Just got a call from my son @ Walmart

[AngryOldDem]

76. This is why I hate this weekend...

...and am 100% in solidarity with the workers at these stores.

A mob mentality takes over. And I'm so sick of seeing CEOs on the news gloating at how good their sales are, and patting themselves on the back for giving the public what it so obviously "wants." It would not hurt their bottom line ONE IOTA to take ONE day off from this frenzy. I'm convinced that a lot of these people who storm the doors would gladly buy dogshit if it came wrapped in a pretty package and was going for 10% off. It's sick.

This is just one more example of the growing phenomenon of employee abuse in this country as employers are taking full advantage of the weak economy to exploit their workers.

The older I get, the more disgusted I am with the whole holiday season, and every year I am just all the more tempted to donate to charities like Heifer International in the name of others rather than get them more shit that they don't need.

(And one more thing...who the hell in their right mind would wait for DAYS in front of a BEST BUY in order to be the first through the doors?)