Posted on 11/01/2006 6:57:04 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
Finally, we can visit a Walmart that doesn't sell the exact same stuff Target, K-Mart, Fred Meyers, Meijers and every other chain does!
I'm excited...
In a previous life I was a employment counselor. Found a young man a job, then saw him several days later in my office, so I asked him what happened? He replied: "those people at XYZ Company tried to tell me what to do!"
I had to have an informal pre motion conference in Federal court in Bridgeport, about 1 hour from my office. It was blizzard conditions and the radio was announcing closings, including Federal Courts. All except this Judge and when I walked in 10 minutes late trying to explain about the weather conditions and traffic all he said was didn't I listen to the weather report the night before and make the appropriate preparations. He said sanctions would follow the next time either counsel was late, for any reason, and this was an informal chambers conference.
Don't go quiet on me now. I have Map-N-Go all ready to lay out my route. You don't know how long I've been waiting for this. I was beginning to think the Chinese Walmarts were by invitation only.
Funny, I bought two flags after 9/11 from a mom and pop store down the street from my house. Both manufactured by an American company that guarantees that.....oops, wrong thread for that (not a borders thread).
Then again, as far as national chains, I get better service at local chains, not only that you can find more American manufactured products at them for rougly the same price as Wal-Mart's junk. Funny how that works out.
I really have no idea how many Wal-Mart's I've been in, but one can be assumed to much like the other. I look at the tags when I happen to be in one. 90% of the non-perishable goods, clothing, electronics, ceiling fans ets. are made in China.
Requiring workers to be punctual is not "a government policy."
So please share with me the location of one of these 90% Chinese merchandise Walmarts! That isn't a very difficult question to answer.
Nothing like a judge who thinks he's Almighty God, eh?
As nearly as I can tell? Any of them. I've never been to Seattle, but I'm guessing it must be about a ten minute ride.
You claim they sell 90% Chinese merchandise and you can't be more specific then, "I've never been to Seattle, but..."
Could you be a little more specific, such as the Walmart in Renton, WA, or the Walmart in Kent, WA or the Walmart in Covington, WA?
I'll be near Bentonville this weekend! Think I'll stop into the old Walton 5&10 for some sightseeing.
If enough people do that, Wal-Mart will either change or perish.
I don't see them perishing.
I'm not too sure where I'll be this weekend. Once I find out where this Chinese Walmart is the wife and I are hitting the road. I have been waiting eight years to visit one of them, I'm not going to pass up this chance.
I was just thankful that it was a simple ex-parte motion and that there wasn't any drop dead statute that expired on that day or I would have had to explain my tardiness to my malpractice carrier.
I always make sure I arrive at such events at least 1/2 hour early.
I did get stuck in traffic on my way to Oral Arguments on an appeal once and I arrived about 6 minutes late. Normally (since there are usually several cases on calender each day -- and the criminal cases go first) I figured that it would not be a big deal, but it just so happened that my case was the first one called.
< When I arrived at the courthouse I couldn't find the elevator right away so I ended up running up three flights of stairs and the moment I walked into the back of the courthouse they called my case. I was completely out of breath and my heartrate was somewhere in the low hundreds.
Since I was the moving party I had to go first. I was simply too out of breath to make my prepared speech and after about 30 seconds of pretending to be cool and trying my hardest to sound lawyerly, one of the Justices interrupted me and started asking questions. That gave me just enough time to compose myself. Interestingly almost right away the justice asked me a question about a position that I was arguing against. I said, "well, I think that is something you would need to ask the respondent." At that point the justice said, "Perhaps we should," and they immediately allowed me to step down and they called him. After that, they gave my opponent a thorough dressing down and pelted him with questions he was obviously not prepared to answer. Then when they were done with him, they asked me if I had anything else to add. My response was, "No your honor, nothing." I dodged a bullet on that one.
Now when I have an oral argument on an appeal, I make sure I arrive at least an hour and half early.
It was the same in PA, Wal-Mart was the only place carrying stocks of American Flags.
Another biggie for me was the emergency call for supplies from the rescuers at Ground Zero in the days following 9/11. They badly needed boots, gloves, flashlights, batteries, bottled water, energy bars, etc. Wal-Mart was giving everyone a discount who came in buying stuff to donate to the searchers at the Trade Center rubble.
Renton?
"Nothing like a judge who thinks he's Almighty God, eh?"
Are you telling me they aren't?
During the Ross fiasco here in Connecticut, the Federal Judge hearing just motions, not the case, called the defense counsel on a Sunday night and threatened him with sanctions and disbarment if he did not file a motion for psychiatric review even though Ross had already been interviewed and stated he didn't want any furhter delay in his execution. The judge was later found to have filed motions and brief opposing the Connecticut death penalty which he did not disclose to counsel. He did not think there was any need to disclose since he was obviously not biased; he was the Judge.
Unions are designed to be managed by such people.
Look, if I wanted somebody to take a huge chunk of my salary without doing any work, I would have gotten married.
At least with a union, you get screwed every payday.
I've never been able to figure out what fuels this downright hatred of Walmart?
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