Watched "Walmart, The Cost of Low Prices"

biftek · 2006-02-15, 09:27 PM

lets face it , working in chain stores like that , you don't have to be an einstein to work in those stores , heck they could train monkeys do those jobs , want a higher paying job , get better education

The long and short of it is that you will never become wealthy by working hard and saving. You become wealthy by exploiting others, and that's all there is too it.

docholly · 2006-02-15, 09:54 PM

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Watch the movie and you will never shop there again. A lot of hidden cameras and nothing like a Moore documentary. All facts that can easily be proven.

I haven't shopped at Walmart in probably at least 6 - 8 years. Not that i think Target or KMart are so much better but i do feel i am doing my part to NOT contribute to the Wally-world mentality.

Virginia.. come shopping in Vegas, we'll do lunch!!!

RedCherry · 2006-02-15, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by docholly

...i do feel i am doing my part to NOT contribute to the Wally-world mentality.

Virginia.. come shopping in Vegas, we'll do lunch!!!

Sounds like a plan! I never shopped at WalMart much until I moved out here, although anything I'm not in a hurry for I tend to shop online and get as much as possible, or wait for a trip into Vegas.

Lenny · 2006-02-21, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by biftek

lets face it , working in chain stores like that , you don't have to be an einstein to work in those stores , heck they could train monkeys do those jobs , want a higher paying job , get better education
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I could say the same thing about getting a job in a GM plant in Detroit. Most of those guys have just a high school education, the rest of the training is provided by the company.
They make $27 an hour.

It doesn't take alot of brains to be a flight attendant or a baggage handler either but those people get paid well because they have the right to bargain collectively for their wages and benefits.

If Wal-Mart is allowed to use its buying power to get lower prices from suppliers then why can't Wal-Mart's workers use their "collective labor power" to get better wages and benefits?
Seems like a double standard to me.

2006-02-15, 09:27 PM	#1
biftek If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 32	lets face it , working in chain stores like that , you don't have to be an einstein to work in those stores , heck they could train monkeys do those jobs , want a higher paying job , get better education The long and short of it is that you will never become wealthy by working hard and saving. You become wealthy by exploiting others, and that's all there is too it. Last edited by biftek; 2006-02-15 at 09:30 PM..