Name: RedCream 2007-11-26 3:48
Hating Wal-Mart permits a person to feel better about themselves for three main reasons:
1. They don't run a "greedy international conglomerate".
2. They aren't Wal-Mart workers considered "low-skilled, minimum wage drones".
3. They aren't Wal-Mart customers thought of as "toothless, welfare-getting hillbillies".
Wal-Mart is a success because it sells products at low prices that many people want to buy, satisfying customer's wants and needs. Nothing except for greed is stopping the other businesses from lowering their prices. Not surprisingly Wal-Mart is accused by them of practicing "predatory pricing" and "monopsony". The other stores refuse to lower their prices and would rather throw away products than sell them for a lower price. Who are the greedy ones?
Another criticism of Wal-Mart I've heard is that "it has low wages, poor working conditions, and inadequate health care". Oh, and the competition which have those wonderful trade unions are much better! No, they aren't. I can tell you from experience that they exploit the crap out of new people while the so-called "productive" and "skilled" senior members sit on their asses and do an hour of work in an 8 hour timeframe.
My father started a new job at a machine shop and everyone there is jealous because he does all the hard jobs better and faster than everyone else including people who have been working there for years. Luckily it's not a union job so he can have a better wage than those other people.
1. They don't run a "greedy international conglomerate".
2. They aren't Wal-Mart workers considered "low-skilled, minimum wage drones".
3. They aren't Wal-Mart customers thought of as "toothless, welfare-getting hillbillies".
Wal-Mart is a success because it sells products at low prices that many people want to buy, satisfying customer's wants and needs. Nothing except for greed is stopping the other businesses from lowering their prices. Not surprisingly Wal-Mart is accused by them of practicing "predatory pricing" and "monopsony". The other stores refuse to lower their prices and would rather throw away products than sell them for a lower price. Who are the greedy ones?
Another criticism of Wal-Mart I've heard is that "it has low wages, poor working conditions, and inadequate health care". Oh, and the competition which have those wonderful trade unions are much better! No, they aren't. I can tell you from experience that they exploit the crap out of new people while the so-called "productive" and "skilled" senior members sit on their asses and do an hour of work in an 8 hour timeframe.
My father started a new job at a machine shop and everyone there is jealous because he does all the hard jobs better and faster than everyone else including people who have been working there for years. Luckily it's not a union job so he can have a better wage than those other people.