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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:18 PM Original message |
Walmart and H1N1 |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. get H1N1 at walmart - lowest prices, guaranteed nt |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Haahahahahahaha! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. DUzy. nt |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. If people can choose to be irresponsible then I guess businesses can as well |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. This is rather the opposite of individual freedom |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Walmart is such a monster store. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. The makers of Walmart's personnel policies had better hope there is no just God in heaven so they |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 02:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Have friends who have been called while out of town on vacation. Come in or they're fired! |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Burning in hell might not be sufficient, considering the degree of depravity |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. In "Rain Man," Dustin Hoffman's character said "K-Mart sucks"; shoulda been "Walmart sucks" instead |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Millions of hard working Americans do not have sick days, |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Seems more was at stake than a day or two's lost wages |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. This is true in many work places, some not so formally. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Yet more proof our legal system is beholden to corporations |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. This is hard to believe |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I heard on the radio this afternoon that only 40% of American workers have sick days. |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Until the next person gets caught in the same trap & is let go. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Who said I am so angry, because I am not. |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Please reread some of the posts |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I'm talking about my posts and I have worked for places as bad as Walmart |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Places where they want to "churn" the workforce, |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. I Worked Retail |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. My husband is a union employee-- journeyman electrician |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I used to work a union job (Teamsters) at a food warehouse and we gave up sick days |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I found large abuse of sick time |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. OMG. If he is a Journeyman Electrician he makes $25+ an hour. No comparison |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. My dh typically gets under 37 weeks of work a year. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. I haven't shopped at one for over 5 years.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. thank you for that site |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. if a walmart store has sick employees, shut it down. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm sure that won't hurt the employee at all. |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. another reason to unionize. n/t |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Unionising these bastards is the best way, but they'd sooner go out of business. N/T |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. sounds like a win / win. n/t |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Another reason to skip Wally World... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wait, they get fined for being ill? |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. yes...they lose pay if they have points |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Is that even legal? (nt) |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I really don't see how it could be n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. how can it possibly be legal to dock their wages & give them a black mark |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. So the choice is to endanger a sick child now or risk them ending up starving and homeless. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
29. My company had a policy like that... |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
38. "she received a point and lost her wages" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
40. Why are so many big decision-makers in the corporate structure such evil cocksuckers? |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. So you can accumulate sick leave - you just can't use it |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. How can it possibly be legal for an hourly wage worker to be docked for eight hours pay that he/she |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Maybe something like demotion or a wage cut going forward, but take away wages already earned? |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. they're planning on selling a whole lot of coffins |
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