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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:05 AM Original message |
Home Depot to Employees: Don’t Sit Down |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. EVERY cashier should be able to sit down at their job. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. agreed. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. Home Despot sucks big time.. |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Is Lowe's as bad? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I've found that the service is much better at Lowe's so I drive further to go there. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I think Lowe's is better from a customer's point of view.. |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Lowes Is Better, Cleaner Brighter |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. I spent thousands last year.. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. unless it comes in a box, a useless hardware store |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Walmart put our local Ace out of business. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. The Home Despot is also one of Rush Limbaugh's biggest advertisers. nt |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Eeeuwww. I didn't know that. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. They also had rallies for shrub |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. It wasn't just having no seats while working. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Break the Unions, bust the American worker down to third world status... |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. The only wat for people to have power over you is to give it away. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. "When....the rich are contemplating starvation" = FantasyLand. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Dream on. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. That is the point people won't get together |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. Wouldn't this also violate a handicapped workers rights? Corporations make me sick. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. There's a lady in a wheelchair at my local Target, also. She works at the register |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Check-out line clerking is a job traditionally performed 'on foot'. Providing a place for sitting |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. BS. Do cashiers have to move when they're cashiering? |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. They do have to move- there's a fair amount of lifting, bending over, bagging.. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Back when I was a union cashier in a grocery store, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. yep.."got time to lean? got time to clean!" that was the store motto |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. I've done several check-out line jobs: there is NEVER a seat. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Deleted message |
laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. HAH! |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
47. Yes- lazy. I'm in my late 40s- and I've done the job; it isn't data entry, it's interactive |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Very well said... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. They support tha gays |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. Cashiers not being allowed a stool has made me mad for years. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Agreed. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. I worked at a factory (for a very short time) |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. They still have human checkers at Home Depot??? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have never ever seen a cashier sitting down |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. The only store where I've seen a sit-down cashier is at Wegmans |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I love that store |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Aldis grocery stores have stools for the cashiers, too. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. When I lived in Pennsylvania, the one I shopped at didn't |
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coyote (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. I live in Germany, and all the cashiers sit down. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. But in Germany, management is required by law to include labor in the decision-making process. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
38. Are Americans really so lazy that we can't stand up? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 03:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Fuck "laziness" Standing is no more aerobic than sitting n/t |
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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Standing vs. Sitting |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I guess you told eridani! |
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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Sorry, what are referring to? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. No actual calorie counts listed |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
41. Texas Tack & Feed |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
44. Ace Is Still The Place... |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
46. Provide seats for employees and this might happen: |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
53. I worked in a dept store behind a counter. |
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