Wallyworld?

Imagine that. Capitalism at work.

Yeah great. Will these 22k people need to supplement their income with welfare due to low wages?

Yes hippies, I'm sure they did it by forcing children to work long hours to sacrifice virgins or some shiat

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/obvious when it comes to Wharrgarbl

HotWingConspiracy: Yeah great. Will these 22k people need to supplement their income with welfare due to low wages?

Shh, its a job. They can be self-reliant, use the American ingenuity to themselves up by their boot straps to the shining city on the hill. Reagan.

I thought Penn & Teller's episode on Wal-Mart was actually pretty good.

Oh, thank goodness. I was thinking Blackwater.

HotWingConspiracy: Yeah great. Will these 22k otherwise unemployed people need to supplement their income with less welfare due to low wageshaving jobs?

FTFM

Wharrgarbl predicted. Wharrgarbl delivered.

flyingmonkeysreign:
Yes hippies, I'm sure they did it by forcing children to work long hours to sacrifice virgins or some shiat

No, just by adjusting it so people work fewer hours so they can avoid many of the benefits for full time workers and paying such low abysmal wages that the government steps in and covers their arses by putting them on welfare to make up for it. No competition and they can easily dictate what people get or they starve to death. Some great choice there.

So 22,000 under paid people makes a difference? Under employment can be just as bad.

Meh, went back and read TFA.

/minimum wage jobs that don't pay shiat, and you'll still need government subsidies to(barely)get by.
//ain't socialism grand!

keelboard: Imagine that. Capitalism at work.

Is it still Capitalism if the organization in question is so large that it is no longer subject to normal market forces?

I submitted this with a more trolling headline. But seriously, isn't it slightly economically incestuous for Wal-Mart to be both a major employer and retailer? It just seems like that system might become cumbersome after awhile, and I hate the fact that RETAIL, not something more tangible like manufacturing, is our nation's more lucrative and growing sector.

limeyfellow: flyingmonkeysreign:
Yes hippies, I'm sure they did it by forcing children to work long hours to sacrifice virgins or some shiat

No, just by adjusting it so people work fewer hours so they can avoid many of the benefits for full time workers and paying such low abysmal wages that the government steps in and covers their arses by putting them on welfare to make up for it. No competition and they can easily dictate what people get or they starve to death. Some great choice there.

Mind the bolded bit, please.

Subby, I think you've gotten your memes mixed up. Only conservatives use "Wharrgarbl." The liberals who would be upset with Wal-Mart would instead use "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah."

Remember:
Conservative = snarling rabid dog
Liberal = simpering spoiled baby

Thats good now all the old pensionless GM employees will have an opportunity to maintain the lifestyle they are used to.

CommandHerTaco: HotWingConspiracy: Yeah great. Will these 22k otherwise unemployed people need to supplement their income with less welfare due to low wageshaving jobs?

FTFM

Oh that makes it ok.

I, for one, welcome our Wal-Mart overlords.

I haven't read the article, but I assume it's Wal-Mart. That's nice because then the government gets to provide them all with welfare and medicaid so they can survive. Super!

You know, if the government did provide the aforementioned welfare, Wal-Mart wouldn't be able to depend on it. Blame the state, not the companies smart enough to use it.

I've never understood the outrage. It's retail, the lowest form of unskilled labor. A McDonalds cook has more skills. If you expect to make a living wage from working at Walmart you are dumb enough to work at WalMart.

Retail is for kids and the retired. Get a real job, losers.

Fabric_Man: Subby, I think you've gotten your memes mixed up. Only conservatives use "Wharrgarbl." The liberals who would be upset with Wal-Mart would instead use "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah."

Remember:
Conservative = snarling rabid dog
Liberal = simpering spoiled baby

Very apt. Cons are like rabid dogs - scared of black people.

limeyfellow: No, just by adjusting it so people work fewer hours so they can avoid many of the benefits for full time workers and paying such low abysmal wages that the government steps in and covers their arses by putting them on welfare to make up for it. No competition and they can easily dictate what people get or they starve to death. Some great choice there.

Looks like someone didn't read the article. They offer health insurance and other benefits to part time workers too. And they pay just as much if not more than other retailers. You can't expect them to pay white collar wages to shelf stockers and cashiers unless you want to start paying $15 for a loaf of bread.

retail = 100% to 5000% markup on the price of goods

Markup to cover costs of delivery, shelf space and spoilage aside, buying catalog for durable goods is cheaper even with the cost of home delivery .

\not a troll
\\just have worked retail and seen the numbers

Their new ads suck. That is all the garbl I can wharr.

/if I needed the job I'd work there in a flash...

Biv: I've never understood the outrage. It's retail, the lowest form of unskilled labor. A McDonalds cook has more skills. If you expect to make a living wage from working at Walmart you are dumb enough to work at WalMart.

Retail is for kids and the retired. Get a real job, losers.

I like to make blanket judgements too.

Fairly predictable that they would place a video of a Wal-Mart shooting right there at the top left.

limeyfellow: flyingmonkeysreign:
Yes hippies, I'm sure they did it by forcing children to work long hours to sacrifice virgins or some shiat

No, just by adjusting it so people work fewer hours so they can avoid many of the benefits for full time workers and paying such low abysmal wages that the government steps in and covers their arses by putting them on welfare to make up for it. No competition and they can easily dictate what people get or they starve to death. Some great choice there.

Terms of employment are negotiable. Walmart has openings, but they will be filled by people willing to accept the terms or to negotiate a minimum number of hours per week. They will not be filled by force and they have the option of leaving if the agreed upon terms are not fulfilled by Walmart.
When these folks chose not to acquires kills and/or an education, they limited their prospects. They are now facing the consequences of those choices.
Of course, I don't mean every one of them, but a whole bunch, if not most of them.
These people also voted for change.
By watching the last two political cycles, any moron could have seen that the this country was headed for massive job losses as the politicians pandered to the unions and promised to raise taxes on employers.

I like to buy my Chinese goods at mom and pop stores.

adamgreeney [TotalFark] Quote 2009-06-04 08:27:47 AM
So 22,000 under paid people makes a difference? Under employment can be just as bad.

This is a Major Victory for the Obama Administration. This means unemployment is dropping. This proves that the economy is recovering and everyone will soon be back to work at minimum wages thus leveling the playing field for minorities.

rose8199: You know, people biatch about the price of Starbucks coffee, but they at least pay their employees a living wage.

Enjoy that 50 cent lower price on your shaving cream that you buy from Wal-Mart.

Starbucks closes 600 stores about a year ago. Who cares if it's a living wage if only a few people get it and the rest are out of a job? I'd rather more people working.

Wal-Mart's avg. hourly wage is $10/hour, which doesn't seem too bad.

Go Fast Turn Left: I'm not sure how WalMart's at fault for using the rules that are set in place for wages and such. Furthermore, if I've got no job and no money coming in, and a job with some money is available, I think I'd rather hop on that and keep looking than not have anything at all.

I'd rather spend a few months living on my savings and looking for something else. Working at Wal-Mart would be like an admission of failure.

rose8199: You know, people biatch about the price of Starbucks coffee, but they at least pay their employees a living wage.

Enjoy that 50 cent lower price on your shaving cream that you buy from Wal-Mart.

When it's time to shave I just get a frappuccino. I drink most
of it on the way to the house and then, at home, use the remain-
ing cream to work up a nice lather for my shave....

/to hell with Wal Mart!

Rational Exuberance: rose8199: You know, people biatch about the price of Starbucks coffee, but they at least pay their employees a living wage.

Enjoy that 50 cent lower price on your shaving cream that you buy from Wal-Mart.

Starbucks closes 600 stores about a year ago. Who cares if it's a living wage if only a few people get it and the rest are out of a job? I'd rather more people working.

Wal-Mart's avg. hourly wage is $10/hour, which doesn't seem too bad.

Starbucks pay 8.50 for Baristas 10.50 for Shift Managers, plus tips (and then there is the whole tip fight)

HotWingConspiracy: Yeah great. Will these 22k people need to supplement their income with welfare due to low wages?

First, You're an asshat because you afe talking out of your asshat. All you have to do is just spoon-feed stupid libs that htey will continue to puke dogma like it came from Jesus.


http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Wal-Mart_Stores,_Inc/Salary (new window)

Average salary seem to work out to be about $45K a year. Which seems pretty good to me if all they do is stand around and make me wait.



Second. Maybe to keep you dummys happy we can get The Dear Leader to just take over Walmart. We can re-name it O-Mart. That way you will feel good about yourself while speaking with other liberals in the breadlines at the government store.

Is it Brawndo? How about Carl's Jr?

Terryg999: HotWingConspiracy: Yeah great. Will these 22k people need to supplement their income with welfare due to low wages?

First, You're an asshat because you afe talking out of your asshat. All you have to do is just spoon-feed stupid libs that htey will continue to puke dogma like it came from Jesus.


http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Wal-Mart_Stores,_Inc/Salary (new window)

Average salary seem to work out to be about $45K a year. Which seems pretty good to me if all they do is stand around and make me wait.



Second. Maybe to keep you dummys happy we can get The Dear Leader to just take over Walmart. We can re-name it O-Mart. That way you will feel good about yourself while speaking with other liberals in the breadlines at the government store.

5/10

I'm certain you're going to get bites with this one.

A new super-walmart was just approved for my little town this week, so I'm getting a kick out of rolling back prices on "get off my lawn" supplies

Terryg999: HotWingConspiracy: Yeah great. Will these 22k people need to supplement their income with welfare due to low wages?

First, You're an asshat because you afe talking out of your asshat. All you have to do is just spoon-feed stupid libs that htey will continue to puke dogma like it came from Jesus.


http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Wal-Mart_Stores,_Inc/Salary (new window)

Average salary seem to work out to be about $45K a year. Which seems pretty good to me if all they do is stand around and make me wait.



Second. Maybe to keep you dummys happy we can get The Dear Leader to just take over Walmart. We can re-name it O-Mart. That way you will feel good about yourself while speaking with other liberals in the breadlines at the government store.

And you wonder why Americans think the conservative movement is composed of crazies and angry jerks. Keep up the good work alienating voters!

/or else, Great Troll!

Terryg999: Second. Maybe to keep you dummys happy we can get The Dear Leader to just take over Walmart. We can re-name it O-Mart. That way you will feel good about yourself while speaking with other liberals in the breadlines at the government store.

Came for this (or words to that effect).