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Brickbat

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17. What a company gives to "take care of you," it will also take away to punish you or when it simply

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 09:11 AM

Jul 2012

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doesn't need you anymore. A union could have helped her with this one; hope she never voted "no" in any organizing drive.

Seems to me the manager should have been fired, putting a 73-year-old greeter in a green vest in charge of guarding a door on Black Friday.

Too bad her "friends" at the store aren't agitating for her return. Better instead to keep their heads down, I suppose, in case they're next.

This woman learned a painful lesson and it's too bad it's come so late in life.

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Black Friday ruckus, firing changes 73-year-old Walmart greeter's life [View all] Tony_FLADEM Jul 2012 OP

Sad story. bluedigger Jul 2012 #1

Expendable. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #2

Yes, and if she had fallen instead of "touching a customer" csziggy Jul 2012 #29

That's for sure. laundry_queen Jul 2012 #3

No doubt. bluedigger Jul 2012 #4

she maxed out at $15/hr. omg, they could have been paying someone $8. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #6

Exactly PatSeg Jul 2012 #37

but there are always bridges to burn blueamy66 Jul 2012 #14

Wally World and their ilk don't like long time employees DotGone Jul 2012 #5

When will people learn that Walmart is no friend to any worker there? Selatius Jul 2012 #7

sorry for her...but not magical thyme Jul 2012 #8

Me me me.. The real national Anthem of America MattBaggins Jul 2012 #9

sorry you feel that way magical thyme Jul 2012 #12

Answers. Chan790 Jul 2012 #20

I think you are missing the point which is how Walmart does not mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #27

Maybe someone should write an article about you thelordofhell Jul 2012 #10

Wow. Nice compassion you have there, considering people's lives depend on what you do and all. myrna minx Jul 2012 #11

I never had the opportunity to join a union magical thyme Jul 2012 #13

I don't even know how to respond to this nasty approach to health care. myrna minx Jul 2012 #16

Me either obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #18

If this person actually works in health care, then the union members they encounter on a myrna minx Jul 2012 #19

not to my knowledge magical thyme Jul 2012 #34

You don't how to use a telephone? Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #21

silly me, silly us magical thyme Jul 2012 #25

I've helped unionize before. xmas74 Jul 2012 #28

thank you, xmas74 magical thyme Jul 2012 #36

Yikes. cwydro Jul 2012 #22

hopefully not for much longer magical thyme Jul 2012 #26

Oh really? Oilwellian Jul 2012 #23

One of the biggest misconceptions about unions is that "they" will "come in" and hold your hand Brickbat Jul 2012 #24

there's a huge difference between holding somebody's hand magical thyme Jul 2012 #30

Q: what's the difference between you and a tea bagger? DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2012 #43

I'm glad this article served as a jumping off point... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #31

what bad choices? i didn't see any bad choices. in fact, i saw very few choices. ellenfl Jul 2012 #33

I saw a couple bad choices, but I don't think working at Wallie's was one of them magical thyme Jul 2012 #38

I feel sorry for her because I am almost in her shoes. RebelOne Jul 2012 #35

I'm making less than that magical thyme Jul 2012 #40

If you can hold out until you hit 65, you will receive full social security benefits. n/t RebelOne Jul 2012 #42

That's pretty cold PatSeg Jul 2012 #39

K&R! myrna minx Jul 2012 #15

What a company gives to "take care of you," it will also take away to punish you or when it simply Brickbat Jul 2012 #17

Fuck Walmart, and the cretins who line up there like pigs at the trough ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #32

K&R for visibility. drm604 Jul 2012 #41

Why are 73 year olds working at Walmart? hunter Jul 2012 #44