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Just got a call from my son @ Walmart [View all] Mother Of Four Nov 2012 OP
Shopping like this is the end of the world. leveymg Nov 2012 #1
Ray Milland! johnp3907 Nov 2012 #25
classic movie heaven05 Nov 2012 #65
To keep with the "Johnny Dangerously" theme,... MarianJack Nov 2012 #2
Thanks ..nt :) Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #9
You're welcome! MarianJack Nov 2012 #63
You know what this is? R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #29
YES. and... MarianJack Nov 2012 #61
The walkouts are expected in the morning nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #3
You're covering it? Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #8
I am, local paper in San Diego nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #15
Please be careful. Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #16
Oh taking the trolley nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #17
I'm glad :) Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #18
Be careful, BF-Shoppers are ravenous beasts! nt rDigital Nov 2012 #36
I know... nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #37
It took me a second to realize that he was working, not shopping there. femmocrat Nov 2012 #4
He had put in his two weeks around the 5th Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #6
That's good to hear. He sounds like a wonderful young man. femmocrat Nov 2012 #12
Thank you! Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #14
He injured himself working? StatGirl Nov 2012 #44
That's why his supervisor was willing to move him to the register.. radical noodle Nov 2012 #45
That's awful. I hope he gets home safe. Fingers crossed for him. freshwest Nov 2012 #5
It's nuts. Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #7
you said it geckosfeet Nov 2012 #10
From what I understand Maynar Nov 2012 #42
Just passed by an outlet mall on my way home from Thanksgiving dinner. susanna Nov 2012 #11
these shopaholics are sick, insane northoftheborder Nov 2012 #19
I'm glad you made it home ok. Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #21
Thank you. I was just astounded... susanna Nov 2012 #22
The TV tells me I have to go crazy and shop in a herd! Scootaloo Nov 2012 #53
Rats. I was hoping for widespread customer boycotts. Brigid Nov 2012 #13
Thank you :) nt Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #24
I just got home from work myself. SheilaT Nov 2012 #20
Thank you.. Mother Of Four Nov 2012 #23
Thank you. Or I should say you're welcome. SheilaT Nov 2012 #27
A few years back, these vultures trampled a Wal-Mart greeter to death. Dawson Leery Nov 2012 #26
Yes they did! sheshe2 Nov 2012 #28
The event is arranged to promote trampling. It's rather easy to arrange it otherwise, HiPointDem Nov 2012 #39
Who Could Have Predicted that they would Bust Down the Door to Get to the Doorbuster Specials? AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #51
Wal-Mart is a cancer upon this country 47of74 Nov 2012 #30
Fargin iceholes. nt SunSeeker Nov 2012 #31
Probably the same poor, brainwashed gits who vote Repub. against their own interests. snot Nov 2012 #32
the fam & I were joking about this tonight & how nuts people are over shopping wordpix Nov 2012 #33
God, I bet you're worried about him... ReRe Nov 2012 #34
My daughter works at Walmart malokvale77 Nov 2012 #35
As negative as your son's experiences have been at Wal-Mart rDigital Nov 2012 #38
The walmart near me DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #40
A cartoon from last Thanksgiving, after Occupy. CrispyQ Nov 2012 #47
Something has to change... ellisonz Nov 2012 #41
High time to end capitalism RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #43
I'm sorry for your son that he has to see people behaving badly over material stuff. CrispyQ Nov 2012 #46
I used to work at walmart. I never had a problem on black Friday because madmom Nov 2012 #48
buying cheap stuff is scary enough, I can't imagine eating at Walmart aletier_v Nov 2012 #50
Your loss, their deli food is actually quit good. It is madmom Nov 2012 #59
Well my husband worked last night at 7:00pm on a register. He said there was southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #49
www.revbilly.com Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #52
I don't shop at Walmart, but I went there this morning because I was up plethoro Nov 2012 #54
I was a kid in the forties and my mother was a shopaholic and movie addict. Cleita Nov 2012 #56
I'm speaking of going backwards in terms of real quality of life and rational thinking.....nft plethoro Nov 2012 #57
Actually, we had a better quality of life for everyone back then. Cleita Nov 2012 #60
Yes HowZanyIsThat Nov 2012 #70
My son was on the computer this AM and said he really coudn't understand people who got 1monster Nov 2012 #55
We went LP2K12 Nov 2012 #64
A couple of weeks ago, I asked a Walmart worker I know if any employees at her store 1monster Nov 2012 #74
Adrenaline rush? AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #77
More proof ... tabasco Nov 2012 #58
Bastages yes The Wizard Nov 2012 #62
Just watched a video clip Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #66
That makes me feel sad and embarrassed. savebigbird Nov 2012 #68
No it doesn't... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #69
That's interesting... savebigbird Nov 2012 #72
I notice in a lot of these Wal-Mart experience stories today Caretha Nov 2012 #67
I imagine they are on duty, so the citizens are paying for this. n/t AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #75
Just a suggestion mimi85 Nov 2012 #71
Tell him to hang in there. Lots of good things starting to happen... pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #73
This is why I hate this weekend... AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #76
Can't we just raise the minimum wage to $10 ? ELI BOY 1950 Nov 2012 #78
Uh, the "stimulus" worked ! ... eom Kolesar Nov 2012 #79
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