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• The story unfolds ... (Score:1)

  by johanvdb (1872)

  I called the wall-mart store in Framingham to file a complaint - an international and as such an expensive call - it was just real-american-fun!
  
  The first person would pass me through to a manager ... I waited ... the second person would pass me through to a manager ... I waited ... the third person would pass me through to a manager ... I waited ... I gave up on the fourth!
  
  Jeezes! Customers first, My ***!
  
     
  • Re:The story unfolds ... (Score:1)

    by mary.poppins (3530)

    The stuff that Walmart sells is generally manufactured in China (not exactly the
    Land of Strong Unions), and the company doesn't treat workers well in their
    stores, either. If I had a job at Walmart, I'd do my best to avoid doing
    anything. Why should Walmart workers feel any loyalty to the people who own the
    company?
    
• Sure it's crap...but it's cheap crap (Score:1)

  by runrig (3385)

  The only time I ever buy stuff there is when someone gets me a gift card. I tried looking for shoes there once, but there was absolutely nothing that was wearable. And don't even get me started on their labor practices. The local grocery workers union here is on strike, and Wal-Mart is (purported to be) one of the causes. Sure you pay cheaper prices there, but you (or I guess not you, since you don't live here) make up for it by paying higher taxes to pay for the welfare that their employees collect.
  • Re:Sure it's crap...but it's cheap crap (Score:1)

    by mary.poppins (3530)

    The people who run Walmart are pretty effective. It's just that their values
    are totally repulsive to me, and hopefully also to many other people.
    
    I guess people who have been snowjobbed with nationalism and religion have
    trouble thinking about this systematically, though.