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[Susan]

I was sure it was going to be Depeche Mode.

[[deleted user]]

No way. You can't beat The Cure! Not for that mood.

Though I do love me some D M. In Your Room...so good!

[Laurin]

Stressing out. I absolutely cannot figure out this accounting project, and it's due Monday. On top of that, I have a 5 page paper due 12/6, and I have no clue what I'm supposed to write.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Sounds a little like my dream last night.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

By the way your paper should be titled "Bartok, Balazs, and the Creation of a Modern Hungarian Opera".

[Laurin]

Lobstergirl wrote: "By the way your paper should be titled "Bartok, Balazs, and the Creation of a Modern Hungarian Opera"."

I have to create or improve a business. That is literally the only direction we were given. Uh, what?

[Phil]

For the project or the paper?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

You should improve Wal-mart. It needs improving.

[Laurin]

Phil wrote: "For the project or the paper?"

Paper.
For the project, I have to make a contribution format income statement, then derive a bunch of information from it (Break-Even points, target profits, etc.), then write a memo explaining everything. I have the income statements done, but my calculations will not work, no matter what I try!

[Phil]

Improve WalMart. Have them adopt Henry Ford's principle of paying the employees enough that they can afford the products. Make it a "retail family" instead of a third world sweatshop.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Yes. Make the point that companies like Wal-mart (and every other company that then for competitive reasons adopts the same retail and compensation strategy, like Target, J.C. Penney, Kohl's, etc.) actually add extra burden for government and taxpayers. By paying such low wages, they cause their employees to need welfare and/or food stamps or other government programs. All the rest of the taxpayers are then subsidizing these low-wage workers, to the benefit of Wal-mart's empire.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Getting ready to wash dishes.

Step back, whores.

[Susan]

Oh shit.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

All done.

[Laurin]

Phil wrote: "Improve WalMart. Have them adopt Henry Ford's principle of paying the employees enough that they can afford the products. Make it a "retail family" instead of a third world sweatshop."

Lobstergirl wrote: "Yes. Make the point that companies like Wal-mart (and every other company that then for competitive reasons adopts the same retail and compensation strategy, like Target, J.C. Penney, Kohl's, etc...."

I like it. I think that's what I'm going to write my paper on. Thanks for the ideas :)

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

"Walmart Paved the Way for Poverty Wages"

This video will get you started.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/171458/...

Walmart worker at the end of the video, asked why she was striking on Black Friday: "Because my associates here at Walmart have to use the food pantry [charity] to eat."

[Susan]

I can't wait to hear about the Professor's comments from this paper.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

If Wal-mart would raise the wage from $8/hr. (which comes to about $16k/year) to $25,000/year, it would lift 1.5 million workers out of poverty. And even if Wal-mart passed 100% of that cost on to customers, which it would not have to do, it would only cost each Walmart customer an additional 17 cents per shopping trip.

[Susan]

Have you seen the Walmart shoppers?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I've only been in Walmart twice in my life. I don't remember the first set of shoppers, I do remember the second set. Your point being what, that they can't afford an extra 17 cents per trip?

[Susan]

Yes. There is a website dedicated to the shoppers of Walmart.

[Susan]

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

Yes BW.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I get we're not talking about a well-off demographic, but 17 cents is 17 cents.

[Susan]

I agree. The additional cost is very insignificant and would greatly improve lives. I just have a hard time believing anyone will do anything about it. Walmart is a beast that is feeding off of consumers that do not know or do not care to know how they are enabling a terrible cycle of injustice.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

BunWat wrote: "Also we, as consumers, could choose to shop in stores that pay their staff a living wage."

Some people could do that, many could not. In many places around America Walmart or the Dollar Store are the only places to shop.

[evie]

I'm watching "Howls Moving Castle."

[[deleted user]]

Walmart shoppers can afford 17 cents. That website is dedicated to the tragedy that is fashion sense for the most part, occasionally bad parenting or poking fun at the super morbidly obese on scooters buying Wagon Wheels and Ding Dongs. Just because they dress badly doesn't mean that 17 cents is going to make or break their ability to shop at Walmart. And, that web site is pictures of the worst of the worst over hundreds of stores across the country. Lots of average folks are there as well.

I avoid it as much as possible, sometimes I give in. Mainly for allergy meds that I stock up on a couple of times a year.

[Susan]

There is a Walmart in a plaza where I take the little one to play. It must be a hot spot for such contenders for that website because that is all I see coming in and out of that place. I find it to be tragic.

[Susan]

Realizing I am such a dolt! They have html shortcuts on the f-ing book links. Son of a ....I have been laboring over trying to remember code. What the flying fig newtons is wrong with me!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Updating my commonplace book.

[Susan]

You like the flying fig newtons?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I don't like any kind of fig newton.

[Susan]

Not even a strawberry fig newton?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Not even a fig newton made of ground up Chippendales dancers.

[Susan]

No, no. Let's not grind the Chippendales up. What if they are wearing a fig newton?

[Laurin]

This is going to be very helpful, thanks.

[Phil]

Susan wrote: "No, no. Let's not grind the Chippendales up. What if they are wearing a fig newton?"

What? Skewered?

[Susan]

I was thinking more along the lines of a hanging door but I can work with skewered.

[Susan]

I am repeatedly putting the shooting hand back on Godzilla for my son.

[[deleted user]]

Antares wrote: "Just finished dinner. Now watching final overs of the 1st day, 3rd test between Aussies and Proteas.

Had a very lonnnnnnggggggg day!"


Cricket?

[[deleted user]]

Listening to my shuffle, eating pesto tortellini and having a wander around.

[Susan]

Hey pesto tortellini...

[[deleted user]]

I miss Cricket.

[Félix]

Is it missing?

[Susan]

[Laurin]

Susan wrote: "I can't wait to hear about the Professor's comments from this paper."

He really liked my ecotourism/voluntourism paper, which was surprising.

[Susan]

You can never be sure what they will like or not like from my experience. I was constantly surprised by the professors I had when I was in college.

I even had a creative writing professor that left a comment on one of my poems that said:
"Rough childhood, Susan?"
I thought that a bit presumptuous on his part.

[Phil]

Yes. He should have referred to you as "Ms. (susan's last name)."

[Susan]

::chuckles::

[Susan]

He was into first names. He wanted his students to call him Danny. He also made us sit through readings of his self-published poetry. It was not a good time.