Re: (Back-Talk) Kathy Lee Gifford

On Jul 1, 4:41=A0pm, aine <aine_nicne...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 1, 12:31=A0pm, Dwayne Ingles Glasscock
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> > On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:11:32 -0700 (PDT),
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> > >Really, Walmarts prices aren't that low.
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> > Often the Wal-mart has pries that are lower than
> > the food store RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
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> > Or the Sears/Kmart that is right down the street.>Well, Wal-Mart
sucks. =
Their employees are paid
> > >approximately minimum wage with no benefits
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> > And not only are their wages low they often hire
> > illegals that get paid below minimum.
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> > Oh and lets not forget the suits for the overtime
> > not paid.
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> > Oh and while you're slamming Wal-mart every other store does
> > the same thing. =A0 I've worked for too many of them over the
> > years.
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> > >I also don't think it's prices. For example, take bookstores. Borders
> > >and Barnes and Noble have put everyone out of business here. Every
> > >other bookstore in the area was cheaper than them... yet, the people
> > >wanting cheaper books were the first to go online and save a little
> > >bit, and it's the cheaper bookstores that are out of business.
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> > I'd point out all the bookstores here went out of business because
> > first and foremost they didn't grasp the concept that if you want
> > customers you need to stay open later than 5pm. =A0 Of course you're
> > not going to get custoemrs when they work until 5pm and you close
> > at 5pm. =A0 The bookstores disappeared long before the internet.
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> > The other thing that killed the neighborhood bookstore was
> > lack of parking. =A0There was no parking in downtown so you
> > had to go to Barnes and Noble or Borders.
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> Sigh of relief... Thank-you. Damn straight. Wal-mart may not be
> perfect but they are NO different then any other establishment that
> pays min wages or messes up their time clocks and you don't see them
> getting dragged through the mud.

Oh, I'm not saying anywhere else is any different than WalMart. The
cor****ations are out for shareholders, and customers and employees are
both just there to be exploited.