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Walmart employee forced to wear a yellow vest after boss found out he was gay.

You, my dear Dana, are late to the punchline.

He was just sharing his experience with lavender, Mega.

The accesorizing can be a b1tch, BTW. Just trying to find the shoes can drive you bonkers.
 
You, my dear Dana, are late to the punchline.

OK, time for me to come up with a new joke, then. How about calling those who were involved in the decision to make the gay employee wear yellow..... um...... Wal-nuts? :mrgreen:
 
I wasn't making a comment on their economic status. It has nothing to do with rich or poor as evidenced by the fact that I included the elderly and teenagers in their first jobs. I was making a comment on their educations and social backgrounds.
Who works and shops at Walmart, has a poor education and social background? Poor people?
 
Who works and shops at Walmart, has a poor education and social background? Poor people?

I wish there were a walmart near me. As it is, I get a decent chunk of my household items from their website. Setting aside the fact that the company is one of the great success stories, its prices are just outstanding.
 
I wish there were a walmart near me. As it is, I get a decent chunk of my household items from their website. Setting aside the fact that the company is one of the great success stories, its prices are just outstanding.

I only go there when I can not find something at other stores.
Not everything at walmart is the cheapest around for miles, a lot of time their variety is not that great, they only carry one or two generic brands and alot of time their generics are only somewhat cheaper than the name brand stuff.
 

Yeah, let's hang all the executives of evil Walmart. Yeah, that's the ticket. I'm sure that Walmart HQ sent the yellow vest down there themselves, with a note saying "Bwuahahahahah"! Don't these threads belong in the conspiracy forum? Anyone want to guess why this isn't in a mainstream newspaper? I mean this is about a GAY employee, and don't you think all the liberal papers would be reporting this massive discrimination case? Why didn't they make him wear a pink vest?
 
What's wrong with yellow? .

There is a LOT wrong with a yellow vest! You don't force a man who has just informed you that he is into hot, sweaty man sex to wear a yellow vest.
You do that for somebody who has just told you he is into water sports.


Stupid Walmart. Can't even get their color coding right.
 
What's wrong with yellow?

The only thing I can say is that at the plant I work in. If we paint something yellow, a forklift will run into it within a week. Its the weirdest thing, but it happens.
 
exactly.... I don't do chains, including places like walmart.

How many things actually have "local" options nowadays?

Just as an example, I recently needed an iced tea maker, a rice cooker, and an espresso machine. My choices for that are:

1) Take the train down to Macy's (a huge chain) and walk around for 45 min before paying a premium,
2) Travel all over the city trying to find individual local stores that would sell each of these things (after purchasing them from overseas), or
3) Go online and order them from Amazon or Walmart, saving time and a couple hours.

Criticisms of big box stores make some sense when they're pushing out smaller stores that actually produce things locally, but I don't see why the individual dude importing things from China or Italy down in midtown is more deserving of my dollar than the company importing things from China or Italy that has a bunch of stores.
 
exactly.... I don't do chains, including places like walmart.

Our local walmart has the best grocery store (except for produce) in town and its about 3 minutes from the house, so I shop there.
 
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How many things actually have "local" options nowadays?

Just as an example, I recently needed an iced tea maker, a rice cooker, and an espresso machine. My choices for that are:

1) Take the train down to Macy's (a huge chain) and walk around for 45 min before paying a premium,
2) Travel all over the city trying to find individual local stores that would sell each of these things (after purchasing them from overseas), or
3) Go online and order them from Amazon or Walmart, saving time and a couple hours.

Criticisms of big box stores make some sense when they're pushing out smaller stores that actually produce things locally, but I don't see why the individual dude importing things from China or Italy down in midtown is more deserving of my dollar than the company importing things from China or Italy that has a bunch of stores.

I don't deal with Walmart because I don't care for the way they move into smaller towns and open mega stores that put several small businesses out on their rears. Walmart isn't that big a deal somewhere like here in LA or in New York but it has, literally, taken over the commerce of small towns and a single Walmart usually affects multiple towns in the same area. Add to that the mounting charges of gender bias and poor treatment of employees and I just can't fathom doing business with them.

All the stuff you listed, by the way, can be bought on the same block of Chinatown or at most strip malls. There's zero need to ever set foot in a Walmart.
 
I don't deal with Walmart because I don't care for the way they move into smaller towns and open mega stores that put several small businesses out on their rears. Walmart isn't that big a deal somewhere like here in LA or in New York but it has, literally, taken over the commerce of small towns and a single Walmart usually affects multiple towns in the same area.

This can certainly be a problem, but I don't see how to really distinguish it from normal economic development. Walmart puts local supermarkets and department stores out of business. Back when those local supermarkets/department stores opened up, they put small grocers and mom & pop goods shops out of business. Back when those small grocers and mom & pops opened, they put individual fruit/veggie/meat sellers & home crafters out of business. Every single F500 company got to where it is by putting smaller competitors out of business, so I don't see a reason to treat Walmart more harshly than the others.

Add to that the mounting charges of gender bias and poor treatment of employees and I just can't fathom doing business with them.

I'm sure Walmart has problems with these things, but think about the stores they replaced - do you think gender bias/racism/etc. was more or less prevalent in those places? Large companies are more likely to have sexual harassment and anti-discrimination policies and are more likely to be concerned about negative publicity. If 10 individual mom and pops wrongly discriminate against gays, nobody hears about it. If one Walmart wrongly discriminates against 10 gays, it's sure to become a national story.

All the stuff you listed, by the way, can be bought on the same block of Chinatown or at most strip malls. There's zero need to ever set foot in a Walmart.

I doubt I could easily find all of those things in Chinatown while comparison shopping and looking up the specifications, and even if I could, it would involve a whole bunch of searching around and would certainly end up costing me more than it would if I bought them online. While they might be easy to find at a strip mall (if I felt like driving to one), what makes a strip mall outlet of bed/bath/beyond or macys any less damaging to local business than Walmart?
 
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How many things actually have "local" options nowadays?

Just as an example, I recently needed an iced tea maker, a rice cooker, and an espresso machine. My choices for that are:

1) Take the train down to Macy's (a huge chain) and walk around for 45 min before paying a premium,
2) Travel all over the city trying to find individual local stores that would sell each of these things (after purchasing them from overseas), or
3) Go online and order them from Amazon or Walmart, saving time and a couple hours.

Criticisms of big box stores make some sense when they're pushing out smaller stores that actually produce things locally, but I don't see why the individual dude importing things from China or Italy down in midtown is more deserving of my dollar than the company importing things from China or Italy that has a bunch of stores.

Dude, you have to go to the one K-Mart in the city! 34th street I think? When I lived in NY I had to go to k-mart all the time because even trying to find a needle and thread meant I had to go to to a needle store AND a thread store (not joking).
 
Shopping WalMart once in a while is a right of passage for me and my ilk. Now I'll look for the dudes in the yellow vests, because NOTHING beats shopping with a gay guy. :nails
 
Shopping WalMart once in a while is a right of passage for me and my ilk. Now I'll look for the dudes in the yellow vests, because NOTHING beats shopping with a gay guy. :nails

Especially "if your ass looks fat in those pants"
 
With absolutely no evidence, one guy is claiming that one manager at a store treated him badly. Lawsuits like this are astoundingly common, so I'm not sure what we're supposed to take from it even if we assume that he's telling the truth.

Yep, and when people are trying to get money in a settlement of some kind or other, the gross lies flow freely.
 
I doubt I could easily find all of those things in Chinatown while comparison shopping and looking up the specifications, and even if I could, it would involve a whole bunch of searching around and would certainly end up costing me more than it would if I bought them online. While they might be easy to find at a strip mall (if I felt like driving to one), what makes a strip mall outlet of bed/bath/beyond or macys any less damaging to local business than Walmart?

When I said "strip mall", I was talking about one of those rows of little shops you find in neighborhoods. I think some people call them "boutique" stores. And I don't mind paying a little more if it keeps me from having to set foot in a Walmart and have to slough through those people while I shop. Every time I have ever been in a Walmart, I got the compulsive need to scrape off the bottom of my shoe when I came out.

As to the rest, I understand what you are saying. However, I think those events where larger stores put out smaller competitors happened a little more gradually. Further, those smaller competitors likely ended up becoming suppliers for the larger mom and pop and neighborhood grocers and such. When Walmart moves into a small town, whole blocks of private businesses go under.
 
When I said "strip mall", I was talking about one of those rows of little shops you find in neighborhoods. I think some people call them "boutique" stores. And I don't mind paying a little more if it keeps me from having to set foot in a Walmart and have to slough through those people while I shop. Every time I have ever been in a Walmart, I got the compulsive need to scrape off the bottom of my shoe when I came out.

As to the rest, I understand what you are saying. However, I think those events where larger stores put out smaller competitors happened a little more gradually. Further, those smaller competitors likely ended up becoming suppliers for the larger mom and pop and neighborhood grocers and such. When Walmart moves into a small town, whole blocks of private businesses go under.

"Those people"? Elitist much?

In my area at least, I have noticed just the opposite happening. The Wal mart is flanked by a couple strip malls that have shoppes in them. Nail shops, barber shops and dining establishment are the most common.
 
"Those people"? Elitist much?

Not really. I just don't care much for overweight, shabby dressed, slack jawed bumpkins with their broods of ill mannered imps trailing behind them grabbing up everything from cases of soda and jumbo bags of cheetos they don't need to sweatshop clothing and flat screen televisions...when they should be spending the money on a good dental plan and literacy programs.
 
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As if I'd buy clothes there!! :crazy3: Go sit in the corner for 5 minutes, Mega. :naughty

I don't buy clothes at walmart either (Except for socks) because the stuff is usually of low quality. Its better to order online from JC Pennies (or belk or macys or whatever) and pay $5 more for a shirt that will last more than six months.
 
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