Posted on 01/26/2006 6:57:58 AM PST by george76
Eighteen months after the Chicago City Council torpedoed a South Side Wal-Mart, 24,500 Chicagoans applied for 325 jobs at a Wal-Mart opening Friday in south suburban Evergreen Park, one block outside the city limits.
The new Wal-Mart at 2500 W. 95th is one block west of Western Avenue, the city boundary.
Of 25,000 job applicants, all but 500 listed Chicago addresses...
"we saw a little bit of everything -- people who hadn't worked for a long time, people who saw an opportunity to do something with themselves. That's the information I got from applicants."
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
The people firing shots against Wal mart piss me off. No one HAS to work there, yet people line the blocks to apply for jobs there, KNOWING what they pay and what the benefits/lack thereof are. It is called capitalism. If people have better opportunities, they will take them.
I personally can't stand shopping there, so I don't. But it is no skin off my nose if thousands of people DO want to shop there. The answer to the critics is this: build a better mousetrap.
Another stupid city council.
The city will lose the sales tax revenue and the property tax revenue.
The city residents will get jobs just one block outside of the city limits.
No wonder the big cities are going broke.
Every time the a person gets A JOB in this part of town, the Chicago City Council LOSES A VOTER, hence the opposition.
This is an actual job application that a 75 year old senior citizen submitted to Walmart in Arkansas.
They hired him because he was so funny....
NAME: George Martin
SEX: Not lately, but I am looking for the right woman (or at least one who will cooperate)
DESIRED POSITION: Company's President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever's available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first place ?
DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that's not possible, make an offer and we
can haggle.
EDUCATION: Yes.
LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.
PREVIOUS SALARY: A lot less than I'm worth.
MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and post-it notes.
REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.
HOURS AVAILABLE TO WORK: Any.
PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they're better suited to a more intimate environment.
MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER?: If I had one, would I be here?
DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM LIFTING UP TO 50 lbs.?: Of what?
DO YOU HAVE A CAR?: I think the more appropriate question here would be "Do you have a car that runs?"
HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?: I may already be a winner of the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, so they tell me.
DO YOU SMOKE?: On the job - no! On my breaks - yes!
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?: Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy dumb sexy blonde supermodel who thinks I'm the
greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I'd like to be doing that now.
NEAREST RELATIVE....7 miles
DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: Oh yes, absolutely.
***Old People Rock! ***
What, are they running out of dead people?
That job application is funny!!!
No, the parody by a writer is funny. No such job application was ever submitted.
Smart move on the part of WM
Lighten up!!!
Get a funny bone.
or....just ignore the post (unique idea). LOL
And here I thought it was yours..................(ducking)
LOL.
I wish I could have come up with something like this,maybe I would be on the board of directors by now.~chuckle~
You probably would be CEO :)
LOL.
In my dreams.;)
If I was CEO,I would bring back Sam's way of doing business.:)
OOOOOOOOO.......and you think the WalMart haters are bad now????
LOL.
Are there any out there?
I haven't seen one yet.LOL.
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