W-a-l-m-a-r-t does not spell welfare

Unlike government, which never has a bottom line and seems not to care one whit for economic consequences in U.S. deficit spending and counting)--such is not the case for any business or any rational person managing a household budget

Apparently the liberal MSM and politicians confuse the name Walmart with the concept of welfare. The first is a publicly-traded retailer with stockholders that expect the company to remain profitable. The second is a government-sponsored entitlement program for the needy. The two are examples of entirely different economic animals: the first provides purpose, the semblance of independence and potential upward mobility, the second guarantees Socialistic stagnation and the status quo.

In 2013, the D.C. minimum hourly wage was $8.25. At the time, the city council tried to shakedown the worldâ€™s largest company (in 2014, by revenue as well as the biggest private employer) with the â€œLarge Retailer Accountability Act.â€ The bill targeted only non-union retailers with stores in the district larger than 75,000 feet and with corporate sales of $1 billion plus. When Walmart balked and almost bolted, the bill was rejected by then-Mayor Vincent Gray. It would have required them (and a limited number of other companies unique for their size such as Target, Home Depot and Macyâ€™s) to pay employees a 50 percent premium over the cityâ€™s minimum wage or $12.50.

I know a large Oregon family of former welfareites who used to all be on the dole. When Walmart came to Oregon, they all got jobs there, and even though the jobs are all minimum wage, they all think they’ve died and gone to heaven. They’re now all working hard, several have gotten raises and promotions, and none have relapsed and gone back on the dole. Thank you WalMart!

Was in a Walmart last night. The people I dealt with were efficient and personable (one at the electronics counter and the checker). Everything which should have been double-bagged was, glass items were not packed together, and the lady at the electronics counter was incredibly fast on a number pad. (I'm no slouch, I used to enter numerical data on an oil rig for fun and profit in my spare time).

They run rings around the DMV, and even the DMV here is pretty good.

. . . even the DMV here is pretty good.

If you are really from North Dakota, that explains why. Our DMV here is pretty good as well, but we are a town of about 35,000 in SW Pennsylvania. Since BO barely managed to crack 35% in our county, we expect performance from our public sector employees as well.

Around here, customer service timings (speed-of-service) are ridiculously loose, either because I'm waiting on the fry cook, or waiting for the customer to actually finish ordering.

The current std is <=165s (total - 30s order, 75s assembly, 45s P&P) - current average is ~235s with a ~58% completion rate (that is, orders completed within the specified timings - overall - <30% order, <25% assembly, <20% P&P)

And that's literally the tightest timing I can do, since we're also under-staffed (boss fired one of the fry cooks for literally walking out on the job the other night - we had to stop serving late-night stoners, night owls, &c. since he couldn't get anyone else to come on short notice)

We also have to work the front counter/lobby during the day (that's two of us, doing the work of at least six), and even the manager steps in due to the lack of reliable workers (why, I'm not even sure how we're allowed to remain in business - there's a laundry-list of internal problems - thankfully, none of them health-related)

As for me, I just got laid off of my IT support job, and no one takes a guy recently out of high school seriously, anymore despite having relevant, top-notch skills and work ethic (other people my age: "what are thooose?") :-/

Not complaining too much, since the lack of workers = more hours for me -_-

--just a guy who's sick and tired of the sheer indolence of their peers

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