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Wal-Mart Asks Workers To Donate Food To Its Needy Employees

Bob N

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Well it appears that a Cleveland, Ohio Walmart is holding a food drive so that it's employees can have a nice Holiday meal. The sign in the store, accompanied by several plastic bins, reads: "Please donate food items so associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner."

Really? Thank goodness those people are employed so those associates don't have to get on food stamps. :roll:

What cracks me up with some people that see nothing wrong with what Walmart is doing would probably go berserk if you wished them "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." :roll:

...The Cleveland Plain Dealer first reported on the food drive, which has sparked outrage in the area.

"That Wal-Mart would have the audacity to ask low-wage workers to donate food to other low-wage workers — to me, it is a moral outrage," Norma Mills, a customer at the store, told the Plain Dealer...
 
Well it appears that a Cleveland, Ohio Walmart is holding a food drive so that it's employees can have a nice Holiday meal. The sign in the store, accompanied by several plastic bins, reads: "Please donate food items so associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner."

Really? Thank goodness those people are employed so those associates don't have to get on food stamps. :roll:

What cracks me up with some people that see nothing wrong with what Walmart is doing would probably go berserk if you wished them "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." :roll:

The WalMart heirs - 4 of them - only have $20 BILLION dollars each so - accordingly to Obama - are SO poor they needed government welfare in the form of exemption from ObamaCare.
 
I guess I must be getting old,because I always get these various donations mixed up in my head.

This often leads me to a few embarrassing moments when I'm not sure whether the organization in question wants my blood, my sperm or my food.
 
Well it appears that a Cleveland, Ohio Walmart is holding a food drive so that it's employees can have a nice Holiday meal. The sign in the store, accompanied by several plastic bins, reads: "Please donate food items so associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner."

Really? Thank goodness those people are employed so those associates don't have to get on food stamps. :roll:

What cracks me up with some people that see nothing wrong with what Walmart is doing would probably go berserk if you wished them "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." :roll:

Not all that work for Walmart's low wages are poor. A quick look at the federal poverty level will confirm that. For many of these workers that low wage Walmart job is a second or even third income in their household. For those few low wage Walmart workers that have large families and little or no other income this is likely a welcome helping hand as they can then afford to feed their extended family and guests too. Why is private charity seen as bad by those constantly demanding that ever more charity be given by the gov't?
 
Anyone who walks into a Wal-Mart, knowing what they are, is so self centered and greedy I doubt they are even remotely willing to help someone else unless there is a tax break in it for them.
 
The WalMart heirs - 4 of them - only have $20 BILLION dollars each so - accordingly to Obama - are SO poor they needed government welfare in the form of exemption from ObamaCare.
Are they really getting an exemption???? I hadn't heard that. I know all corps are getting a delay, but getting an exemption? Please provide a link.
 
Anyone who walks into a Wal-Mart, knowing what they are, is so self centered and greedy I doubt they are even remotely willing to help someone else unless there is a tax break in it for them.

I'm pretty sure you just indicted an enormous swathe of people, perhaps even a majority of Americans. Why not add every single fast food or minimum wage operated store in the country? It's silly.
 
I'm pretty sure you just indicted an enormous swathe of people, perhaps even a majority of Americans. Why not add every single fast food or minimum wage operated store in the country? It's silly.

Yes, intentionally. By far the vast majority of Americans are self centered and greedy. And yes for the most part you can add fast food and places like it. I never intentionally set to exclude them.
 
Anyone who walks into a Wal-Mart, knowing what they are, is so self centered and greedy I doubt they are even remotely willing to help someone else unless there is a tax break in it for them.

I guess the fact that Walmart employs millions of people is irrelevant to your narrow minded perception. I suppose you never buy fast food either. How nice for you to live in your little, perfect world.
 
Wage slavery has been shown to be cheaper than chattel slavery.
 
Yes, intentionally. By far the vast majority of Americans are self centered and greedy. And yes for the most part you can add fast food and places like it. I never intentionally set to exclude them.

Well isn't life grand in your ethically advanced world. The rest of us will have to stomach our cheap shopping excursions and hope for the moral courage to change our habits.
 
So retail is pretty efficient. We're supposed to advance our careers in other areas of the economy if retail is efficient, yes? Perhaps, I don't know, higher skilled jobs?

Spend your money at walmart for cheap stuff, yes, so you can then spend the rest in some other area of the economy that is growing. What's so satanic about that?
 
Anyone who walks into a Wal-Mart, knowing what they are, is so self centered and greedy I doubt they are even remotely willing to help someone else unless there is a tax break in it for them.

Looks like more government-only-solutions meme.
 
I guess the fact that Walmart employs millions of people is irrelevant to your narrow minded perception. I suppose you never buy fast food either. How nice for you to live in your little, perfect world.

He probably purposely doesn't buy fast food, thereby assuring that some lose their jobs, and starve. Oh wait.........sounds like the people he's bitching about.
 
What exactly do employees do at Walmart that requires so much high priced skill, and thus higher pay?

Stocking?
Cash register?
Sweeping?
Forklift driver?


Hmmm, I'm sure we'll come across the duties of most of their employees soon, perhaps some other folks can list them?
 
I guess the fact that Walmart employs millions of people is irrelevant to your narrow minded perception. I suppose you never buy fast food either. How nice for you to live in your little, perfect world.

Yea I dont give my money to companies who exploit the poor for extreme profits. I'm not ashamed of that. I support business who better their communities, better the lives of people.
 
Anyone who walks into a Wal-Mart, knowing what they are, is so self centered and greedy I doubt they are even remotely willing to help someone else unless there is a tax break in it for them.

I've never seen someone work so hard at being a laughable caricature.
 
Anyone who walks into a Wal-Mart, knowing what they are, is so self centered and greedy I doubt they are even remotely willing to help someone else unless there is a tax break in it for them.




You would be wrong. Here in our relatively poor rural county what WalMart pays is a working wage because of a relatively low cost of living. I was there yesterday, the woman checking us out told us that employees get a 10% discount there all year, and during the holidays get another 10%. A very nice lady, happy with her job, and wished us a "blessed" day, something we can still say and appreciate here without people getting all pissy about it.

I have customers who used to have higher paying jobs, when those went away with the economy they took jobs at WalMart and for the most part are happy with them. The 200 or so members of my CERT team (in a county of 28,000) are putting together a food drive that has already disbursed once and will again after the holidays, designed to extend the help to those who need it around the holidays instead of during it like the rest. Several of our members work at WalMart and a large number of the WalMart employees are contributing. How do I know? Because I know them personally. I made it a point to meet the management before the store was even open and we helped a lot of people line up jobs before the store was even open. Guess who's auto shop gets the most referals from their oil and tire center? Mine. :lol: Did you know that WalMart will match employee charitable contributions? Yup. I've been on the organization end of many of these projects. Our local WalMart has contributed over $300,000 this year alone to local projects.

I understand it is easy to point to the giant chain and make accusations, it is probably a better tactic to treat WalMart employees as the individuals they are and look at what they do off the clock. What I find is that particularly those who used to make more at different jobs are happy to be there and among some of the most charitable people in our community. Something to keep in mind is that every step forward may not be an increase. A lot of people have figured that out in this economy. Moreover it is not always as negative as some might expect. As a good friend of mine (he is a youth pastor) says, "All progress is the result of negative circumstances. What is first seen as ruin is the first step to rebuilding". And he is right.

Man, I sure am glad I left the suburban rat race and moved here. My friends in the Chicago 'burbs all seem to be stuck in the same cycle of work, failed relationships and selfishness. I have never met people so willing to help as those who have needed help themselves. Including me.

Amen.:peace
 
Looks like more government-only-solutions meme.
You're most definitely correct, American. Not only is Walmart making a killing wage-wise but the company is pretty good using the rich man's welfare system.

Wal-Mart shopping for subsidies?
Watchdog group's report says $1B in government subsidies have aided the retailer's expansion.


"Wal-Mart presents itself as an entrepreneurial success story, yet over a few decades it has made extensive use of tax breaks, free land, cash grants and other forms of public assistance," Philip Mattera, research director of Good Jobs First said in a statement.

The study, which is funded in part by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, found that 91 Wal-Mart stores have received individual subsidies ranging from $1 million to about $12 million, in the form of free or reduced-priced land, job training funds, sales tax rebates, tax credits and infrastructure assistance, including investment in roads.

In total, these subsidies amounted to $245 million, the report said.

It appears that Walmart knows how to put up signs and plastic pails in DC too, huh. Oh, well. I guess that's a better system than touching their own money, huh. :roll:
 
I'm still trying to figure out why this is a big deal. So what if they are asking their employees to donate a can of food or two. Not everybody who works at Walmart is destitute.

Walmart workers cover a huge swath of different types of people, so it's entirely possible that the people who are not fixed-income elderly, or single mothers with 4 kids, would be willing to donate a little food to help those who need it.

I swear - what is $5 or $10 in canned goods to help someone who is hungry?? Or even just a can of peas, or a box of instant potatoes? What is that, a dollar?
 
You're most definitely correct, American. Not only is Walmart making a killing wage-wise but the company is pretty good using the rich man's welfare system.

Wal-Mart shopping for subsidies?
Watchdog group's report says $1B in government subsidies have aided the retailer's expansion.




It appears that Walmart knows how to put up signs and plastic pails in DC too, huh. Oh, well. I guess that's a better system than touching their own money, huh. :roll:

And the localities appear to be freely offering them, so the local citizenry needs to reign them in right?
 
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