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greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
96. I think it's time to take them seriously
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 04:30 AM
Nov 2013

and have charity workers stand outside walmart to collect toys, canned items, etc. for walmart associates. Let the customers experience that before coming into the store.

Further down it suggests Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #1
And though your children may not be legally entitled to sell their organs . . . hatrack Nov 2013 #2
I'm afraid it's medical experiments for the lot of you phantom power Nov 2013 #4
LOL! 2Legit Nov 2013 #48
Well do we really need two of everything? really you need both eyes and ears, that's just selfish Heather MC Nov 2013 #95
Have you considered being a mule? Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #7
some people have tried to sell their children on eBay yurbud Nov 2013 #25
Well, hey, win-win, cause extra cash and one less mouth to feed Thor_MN Nov 2013 #93
you would need the sarcasm smilie if you were a McDonalds or Walmart exec yurbud Nov 2013 #106
Great idea! The 1% can use them for giblet dressing or gravy for their turkey. n/t Tanuki Nov 2013 #41
Aside from that it's sociopathic, I've always wondered "then what?" phantom power Nov 2013 #3
Debtors prison with work release. n/t librechik Nov 2013 #6
As a poor person I can answer that for all of us... Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #20
Thank you. djean111 Nov 2013 #28
From the heart. Jesus Malverde Nov 2013 #29
that's worth an OP of it's own. yurbud Nov 2013 #30
Best wishes to you. grantcart Nov 2013 #34
Wish I could rec your post. nt awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #37
I can relate Saviolo Nov 2013 #38
Some years ago, at least twenty now, SheilaT Nov 2013 #39
Being poor is very expensive... Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #43
Got a bit of the idiot advice from a food stamp information trainer today Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #49
Having spent long years of my life in this state, the analogy you used.......... socialist_n_TN Nov 2013 #61
You describe very eloquently, why being poor is so costly... CoffeeCat Nov 2013 #89
And you can never ever afford to buy anything in bulk eridani Nov 2013 #98
and most likely do not have room to store it all lunasun Nov 2013 #104
You write really really well. Demit Nov 2013 #102
thank you. nt Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #108
THank you for posting. PLEASE make this an orginal post on the board. diabeticman Nov 2013 #47
I feel bad that it took 47 posts before this was 4 t 4 Nov 2013 #55
thank you for this eloquent post. Please consider making it into an op cali Nov 2013 #54
Post removed Post removed Nov 2013 #56
Why can't DU be a "hobby"? Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #71
well said. blackspade Nov 2013 #66
Thank you. nt Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #69
... SammyWinstonJack Nov 2013 #70
I appreciate the time you took to give a glimpse Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #74
Thanks for the insights. You're a good writer - good voice and you know how to tell a story... polichick Nov 2013 #82
Cover California entitles residents to free healthcare if your income is less than 17 grand.. busterbrown Nov 2013 #97
Poverty as frame of mind. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #109
somebody needs to make a color cartoon of official new character Ronald "Scrooge" MacDonald librechik Nov 2013 #5
Scrooge was finally redeemed; that was the point of "A Christmas Carol" LongTomH Nov 2013 #27
I'm having a hard time believing this Revanchist Nov 2013 #8
That was a joke. Organ selling is illegal. So they wouldn't advise you to do it, just nudge. Shrike47 Nov 2013 #16
Yeah, I'm definitely functioning on too little sleep Revanchist Nov 2013 #19
you could still come out ahead if you bought a plane ticket to where it was legal yurbud Nov 2013 #107
Please Mr. McBumble..... Chipper Chat Nov 2013 #9
Keep this up, and you'll have a visit from Bill McSykes hatrack Nov 2013 #23
Nah. Not worried. Chipper Chat Nov 2013 #44
What is this, a competition with Wal-Mart? malthaussen Nov 2013 #10
real contest Brainstormy Nov 2013 #32
Attention 1%'ers. Great to hear you have Christmas presents and that they are resalable commodities Coyotl Nov 2013 #11
I know, a few dollar store gifts 4 t 4 Nov 2013 #57
Lovely. (sarcasm) k&r n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #12
Why don't McDonalds workers just borrow from their parents Ace Acme Nov 2013 #13
This is starting to get really sick. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2013 #14
Remember when they caught a Walmart manager taking toys out of the 'Toys For Tots' bin? Shrike47 Nov 2013 #17
Every year the Toys for Tots program gets robbed. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2013 #22
McScrooge newfie11 Nov 2013 #15
Parody Website erpowers Nov 2013 #18
The line in Fast Food Nation - book or movie -older from 90's lunasun Nov 2013 #105
Sick fucks. Solly Mack Nov 2013 #21
chew your Soylent Green slowly.... ZRT2209 Nov 2013 #24
What is it with these corporations they dig themselves into a hole and instead of addressing the Arcanetrance Nov 2013 #26
I absolutely hate McDonald's, but... Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #31
It's on their resource site, also featured as a screen cap in this video: NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #52
Ah. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #63
Actually, I just busted them, they've scrubbed the "Digging out from Holiday Debt" page. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #65
The McResource site is also McOutsourced. mwooldri Nov 2013 #78
Yes, "nynurturlife.com" manages resource sites for lots of different clients and insurance cos. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #79
True Socialism,,,,,,,? Cryptoad Nov 2013 #33
Keeping in mind that there are McDonalds in Germany.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #35
The exit sign is better jmowreader Nov 2013 #75
LOL! I only saw "Drive In" not out. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #80
Agreed Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #36
Few things are more revolting than a McDonalds inside a WalMart Blue Owl Nov 2013 #40
It's almost as if execs are saying, "Let's see how much the pawns will take..." polichick Nov 2013 #42
yes that is it ,no joke 4 t 4 Nov 2013 #59
My advice to McDs employees: Sell weed through the drivethru NightWatcher Nov 2013 #45
KamaAina's Advice To Overpaid McD's Execs: Shove It! KamaAina Nov 2013 #46
3 bowls of gruel per day, an onion twice a week, and they have the nerve to ask for more Major Nikon Nov 2013 #50
I'm surprised they don't suggest employees sell sex Ilsa Nov 2013 #51
Wanted: Will pay up to $34.95 "A partridge in a pear tree" ...and YES!..We have Lads a Leapin' BlueJazz Nov 2013 #53
Fuck McDonald's I will never eat there again. gopiscrap Nov 2013 #58
how dare they 4 t 4 Nov 2013 #62
Thank You for this opportunity- ruffburr Nov 2013 #60
WTF?! blackspade Nov 2013 #64
Are we absolutely certain that isn't a parody/satire website? ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2013 #67
no , what do you think! 4 t 4 Nov 2013 #73
These über rich criminal assholes are becoming characatures of Ebaneezer Scrooge. Initech Nov 2013 #68
I hate McDonald's so much that I never yield for cars pulling out of their lots valerief Nov 2013 #72
The real question remains unasked jmowreader Nov 2013 #76
I saw the video. It also says, "Stop whining" to reduce stress. muntrv Nov 2013 #77
McDickens (TM) n/t devils chaplain Nov 2013 #81
LMAO! adirondacker Nov 2013 #84
Dickens? Nah. bucolic_frolic Nov 2013 #83
"Trickle Down," bay-bee. blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #85
WTH uses the phrases "break apart food" and "breaking food"?? These are NOT American-English terms! WinkyDink Nov 2013 #86
now THATS the Christmas Spirit fascisthunter Nov 2013 #87
Disgusting, yet part of what makes us truly...exceptional. n/t Alkene Nov 2013 #88
Better than Wal Mart.... Tigress DEM Nov 2013 #90
McDonalds could have added, "and don't buy presents for anyone" so all in all, this wasn't too bad progree Nov 2013 #91
It's a sick management that allows "advice" like this to be released. I think they secretly laugh at reformist2 Nov 2013 #92
Are they trying to make themselves look like the biggest tools ever? treestar Nov 2013 #94
I think it's time to take them seriously greymattermom Nov 2013 #96
I think this and Wal-Mart just go to show how far our economic system has devolved... AngryOldDem Nov 2013 #99
How much can you get for stuff from Goodwill or the $ store??? Honestly what items if you are lunasun Nov 2013 #100
K&R. "We have basically devolved into a Dickens novel!" Enthusiast Nov 2013 #101
The Empire Is Dying - Rotting From Within cantbeserious Nov 2013 #103
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