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Cry me a river. I am unsympathetic to these workers because I have been there done that and didn’t whine about it. I have worked many terrible jobs, worked many holidays in my life and was happy to have the terrible jobs when I had them or found a less terrible job.

I grew up on a ranch and not only worked hard from childhood, I was told as far back as I could remember that the cows and horses came first. And they did, if some cow had trouble calving on a holiday we helped her, didn’t make her wait until it wasn’t a holiday so her and her calf didn’t suffer and die while we were doing holiday stuff. We even had to stop and help a cow with calving on the way to one of my brother’s wedding- picture this- the groom already dressed in his tux was the one that pulled the calf. Other things came up regularly, on holidays or family time and we dealt with it. I was raised to always be greatful for what I had and not whine about what I didn’t have, but to strive to do better if I wasn’t happy with anything going on in my life.

I left home at 16 without finishing high school and went to work so I know all about being unskilled and finding work. I worked many jobs that supposedly people won’t do; motel maid, washing dishes and waiting tables in restaurants and bars, construction site laborer, you name it I was happy to do it. At times I had more than one job just so I could survive- especially during the Carter years. I knew it was on ME to do better and I did, I got my GED, worked my way through college- so I could get better jobs.

I imagine most of us that you find to be so unsympathetic have similar stories. Job conditions are always subject to change as the employer sees fit. NO ONE forces these people to work at Walmart and if it is truly the only job they can get becuase of their situation or the economy then they really should be THANKFUL they have a job, and GREATFUL that Walmart gave them one.

I don’t see a purpose in all these holiday sales like Black Friday, and have never gone shopping then. At holidays I choose to spend what time I can with my family and not shopping. Obviously many people do shop these sales and it is a money maker for retail merchants, so Walmart has to play the game as it is if they want to stay in business. That is reality and their workers should understand that especially in these times they all need to bust their arses and help their employer do well so they will continue to have jobs.