Wal Mart steps over a dollar to pick up a dime

"SVTKate" wrote in message
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The plants just befuddle me. Why would they choose to let something die
and
return it for credit rather than mark it down and let it find a home. I
hate
to see dying plants.

Kate
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They die because nobody CARES! You have overworked employees making the
minimum wage and working lousy shifts. Most don't know a geranium from a
palm tree. Do you think they want to stand out there in the hot sun with a
hose? Even if they had the TIME to do it? They're just putting in time for
their measly pay check and the store managers don't care either. Look at
the horrible conditions in their old pet depts. No one cared that there
were tanks of DEAD stinking fish, starving hamsters and birds going belly up
for lack of water. Myself and a few friends used to call a main/district
office in Nashville and complain constantly, weekly - sometimes almost
daily. They finally got rid of the live pets and fish to our great joy.
These stores are all to CHEAP to hire a person to do nothing but CARE for
and water the plants and living things they carry. I doubt they'd go
bankrupt if they hired some oldster part time to come in daily and at least
make sure everything was watered.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?"
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(Roy)

He laughed and said "Oh the pond liner fiasco"

What happened was the manager they had at this other store screwed up
and ordered more than he needed.

Whatever you were told must have been done for the sake of either
entertainment, or keeping the story short. WalMart managers do not "order"
anything. Everything from how much of, and what type of stock, and where it is
displayed is decided by others, elsewhere.

As far as the summation about the rest of the retail shannanigans...
(Overworked employees, hours cut, pesky customers) U.S.A. is headed for hell in
a handbasket until we turn around this corporate infused idea that cheaper is
always better.

You can't complain about WalMart - you get exactly what you pay for in terms of
product and employee character.

"SVTKate" wrote in message
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I gave up retail management several years ago.
Corporate was the reason, that and my feet were killing
me.

Perhaps if you walk a mile in a retail employee's shoes
you won't be so
quick to spout off.
Yep, there are employees that goof off. You get it in
every line of work.
The percentage of people that look down on customer
service personnel in is
much too high.


I agree with you, I worked retail for a lot of years. You
have people come in that you can tell never worked a day in
retail in all of their lives; and they will be very rude and
condescending to hard working people. I developed a theory
back then that I still hardily believe. People should have
to get a shopping license, and in order to earn their
shopping license they should have to work in retail for just
a few days. It would be a learning experience for them.
Now I have a professional job, but I am still kind to
workers I see doing their best and can clearly identify one
that is not behaving professionally and complain in an
appropriate manner.


I do not know if you have ever worked customer service,
but again, I suggest
that those of you that condemn them walk a mile in the
other guy's shoes.
The treatment received from all sides is difficult to deal
with. Eventually
you have to fight to prevent becoming calloused. The
working people are not
fond of the goof offs either but corporate makes it very
difficult to get
rid of them.

Kate


"Mrs. Fricker" wrote in message
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| "SVTKate" wrote:
|
| If you want to blame someone, blame the sorporation,
not the
| employees. The company is to blame 80% of the time.
|
| It sounds like you don't like your job. Have you tried
a different line
| of work. If you have to go around blaming people perhaps
you aren't busy
| enough.

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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All this waste and some people in the USA are going to bed hungry every
night. Old folks can afford their meds and the homeless population
grows....
^^^^^^^
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...

ITYM, "Can't" which may mean you have skipped yours for the day? ;-)

One of the things that I notice is the number of people taking massive
amounts of toxic prescription drugs who refuse to do the obvious things to
lead a healthier life and then want us to pay for all the drugs. Sheesh.
--
Crashj

"SVTKate" wrote in message
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I gave up retail management several years ago.
Corporate was the reason, that and my feet were killing me.
snip

My parents think they forced me to go to college...what they don't know is
that I just didn't like working hard enough to stay in retail. I don't know
how you retailers do it.

BV.

"Crashj" wrote in message
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"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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All this waste and some people in the USA are going to bed hungry every
night. Old folks can afford their meds and the homeless population
grows....
^^^^^^^
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
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ITYM, "Can't" which may mean you have skipped yours for the day? ;-)

## I take thyroid medication. It's not expensive and it's covered by my
Insurance. :-) No need to skip taking it.

One of the things that I notice is the number of people taking massive
amounts of toxic prescription drugs who refuse to do the obvious things to
lead a healthier life and then want us to pay for all the drugs. Sheesh.

## Agreed. I recently saw on TV that *OBESITY* and inactivity are the main
causes of so much ill health in the USA. Are you obese or inactive?

Crashj
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Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?"
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"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 14:09:58 -0500, "~ Windsong ~" wrote:


"Crashj" wrote in message
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One of the things that I notice is the number of people taking massive
amounts of toxic prescription drugs who refuse to do the obvious things to
lead a healthier life and then want us to pay for all the drugs. Sheesh.

## Agreed. I recently saw on TV that *OBESITY* and inactivity are the main
causes of so much ill health in the USA. Are you obese or inactive?

Overweight but not obese according to Federal BMI standards.(27.1) As
for activity, I walk a mile with my wife at least three times a week.
I do all my own lawn chores (no big deal) and dug my own pond. In the
Winter I ski at least three times a week. Next week we start the new
diet with the newest diet plan based on selecting the good carbs we
need and not eating excessive meat and fat. It has been put together
by a doctor who is still very much alive, unlike Dr. Atkins who died
of a coronary, possibly related to his plan?
Mrs. Crashj also needs the thyroid pills. That was not the sort of
toxicity I was thinking about. Most of the heart, cholesterol,
allergy, and joint pain drugs so many are on a regular basis have side
effects that would scare the heck out of anyone that actually reads
the little papers from the pharmacist. I rely on more natural products
to keep the problems from happening in the first place.
--
Crashj

"Crashj" wrote in message
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Overweight but not obese according to Federal BMI standards.(27.1) As
for activity, I walk a mile with my wife at least three times a week.
I do all my own lawn chores (no big deal) and dug my own pond. In the
Winter I ski at least three times a week. Next week we start the new
diet with the newest diet plan based on selecting the good carbs we
need and not eating excessive meat and fat. It has been put together
by a doctor who is still very much alive, unlike Dr. Atkins who died
of a coronary, possibly related to his plan?

** As far as I know even THIN people can have a coronary, although it's
usually those who are overweight that suffer such things. My mother had a
coronary when she was in her 40s. She was 105 lbs, 5' 5" tall - and very
active! Her cholesterol was always below 200. Then she developed high
blood pressure and had several strokes.... go figure!
The Atkins diet (and other low-carb diets) does work and heart attacks are
not a known side effect of these diets - if they're followed correctly.
The NYTimes had some good articles a few years back. There are reams of
info on the net regarding low-carb diets. I lost 46 lbs in 5 months
following one of them. :-) My cholesterol dropped from 230 down to 180
where it's staying. Low-carbing doesn't necessarily mean a grease laden,
fatty diet.

Mrs. Crashj also needs the thyroid pills. That was not the sort of
toxicity I was thinking about. Most of the heart, cholesterol,
allergy, and joint pain drugs so many are on a regular basis have side
effects that would scare the heck out of anyone that actually reads
the little papers from the pharmacist.

** I agree.

I rely on more natural products
to keep the problems from happening in the first place.
--
Crashj
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you're in bed with a relative."
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"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
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well.... researchers are now injecting genes into mice and turning them from fat
couch mice into slim, sleek and double their exercise endurance mice. this was in
the context of the olympics of course, cause there is no reason it cannot be done for
humans too.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scite...40824_csm.html

I recently saw on TV that *OBESITY* and inactivity are the main
causes of so much ill health in the USA.

......................... that is spelled c-o-m-a, coma as in fall down, hit head,
brain damage and death. Atkins did not die of heart disease as much as the"powers
that be" would like it to be so. everyone I know on the Atkins diet, including my
husband has lowered their total cholesterol and upped their good cholesterol. not
that cholesterol is predictive of heart attacks since 50% of people with heart
attacks have normal cholesterol. All that the hate fat/love your carbs diet has done
is create an entire generation of horribly fat children and adults and sent type 2
diabetes soaring.
Ingrid

unlike Dr. Atkins who died
of a coronary, possibly related to his plan?



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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 02:49:51 GMT, wrote:

well.... researchers are now injecting genes into mice and turning them from fat
couch mice into slim, sleek and double their exercise endurance mice.
this was in
the context of the olympics of course, cause there is no reason it cannot be done for
humans too.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scite...40824_csm.html

I recently saw on TV that *OBESITY* and inactivity are the main
causes of so much ill health in the USA.

........................ that is spelled c-o-m-a, coma as in fall down, hit head,
brain damage and death. Atkins did not die of heart disease as much as the"powers
that be" would like it to be so. everyone I know on the Atkins diet, including my
husband has lowered their total cholesterol and upped their good cholesterol. not
that cholesterol is predictive of heart attacks since 50% of people with heart
attacks have normal cholesterol. All that the hate fat/love your carbs diet has done
is create an entire generation of horribly fat children and adults and sent type 2
diabetes soaring.
Ingrid

unlike Dr. Atkins who died
of a coronary, possibly related to his plan?



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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
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Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

I was going to say something responsive, but the threading on this top
bottom middle posted thing is hopeklessly screwed up.
Aaaanyway, the next step in diet will be to realize several things:
Not all meat is good for you.
Not all carbs are bad for you.
Regulating just your food intake is not enough to control your excess
body fat and inability to manage sugar levels.
Stay tuned.
--
Crashj
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Crashj