Oh, now this is FUNNY!

[Kazooie]

Who'd have thunk there'd be so many crazies here on TPF?

 

[jhodges10]

When you work for a company you should be fully aware of what you are getting yourself into. Walmart has had a bad reputation for a while now. I don't think it is funny that people are treated poorly at all, but I do believe that the employees have to take some ownership in their employment choices.

Didn't you know that nurses had to work holidays when you took your job? Why don't you take ownership of your job and let the Walmart workers do what they feel is necessary.

Just as a reminder to everyone, when Sam Walton ran the company thy weren't open on Sundays let alone holidays. Nearly everything in the store was made in America. If you worked at their HQ in Bentonville, AR, you damn well better have driven an American car. Once he died all of that started to change and most of that change has happened in the last 15 years (give or take a year or two). The whole story is a microcosm of what is going on all cross the US. So Kathy when it's your hospitals turn to f$&k over their employees you'll have three options:

A) Find another job. As a skilled and educated RN this probably wouldn't be too big a problem for you but I'm guessing most Walmart workers aren't skilled and at best have a HS diploma.

B) You and your fellow workers can stand up for yourself as the Walmart employees are trying to do. At that point someone will likely post a rant wondering why the nurses don't shut up and do their job.

C) You can take ownership of your employment.

 

[gsgary]

No, it's actually not funny.
Walmart is a horrible employer.

Very similar to what we have over here Tesco i hate them

 

[Helen B]

Shouldn't we work together to get the best for one another, instead of fighting among ourselves?

 

[amolitor]

It's always interesting to me when someone jumps into a conversation, or starts a conversation, assuming that the people they're talking to will agree with them.

On the internet, it's downright strange, but it happens in real life as well. It speaks to a certain naivete, I find. I've lived in enough places and hung out with enough people that I tend to approach a lot of topics very very carefully, at least if I don't want the conversation to turn into a fight. Living here in Virginia, these days, and being moderately left leaning, I find that I talk about the weather a great deal, AND I spend far too much time delicately shutting down lines of conversation that will turn in to fights if I don't.

Of course, there are also those occasions when I've made the same error. At least I recognize it and bail quickly, I like to think.

 

[otherprof88 29]

Walmart is the largest retailer in the United States, and the only employment opportunity for many poor people. I hope the employees do take some ownership in their employment choices by forming a union, to level the playing field a bit. From what I've read, this job action is not about working on Black Friday; it is about the working conditions at Walmart, period, and this day was chosen because it would attract the most attention.

 

[JAC526]

Shouldn't we work together to get the best for one another, instead of fighting among ourselves?

COMMUNIST!!!!!! I FOUND A COMMUNIST......you probably voted for O'bama cause he's one too.








P.S. just so we don't get confused b/c its the internet that is sarcasm.

 

[Helen B]

Walmart is the largest retailer in the United States, and the only employment opportunity for many poor people. I hope the employees do take some ownership in their employment choices by forming a union, to level the playing field a bit. From what I've read, this job action is not about working on Black Friday; it is about the working conditions at Walmart, period, and this day was chosen because it would attract the most attention.

Yes, they have very little power so they have to make the most of what little they have.

 

[kathyt]

Kathy, you signed on to these hours and your compensation package reflects that. If things change, I bet you would want your compensation to reflect that. Walmart employees did not sign on to this. Last year they were not being asked to work Thanksgiving day. Apparently other things have changed as well. So, if your entire industry started to change the rules and started asking for more and more and for you to accept less and less what would you do? Yes, we've all heard all the squawking by healthcare professionals. Well BOO HOO nurses, doctors, and healthcare workers, suck it up because management's making changes, so they can be even more profitable. Hmmmmm, me thinks you would be singing a different tune if it was happening to you. You might want to come down off of your high horse and look at this from both sides.

Are you freaking kidding me? Changes happening to nurses? What do you think happens when there is a nursing shortage like there has been for the last 10 years. Do you think when our twelve hour shift is up we say, "Oh, Sorry Billy gotta run, yoga is about to start and I have a pedicure to get to. There is no one here to safely cover me but you will be fine!" Nope. It doesn't work that way. We are legally obligated to stay until there is adequate staffing. Come down off my high horse? Would you like to come spend an evening in the ER with me? Maybe you would like to get spit on, or thrown up on, or maybe you could come on one of the special nights when there is not enough staff and then you could walk away with a bite mark when a patient gets out of control. Don't you even talk to me about how my industry is changing until you know what the hell you are talking about. I work my butt off for every single penny I make and there has been alot of times I wasn't sure if I could continue in this field because of the emotional toll it has taken on me. I see people of all ages that come into the ER with a pulse and end up leaving w/o out one. It breaks my heart and I take it home with me all the time. It is very hard not to. Also, if you think I was not looking at this "from both sides" go re-read my posts!

 

[texkam]

Spit on, thrown up on, not enough staff, people you deal with being out of control? Sounds like a teacher, except for the part where they have to take this home with them, get paid half as much and receive even less respect. Sorry, you don't have a corner on the sympathy market. Face it, WM emplyees are a lot like you. They are like a lot of us. They work their butt off for every single penny they make and there have been alot of times they weren't sure if they could continue in this field because of the emotional toll it has taken on them. The difference is, unfortunately many are trapped there. Leaving to them means more than having to perhaps give up some lattes, new clothes, or a nice car. Perhaps try treating these folks with the same respect that you would want shown to you.

 

[kathyt]

It's always interesting to me when someone jumps into a conversation, or starts a conversation, assuming that the people they're talking to will agree with them.

On the internet, it's downright strange, but it happens in real life as well. It speaks to a certain naivete, I find. I've lived in enough places and hung out with enough people that I tend to approach a lot of topics very very carefully, at least if I don't want the conversation to turn into a fight. Living here in Virginia, these days, and being moderately left leaning, I find that I talk about the weather a great deal, AND I spend far too much time delicately shutting down lines of conversation that will turn in to fights if I don't.

Of course, there are also those occasions when I've made the same error. At least I recognize it and bail quickly, I like to think.

When I start a conversation, I never assume people will agree with me at all. I never really assume anything. If everyone was to agree the conversation would be rather dull don't you think? The point of conversations is to learn from each other and to share ideas that may be different from your own. I learned things from this discussion that I did not get from the five minute CNN segment that I watched regarding this issue. Did it change my opinion? Yes, it did. I was not aware of the additional underlying issues that Walmart employees were facing. I was responding to the story I saw in the media. Not to the story that I now know to be true. I apologize if I offended any Walmart employees who are affected by this.

 

[kathyt]

Spit on, thrown up on, not enough staff, people you deal with being out of control? Sounds like a teacher, except for the part where they have to take this home with them, get paid half as much and receive even less respect. Sorry, you don't have a corner on the sympathy market. Face it, WM emplyees are a lot like you. They are like a lot of us. They work their butt off for every single penny they make and there have been alot of times they weren't sure if they could continue in this field because of the emotional toll it has taken on them. The difference is, unfortunately many are trapped there. Leaving to them means more than having to perhaps give up some lattes, new clothes, or a nice car. Perhaps try treating these folks with the same respect that you would want shown to you.

I am done with you. I have said my peace.

 

[texkam]

Um, I liked your previous post. ^^ Nice to see that you've come around. : )

 

[kathyt]

Um, I liked your previous post. ^^ Nice to see that you've come around. : )

Do you have nothing better to do then chastise me? I told you I am done with you. Move on. Don't you have your own job to go to?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I learned things from this discussion that I did not get from the five minute CNN segment that I watched regarding this issue.

This is a problem we all face today. Making judgements based off too little information. It's not entirely our fault. We can blame the media. They media may be responding to it's consumers needs. I have learned to read as much as I can, from as many sources as I can, about issues before making judgements.

It's difficult to remain informed.

In the words of Sweet Brown..."Ain't nobody got time for that!"