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Sentimental hogwash, indeed. You ought to listen to Mr. Potter.
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happy Thanksgiving.
Sentimental hogwash, indeed. You ought to listen to Mr. Potter.
I think the present related stuff is absolute garbage, food retailers I think have an excuse.
You didn't catch me saying all liberals are rich - those are your words. But the ones who are rich are often the snotty ones like Bloomburg or any number of Hollywood types who can't wait to look down on the masses and put them in their place.
And you didn't catch me saying the workers at Whole Foods are "f'n wage scrubs" - those are your words. I honor all work but I expect people to honor their work commitment, that being to work the hours they agreed to when hired, the hours assigned, and for the wages they agreed to when hired or any such additional monies they have been granted through hard work or promotion.
Entitlement is not big in my vocabulary, whether it's rich entitlement or poor entitlement. You get what you deserve and you deserve what you get unless you're willing to improve yourself and your value to someone who wants to buy your services.
I'm actually more upset with retailers trying to bypass the Thanksgiving holiday altogether and pre-pre-pre Christmas selling everything. I'm thinking they assume that the longer they extend the scope of holiday shopping the more business they get, but the fact is that demand will not increase with more "shopping days" but rather spread out to reflect the meeting of demand as people see fit. There may be a positive blip, but realistically marketing these "holiday" sales is going to end up costing as much as any minor gains from jumping Christmas sales.yeah, i don't entirely disagree with you there.
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Happy thanksgiving.
Nothing wrong with being poor. In fact, being poor is a much higher level, spiritually speaking, than being rich.
The problem is government interference with the God-given rights of business owners to fire their employees for whatever reason they want.
It's business, it only takes one competitor deciding to open on a holiday to force your hand. If there are so many customers in an area I have to fight to sell them my TV, so closing when my competitor opens cuts my slice of the buyers down. It sucks but that is business.
may you never get fired for some idiotic reason cooked up by an empathy-free ideologue. your posts illustrate perfectly why i showed the libertarian party my taillights.
happy holidays.
Business owners were have "God-given rights" to "fire their employees for whatever reason they want"? Is that in the Bible somewhere?
I don't agree that it's strikeworthy, but they shouldn't be forced to work Thanksgiving.
I don't participate either, I don't need anything badly enough to put up with rude shoppers who will knife a person to save 5$.I still have my choice. And I choose not to shop retail or at all if possible, on those holidays.
Oh well, powdered creamer tomorrow am.
Oh, I see the "bottom of the barrel" argument. They don't deserve time with their family because they are bottom of the barrel. :roll:
Correct, they have the right to quit. They also have the right to not show up whenever they feel like.
They are also not required to quit if they choose not to show up.
Ah..so basically someone hurt your feelings. Your story is not a very interesting one, imho.
Where the hell else am I gonna get my turkey?
If you see a tinge of anything i suggest you re-read your own posts. This isn't about a pizza hut pizza, back when I was a kid you knew almost every retail place would be closed on Thanksgiving so you bought something to eat for that day as most all retail eateries would be closed. I don't see where there is a big call for pizzas on Thanksgiving, and doubt any store makes a profit that day.
Funny you use the poor pay many folks get to justify staying open on Thanksgiving. I do know people who work several jobs, they manage to shop and even attend their kid's activities, you are just tossing crap against the wall for in your world it sticks. :roll:
Odd you want to pander to those who can't plan ahead for one big meal a year... you are waaay too sensitive considering your opinion on personal responsibility in other areas of life. The 7Ps= proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance. most of these stores are not putting more money in the economy through paychecks thus cutting the amount of government money given to the low wage earners- these stores juggle hours to make sure they don't spend more. Obviously you have not been in a Walmart when the lines are long and there are not enough checkers because Walmart knows we will wait in line so no need to have more employees on duty.
I am not being unkind about retail workers- obviously you have not read many CON posts on this. I could never be as snarky as they. No Sir, I am not dismissive, but rather waiting for the day the 'gotta work the holiday' climbs up the payscale and those sitting at home snickering at the retail workers- the CONs are quick to say- if you don't like retail go elsewhere- go on unemployment and so forth.
Correct, they have the right to quit. They also have the right to not show up whenever they feel like.
They are also not required to quit if they choose not to show up.
They're not my words, they're from the OP. That's what I object to most of all is the idea that because they actually work for a living, they're below contempt. Typical of the conservatives in this country who claim to be all about "traditional values," God, and the working man.
Why don't we just make them work on Christmas too? After all, the Liberals took the "Christ" out of it right? No need to observe a religious holiday, and if you complain you're a "f'n wage scrub" to use the words of the OP. You think your "entitled" to things like holidays. Just don't say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" because you're trying to take religion out of the public sphere.
Everyone starts at the bottom of the barrel. Everyone needs to climb their way out of it. Why should we feel sorry for people too stupid or lazy to do so?
What kind of judgemental and unfounded crap is that?
Nope. We watch any of the hundreds of movies we have. We eat. We laugh. We sing songs. We basically spend time with each other. Tough concept to grasp for the majority of people today.
It's called "The Word of the Lord." You'll find it in the beatitudes.
Well, ain't you just the belle of the ball? :roll:
You saying I'm wrong?
If you would go watch a movie with 150 strangers on a day that is supposed to be about families being thankful for each other, there is something definitely wrong with your family dynamic. :shrug: