don't think Fertility Awareness and the morning after pill should be counted.
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Oh, you mean the Rythym Method that results in those big Catholic families;) ? I forgot the morning after pill, though oft times it's a large dose of The Pill. Funy, with all the ads on the bus with the pink haired girl, you'd think I'd remember that.
 
LostAngeles said:


Oh, you mean the Rythym Method that results in those big Catholic families;) ? I forgot the morning after pill, though oft times it's a large dose of The Pill. Funy, with all the ads on the bus with the pink haired girl, you'd think I'd remember that.
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I suspect those Catholics are not very keen on following correctly.
 
peptoabysmal said:
I do not understand this obsession with WalMart.

:confused:
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Oh, I do. It's the boogeyman du jour for anyone with anxieties over a changing economy. Of course, opposing Wal Mart (as an entity - what you do in your home town, and who you grant zonign to, is your own business) is as pointless as protesting globalism. It's coming whether you like it or not, and things will not be the same.

You can either get on board and exploit the situation as best you can, or you can take to the streets in protest and get left behind by the inevitablity of it all. History is replete with these moments, yet some fail to learn from them.
 
peptoabysmal said:
I do not understand this obsession with WalMart.

:confused:
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It's the big fish.

Note to Tmy: whatcha got against Minnesota? Target rocks!! :p
 
I like Target. Wallmart just seems to be a little shady when you add up all these stories.

Im not anti bizz dammit. It just bugs me that some business behave like scumbags, but they get a pass cause "its just business." Well we should expect more. If you knew people who acted this way youd think they were scum. (Like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons. He's the embodiment of bad business)

Im a little PO'ed about the subject right now. I saw this story about a local bank that just merged with superhugebank. On one page you read about millions being made by the executives on the merger, and the page has a story about the thousand tellers and little guys who are going to lose their jobs. PLUS the city that bent over backwards to provide local bank with land and tax relief to build there offices, now is left at the alter. NICE!!
 
Tmy said:
Im not anti bizz dammit. It just bugs me that some business behave like scumbags, but they get a pass cause "its just business." Well we should expect more. If you knew people who acted this way youd think they were scum.
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Nor am I. In fact, I'm very pro-business, and have much more liberal friends and family with whom I disagree on many issues (as well as much more conservative friends and family).

But when it comes to publicly-traded corporations running the bulk of the show in any given industry, you end up getting some disgusting sh!+. Sorry for the layperson's terms, but I work for such a company, one that used to be privately-held. I'd better leave it at the layperson's terms and stop now...
 
Tmy said:
I like Target. Wallmart just seems to be a little shady when you add up all these stories.

Im not anti bizz dammit. It just bugs me that some business behave like scumbags, but they get a pass cause "its just business." Well we should expect more. If you knew people who acted this way youd think they were scum. (Like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons. He's the embodiment of bad business)

Im a little PO'ed about the subject right now. I saw this story about a local bank that just merged with superhugebank. On one page you read about millions being made by the executives on the merger, and the page has a story about the thousand tellers and little guys who are going to lose their jobs. PLUS the city that bent over backwards to provide local bank with land and tax relief to build there offices, now is left at the alter. NICE!!
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About a decade ago, Shawmut was taken by Fleet. Fleet took BankBoston (which had recently aquired a group of banks that I can't recall the name of) and became FleetBoston about six years ago. Bank of America bought FleetBoston sometime about this past December. In between those mergers, Shawmut, BankBoston, Fleet, and FleetBoston spent plenty of time buying out and assimilating other banks. This is pretty typical out there.

Thing is, I can still rattle off at least five local banks in a small area that are still operational.

Two of my uncles were laid off in that initial big merger, one was hired back and laid off after the second. My aunt's managed to persist, but BofA is now threatening her job.

It sucks, but it's buisness.
 
peptoabysmal said:
I do not understand this obsession with WalMart.

:confused:
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There are several people trying to contribute to this thread and all they've been able to bring with them is sarcasm and ignorance.

I'm a small business owner and an American citizen, but I'm not very eloquent. I'm going to bullet point some information about Wal*Mart that might open up some eyes.

* Walmart is extremely effecient and they require their suppliers to adopt the same high standards of effeciency. Walmart will drop any supplier that can't meet their demands. Unfortunately this means that Walmart's suppliers must move well paying American jobs overseas.

* In 2003 the U.S. had a 124 billion dollar trade deficit with China. Walmart accounted for 10 percent of that trade. That means that Walmart imported 12.4 billion dollars worth of product from China. Walmart also imports from Mexico, the Phillipines, Taiwan, Bengladesh, etc.

* I'm not against global trade when it allows workers in other countries to have a good standard of living, but Chinese factories are notorious for abusing worker's rights. Walmart, and therefore Walmart customers, indirectly contribute to this abuse.

* My business is located in Indiana. Whenever I need office products I get them locally (when I can... I have things like price labellers that take a certain size sticker that I have to get out of state). One of my major suppliers is based out of Indiana. The other one is based out of Tennessee. The money I spend of product gets used in and near my community. Contrast this to Walmart which is run out of Arkansas.


* Examples of Walmart wiping out local businesses have been documented on this thread already. Those businesses were all buying and spending money within their communities. When they lose their jobs they can't afford to spend as much money anymore. This can create a horrible vicious cycle where people are literally shopping themselves out of their jobs.

* Walmart creates a burden on communities by forcing the local governments to take up the slack on healthcare and other worker benefits.

* Walmart refuses to allow its workers to unionize. Any workers attempting to unionize get fired or drummed out.

* Some analysts speculate that Walmart is approaching total market saturation. Since part of their business plan requires them to open new stores in order to maintain the high profits, Walmart could be running into serious trouble in 2-3 years. I think everyone knows what has happened to K-Mart, Montgomery Wards, and Sears-Roebuck. If Walmart starts closing stores to keep from hemorrhaging money it will 'double-kill' communities where it has already clear-cut the local businesses.

Everyone who supports Walmart, please read these articles. I think they will challenge your thinking even if they don't change your mind.

http://www.goiam.org/territories.asp?c=5236

http://www.ksworkbeat.org/Issues/Wa...ore_Walmart_Stories/more_walmart_stories.html

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html
 
Corinna said:
* Walmart refuses to allow its workers to unionize. Any workers attempting to unionize get fired or drummed out.
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We missed this one. This behavior is illegal, but widely attributed to Walmart.
 
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