Me too!! Oh the ever elusive Wally...sm

I was never close, especially with T and J and their massive line counts.  I was hoping this would work so I could catch up with some great friends.  I have no clue who you are yet, so I guess you may have to give me some more clues.  You probably already know who I am by the long entries I write, and of course Shaggy. 

Yeah I bet everybody reading this is wondering what I'm smokin!  HAAA! HAAA!  I'll never tell.    

• Hey Gang, It's Shaggy, its a mystery, where is everybody?...sm - typinlikemad
  • LOL - Moo
    • Me too!! Oh the ever elusive Wally...sm - typinlikemad
      • Hey Moo, wonder what ever happened with the mysterious rocks in the yard and if everybody got...sm - typinlikemad
        • You have one heck of a memory...sm - Moo
          • I think I remember it because it was a very positive experience...sm - typinlikemad

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i too am guilty of shopping at wal-mart and have caught LOTS of grief about it from friends of mine who....make more money!!! and who aren't single moms and don't have kids. but i totally get the person who posted about cutting off your nose to spite your face and the consequences of poor work conditions shown by the tacit approval of patronizing the store, as well as the posting about what many MTSOs have done to MTs (although i see that climate changing in a positive direction too, albeit excruciatingly slowly!).

on the other hand, there is such a thing as "change from within." it also seems there's room for the big mega-giant conglomerates like wal-mart, as well as the mom&pop stores - overall, neither will go out of business, though many smaller communities have sadly seen the demise of the latter with their very quaint and charming main streets. i don't think the issue is black and white, and it seems some stores are much worse offenders in some states than others. i'm hoping the employees in litigation win, that justice prevails, and that, hopefully, this will carry through to how all wal-mart employees are treated.

my particular gripe is how many very productive workers and contributing citizens have no insurance because they're part-time employed. seems to me if insurance is offered to all employed individuals (and unemployed, for that matter, but i digress), then you ultimately increase the bottom line by having more energetic, happier, HEALTHIER, saner workers willing to give 100%, as well as rewarding others for thinking outside the wage-slave, 9-5 box and enabling them to work a couple part-time jobs (i myself would LOVE to do this), or to embark on starting up their own businesses. regarding MT, with its sedentary and physically repetitive work environment, i personally find it unhealthy to expect anything more than 35-36 hours to be full time, preferably 32. i work about 28 now, some in split shifts, and am a single mom of a 6yo and couldn't lead the very full and rewarding life that i do were i forced by circumstances to do this full-time. i'd be miserable, and life is too short for that, even if i have to go through it without health insurance!