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9. That was my thought, too, TexasBushwahcker Who wouldn't go back to

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 09:27 PM

Nov 2012

that if they were old enough to remember the assembly line spitting out too many chocolates for Lucy and Ethel to wrap?!

Thanks for the inside story of your Mom's time at Hostest Brands, politicaljack. What a trooper to go there and work for such neglectful and incompetent bosses because..well, we work most of the time because we need the Money! And, now they're trying to blame their Failings on the Workers.

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Hostess Brands/Interstate Brands Business Practices from a person who lived it (My mom) [View all] politicaljack78 Nov 2012 OP

Very interesting LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #1

Holy Cow! I am talking to a Patriot. Way coool. politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #2

Hi Patersonian! LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #8

That is awesome, you're bro and my mom worked at the same place.... politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #11

My brother worked there for about 3 weeks, to be honest. LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #39

That story sounds similar to what happens in the grocery industry. cstanleytech Nov 2012 #7

Deliberately fixing the numbers and making those that need the money and are the face politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #12

Well the chain I am speaking of forbids overtime period even for the people willing to work it. cstanleytech Nov 2012 #26

Yup and Drakes did the same to my mom, providing back to back politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #29

Great NYT article about this going on throughout retail Patiod Nov 2012 #41

Your not doing anyone any good if you don't "name names". xtraxritical Nov 2012 #34

I cant risk the potential blowback on myself nor on my family if cstanleytech Nov 2012 #36

My ex was an IT person for a number of years. SheilaT Nov 2012 #14

I hear you. I felt like a single parent when my kids were little LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #38

For too many years teachers and nurses SheilaT Nov 2012 #42

reminds me of I Love Lucy and the candy factory n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2012 #3

My mom said the same thing ! Except this was reality and while it was happening politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #5

I'd bet there were tax or similar advantages to that waste. American corporate HiPointDem Nov 2012 #45

That was my thought, too, TexasBushwahcker Who wouldn't go back to Cha Nov 2012 #9

Thanks for that post Cha, I saw that episode with my mom 25 years ago ! politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #15

Say hi to your mom! Cha Nov 2012 #17

She says Hi right back at you ! politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #18

Sweet! :) Cha Nov 2012 #21

Read Upton Sinclair The Jungle Revlon10 Nov 2012 #4

Getting it now. Thanks Rev. n/t politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #6

+1000 silverweb Nov 2012 #10

I wish someone would make that into a movie. I would show it in every history class demtenjeep Nov 2012 #13

The only version I can find of it is a 1914 silent OnlinePoker Nov 2012 #32

Wow, free on iTunes?... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #31

Thanks, just bought the Kindle edition...NT jdadd Nov 2012 #35

1,000 cakes a minute??!! OMG reformist2 Nov 2012 #16

Yeah and they could only pack 3 to 6 hundred, imagine the waste. politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #20

My mom in law worked for Hostess but truedelphi Nov 2012 #28

Imagine that and the tax rate back then was what 70%?.... politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #30

greed barbtries Nov 2012 #19

My pleasure. I thank my mom for letting me pepper her with these questions. politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #22

Symptom of very low tax rates on rich. ErikJ Nov 2012 #23

Agreed. The Wealthy no longer see money as just a vehicle to buy goods politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #25

+100 LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #40

The speed of the machine reminds me......... mrmpa Nov 2012 #24

You're mom is awesome! I wish my mom had the same setup politicaljack78 Nov 2012 #27

Turn up the machine to attract investors? Trillo Nov 2012 #33

THANKS for this first hand info, very interesting. nt Raine Nov 2012 #37

K&R. pacalo Nov 2012 #43

kr. you're right, it was deliberate. i imagine there were tax advantages for that HiPointDem Nov 2012 #44

I hate corporations. nt femrap Nov 2012 #46