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Tallulah

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36. I distinctly remember

Reply to OhioChick (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 04:55 PM

Feb 2013

interviewing for a job at the Fruit of the Loom plant many years ago and being asked if I had kids.

Before I had the chance to even answer I was told having no babysitter, having a sick child, was not an excuse to be absent from work.

Working hours were from 7 am to 5 pm and half a day on Saturday.

The place employed 3000 women. Childcare was not their problem.

Many women were either let go or quit because of their rule. Then the SOBs moved to Mexico and devastated the town forever.

To this day I refuse to buy Fruit of the Loom anything.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer should be ashamed of herself.

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Marissa Mayer under fire as she brings baby to personal nursery that she built next to her office [View all] OhioChick Feb 2013 OP

Now ain't that sweet! nt Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #1

Isn't Marissa sort of a fundy? joeybee12 Feb 2013 #2

I think she is the former chairperson of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #18

They don't get more fundy than that! joeybee12 Feb 2013 #19

Did you see that pic of her with the 10 Commandments tattooed on her lower back? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #20

Can't find it...but in anticipation of it...one more... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #21

I can't find it either however OhioChick Feb 2013 #22

I remember that quote, and once more... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #23

Pretty implausible, since she is a Lutheran Tanuki Feb 2013 #29

Or maybe I was poking a little fun. Just maybe. MAYYYYYYBE. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #30

That takes brass something... Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #3

Something strange happens to the brains of people when they get money Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #4

To The Brains Of Incompetent People HangOnKids Feb 2013 #6

Way, way back in the day... ljm2002 Feb 2013 #5

She Is An MBA Twit HangOnKids Feb 2013 #7

In 1971, Sullair Corp SoCalDem Feb 2013 #11

RHIP n/t SoCalDem Feb 2013 #8

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #9

Depends on the TYPE of work SoCalDem Feb 2013 #14

The Peter Principle in action (nt) riqster Feb 2013 #10

She certainly lives up to the HappyMe Feb 2013 #12

I find this bit ironic... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #13

I noticed that as well sharp_stick Feb 2013 #24

The stink of her hypocrisy is rather strong Lurks Often Feb 2013 #15

A corporation as big as this should provide onsite day care and the parents should pay for it. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #16

Bill Maher had a great new rule a while back: Initech Feb 2013 #17

Here's what she's really doing....it's called a reduction-in-force without actually announcing it... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #25

Yep. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #28

you got it, OldDem ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #32

Agreed. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #33

Marissa Mayer probably thinks life is pretty good right now, AndyA Feb 2013 #26

Ya but her baby is special Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #27

Usual cluelessness from the privileged class, who don't have an inkling Cleita Feb 2013 #31

Another privileged 1%er. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #34

one, there's a lot of advantages to being a CEO, but two, there are also responsibilities. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #35

I distinctly remember Tallulah Feb 2013 #36