Wal Mart
#61




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Whats that got to do with Walmart in particular? There are other cheap food sources, in Ontario No Frills and the Loebs equivalent spring to mind....
Walmart is (relatively) cheap, but its not the only cheap store.
If Walmart wasnt leading the charge towards offshore prodict sourcing and lower wages and hours for those still working here, then maybe more people would be earning better wages, and fewer people would be counting their pennies.
Walmart is (relatively) cheap, but its not the only cheap store.
If Walmart wasnt leading the charge towards offshore prodict sourcing and lower wages and hours for those still working here, then maybe more people would be earning better wages, and fewer people would be counting their pennies.
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So what are your thoughts about people working for walmart...............and i'd becareful....
Nothing wrong with walmart, same as every other place around, yeah i have read the reports and reports on other stores as well
At least when i have a trolley full they help me the car, our local store is also very friendly and helpful

Nothing wrong with walmart, same as every other place around, yeah i have read the reports and reports on other stores as well

At least when i have a trolley full they help me the car, our local store is also very friendly and helpful


Its very hard to be an ethical shopper, you can only try your best, within your means etc etc.
Life was easier when all you had to do was avoid South African goods. Mind you if I had tasted how good the fruit was before I boycotted them it would have been harder.
#63
The same people who moan about WM are probably the same people who used to write in to points of view and have a go instead of turning off the T.V. If its that bad why do you go there, get a life.
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I hardly think that taking some sort of action against exploitation is tha same as getting annoyed by a few swear words on TV.
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Hasn't anyone flounced off yet?
I am guilty of shopping at Walmart.
I am going to read the articles, and will see how I feel about going there afterwards.
I am guilty of shopping at Walmart.
I am going to read the articles, and will see how I feel about going there afterwards.
#67
What's with this big outcry about Wal-Mart. Why such a moralistic attitude? Where is that attitude towards crimes in your country, city or province against children, the elderly, the disabled, the poor.
So their products are made in China with what we might call slave labor. They are not the only company in the US or Canada or the world, for that matter, who sell goods manufactured in Asia. Where is your moral indignation against Mattel for having manufactured and having sold tainted toys to children for the last year or so.
If people chose to work for Wal-Mart or Sam's Club it is because the jobs for their skill levels are so few and far between that to feed, clothe and shelter their family or just themselves means they must take whatever job is available.
Very nice to be the cat that sits on the fence and spouts their moral indignation while they have the financial ability to own their own homes, purchase clothing made in Europe, organic foodstuffs, the big SUV, the newest electronic toys in your homes and cars, a well paying job and all the money they brought over from the UK with the excellent exchange rate.
BTW have you checked the brands you buy in No Frills, or Zeller's or any of the supermarkets for labels that say made in China.
The only moral indignation I have is with shortsighted people who feel it is their way or no way. Let's hope none of you have to scrape by in life. You would have to eat your moral indignation and it won't taste so good even with Cadbury Chocolate from the UK.
So their products are made in China with what we might call slave labor. They are not the only company in the US or Canada or the world, for that matter, who sell goods manufactured in Asia. Where is your moral indignation against Mattel for having manufactured and having sold tainted toys to children for the last year or so.
If people chose to work for Wal-Mart or Sam's Club it is because the jobs for their skill levels are so few and far between that to feed, clothe and shelter their family or just themselves means they must take whatever job is available.
Very nice to be the cat that sits on the fence and spouts their moral indignation while they have the financial ability to own their own homes, purchase clothing made in Europe, organic foodstuffs, the big SUV, the newest electronic toys in your homes and cars, a well paying job and all the money they brought over from the UK with the excellent exchange rate.
BTW have you checked the brands you buy in No Frills, or Zeller's or any of the supermarkets for labels that say made in China.
The only moral indignation I have is with shortsighted people who feel it is their way or no way. Let's hope none of you have to scrape by in life. You would have to eat your moral indignation and it won't taste so good even with Cadbury Chocolate from the UK.
#68
What's with this big outcry about Wal-Mart. Why such a moralistic attitude? Where is that attitude towards crimes in your country, city or province against children, the elderly, the disabled, the poor.
So their products are made in China with what we might call slave labor. They are not the only company in the US or Canada or the world, for that matter, who sell goods manufactured in Asia. Where is your moral indignation against Mattel for having manufactured and having sold tainted toys to children for the last year or so.
If people chose to work for Wal-Mart or Sam's Club it is because the jobs for their skill levels are so few and far between that to feed, clothe and shelter their family or just themselves means they must take whatever job is available.
Very nice to be the cat that sits on the fence and spouts their moral indignation while they have the financial ability to own their own homes, purchase clothing made in Europe, organic foodstuffs, the big SUV, the newest electronic toys in your homes and cars, a well paying job and all the money they brought over from the UK with the excellent exchange rate.
BTW have you checked the brands you buy in No Frills, or Zeller's or any of the supermarkets for labels that say made in China.
The only moral indignation I have is with shortsighted people who feel it is their way or no way. Let's hope none of you have to scrape by in life. You would have to eat your moral indignation and it won't taste so good even with Cadbury Chocolate from the UK.
So their products are made in China with what we might call slave labor. They are not the only company in the US or Canada or the world, for that matter, who sell goods manufactured in Asia. Where is your moral indignation against Mattel for having manufactured and having sold tainted toys to children for the last year or so.
If people chose to work for Wal-Mart or Sam's Club it is because the jobs for their skill levels are so few and far between that to feed, clothe and shelter their family or just themselves means they must take whatever job is available.
Very nice to be the cat that sits on the fence and spouts their moral indignation while they have the financial ability to own their own homes, purchase clothing made in Europe, organic foodstuffs, the big SUV, the newest electronic toys in your homes and cars, a well paying job and all the money they brought over from the UK with the excellent exchange rate.
BTW have you checked the brands you buy in No Frills, or Zeller's or any of the supermarkets for labels that say made in China.
The only moral indignation I have is with shortsighted people who feel it is their way or no way. Let's hope none of you have to scrape by in life. You would have to eat your moral indignation and it won't taste so good even with Cadbury Chocolate from the UK.
#69
I don't buy poverty as an excuse for a second.
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Well said.
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Well said.
If you don't like bells, don't live near a church.
#74




Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 279

What's with this big outcry about Wal-Mart. Why such a moralistic attitude? Where is that attitude towards crimes in your country, city or province against children, the elderly, the disabled, the poor.
So their products are made in China with what we might call slave labor. They are not the only company in the US or Canada or the world, for that matter, who sell goods manufactured in Asia. Where is your moral indignation against Mattel for having manufactured and having sold tainted toys to children for the last year or so.
If people chose to work for Wal-Mart or Sam's Club it is because the jobs for their skill levels are so few and far between that to feed, clothe and shelter their family or just themselves means they must take whatever job is available.
Very nice to be the cat that sits on the fence and spouts their moral indignation while they have the financial ability to own their own homes, purchase clothing made in Europe, organic foodstuffs, the big SUV, the newest electronic toys in your homes and cars, a well paying job and all the money they brought over from the UK with the excellent exchange rate.
BTW have you checked the brands you buy in No Frills, or Zeller's or any of the supermarkets for labels that say made in China.
The only moral indignation I have is with shortsighted people who feel it is their way or no way. Let's hope none of you have to scrape by in life. You would have to eat your moral indignation and it won't taste so good even with Cadbury Chocolate from the UK.
So their products are made in China with what we might call slave labor. They are not the only company in the US or Canada or the world, for that matter, who sell goods manufactured in Asia. Where is your moral indignation against Mattel for having manufactured and having sold tainted toys to children for the last year or so.
If people chose to work for Wal-Mart or Sam's Club it is because the jobs for their skill levels are so few and far between that to feed, clothe and shelter their family or just themselves means they must take whatever job is available.
Very nice to be the cat that sits on the fence and spouts their moral indignation while they have the financial ability to own their own homes, purchase clothing made in Europe, organic foodstuffs, the big SUV, the newest electronic toys in your homes and cars, a well paying job and all the money they brought over from the UK with the excellent exchange rate.
BTW have you checked the brands you buy in No Frills, or Zeller's or any of the supermarkets for labels that say made in China.
The only moral indignation I have is with shortsighted people who feel it is their way or no way. Let's hope none of you have to scrape by in life. You would have to eat your moral indignation and it won't taste so good even with Cadbury Chocolate from the UK.





