tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post113263602147287416..comments2023-10-30T09:45:32.994-05:00Comments on The Musings of Kev: If You Can't Beat 'Em....Ignore 'EmKevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1132790479425984192005-11-23T18:01:00.000-06:002005-11-23T18:01:00.000-06:00Oh, and Shawn, if I were to ever buy that book abo...Oh, and Shawn, if I were to ever buy that book about Wal-Mart, I'd make sure to buy it across the street at Super Target. ;-)Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1132790391997397352005-11-23T17:59:00.000-06:002005-11-23T17:59:00.000-06:00Eric: The people who get offended are the ones wh...Eric: The people who get offended are the ones who have way too much time on their hands and decide to launch careers as "activists." The attention they get way outlasts their allotted 15 minutes of fame, but they become so in love with the notoriety that they'll pretty much say anything just to get more attention (cf. Cindy Sheehan, etc.).<BR/><BR/>Anon: I'm pretty sure that a company can do just fine, profit-wise, and still treat their employees badly. For one thing, cutting benefits to employees would almost certainly guarantee that the higher-ups/shareholders got a bigger piece of the profit. Also, there's bound to be an almost unending pool of potential Wal-Mart employees among their downtrodden target clientele, because in hard times, a job's a job.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1132751491338409732005-11-23T07:11:00.000-06:002005-11-23T07:11:00.000-06:00To Kev (and your friend Ernie) I say go get em guy...To Kev (and your friend Ernie) I say go get em guys! WE are responsilbe for our own feelings/reactions, not the other way around so if they are offended by someone wishing them well, too bad! THEY have issues!<BR/><BR/>To Shawn: What I can't understand is that if Walmart is so bad to its employees, how can they have so many stores open and making profits? Surely they can't be worse than any other company; especially those companies who try to get rid of their older employees and hire younger ones in at less salary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1132701499964361902005-11-22T17:18:00.000-06:002005-11-22T17:18:00.000-06:00I say Merry Christmas or Happy Thanksgiving, or ha...I say Merry Christmas or Happy Thanksgiving, or happy Holidays at work lately (As the other booksellers do as well) and no one has a problem with it. And if they do, well I could honestly care less. It's going out of my way to wish them good and if they are insulted, then they aren't ready for the real work and their minority religion which they seem to not get by from.<BR/><BR/>Also, the other day we got a shipment of a new documentary about Wal-Mart and how bad it is with employees and why they can be so cheap. I believe it's called "Wal-Mart the High Cost of Low Price." It looks very interesting but I'd hate to buy it for $10 only to be completely appalled. Although slightly off topic, I thought I'd mention that.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373409632342639001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1132696976802255512005-11-22T16:02:00.000-06:002005-11-22T16:02:00.000-06:00I think you can say the same about something as ha...I think you can say the same about something as harmless as "Have a good day," "Take care" and "Take it easy." It's just a nice gesture instead of saying something derogatory. <BR/><BR/>My question is, who are these people that get offended by a comment like "Merry Christmas"? Is this like how Chris Rock put it something like this once: "Spice Girls sold millions of records but I can't find a single person that owns one of them"? My point is, these people are out there but we're hard pressed to find them. When they get their say in the channels we frequent, this leaves only one thing to do: ridicule them.<BR/><BR/>Rant on my bloggin' buddy!Eric Grubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237140729566147948noreply@blogger.com