Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Wed Jan-06-10 05:00 PM
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| 12. A few companies do that, Levi's for instance |
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They require that the garment be stamped irregular on the inside and from there they don't care what is done with it. It doesn't stain or otherwise damage the article.
Although when it comes to mainstream clothing, the stuff left over that remains unsold after many sales and markdowns and is actually thrown away is usually freak of nature sizes that fit nobody.
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| -H&M, Wal-Mart Destroy Unsold Clothing: Report |
onehandle |
Jan-06-10 04:30 PM |
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Why would a company do that? Couldn't they get a tax cut if they donated to charity? nt |
gateley |
Jan-06-10 04:33 PM |
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i guess they only want certain types of people to wear them |
JI7 |
Jan-06-10 04:43 PM |
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Yea, Wal-Mart has the most stylish clothes. |
liberal N proud |
Jan-06-10 05:04 PM |
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Wal-Mart: The Company that Destroyed America |
louis c |
Jan-06-10 06:02 PM |
#31 |
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Have you heard this one? |
era veteran |
Jan-06-10 07:14 PM |
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Agreed. |
Xenotime |
Jan-08-10 01:15 PM |
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I found about this "Toss it to |
femrap |
Jan-06-10 07:00 PM |
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Old News |
RobinA |
Jan-06-10 07:36 PM |
#49 |
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Weren't there more of the |
femrap |
Jan-06-10 07:57 PM |
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Goodwill is quite a gimmick |
dotymed |
Jan-07-10 06:14 AM |
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Goodwill is not just stores that sells used items |
M155Y_A1CH |
Jan-07-10 08:59 AM |
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Geez...I'd think the |
femrap |
Jan-07-10 11:21 AM |
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My mother worked for a nationwide retail chain in the 50's and they did this. |
Arkansas Granny |
Jan-07-10 10:56 AM |
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As a Union Carpenter |
dotymed |
Jan-07-10 06:08 AM |
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Wow....I endured one of those |
femrap |
Jan-07-10 11:28 AM |
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I know, |
dotymed |
Jan-08-10 07:57 AM |
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Keep fighting SS... |
femrap |
Jan-08-10 12:23 PM |
#133 |
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Good Luck with Sherrod Brown |
Torn_Scorned_Ignored |
Jan-07-10 07:31 AM |
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I'm sorry to hear that.... |
femrap |
Jan-07-10 11:32 AM |
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Can you elaborate? |
brentspeak |
Jan-07-10 04:26 PM |
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Right |
CAcyclist |
Jan-07-10 04:21 PM |
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I bet this is like books at a warehouse. |
Bolo Boffin |
Jan-06-10 08:08 PM |
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good point |
spooky3 |
Jan-06-10 08:41 PM |
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You've got it! |
Blacksheep214 |
Jan-06-10 09:43 PM |
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Nor do you want to find your high-end fashion goods showing up in pawn shop windows |
FarCenter |
Jan-06-10 09:54 PM |
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no, because they are already deducting the costs of producing or obtaining |
spooky3 |
Jan-06-10 08:41 PM |
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That is what I have been told, too. |
The Wielding Truth |
Jan-06-10 11:40 PM |
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Same thing.... |
GTurck |
Jan-07-10 07:51 AM |
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NOT so at Starbucks. |
juajen |
Jan-07-10 11:53 AM |
#119 |
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That ought to be a criminal offence. |
Jkid |
Jan-06-10 04:34 PM |
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This Is Just Shameful........ |
global1 |
Jan-06-10 04:35 PM |
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Who is we're. H&M is from Sweden |
npk |
Jan-06-10 11:26 PM |
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What a waste, especially when so many people are in need |
The Northerner |
Jan-06-10 04:37 PM |
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WalMart made a statement that they always donate |
Bitwit1234 |
Jan-06-10 04:40 PM |
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unsold merchandise often has to be destroyed out of contractural obligations |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 04:46 PM |
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That's true. |
Are_grits_groceries |
Jan-06-10 04:49 PM |
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A few companies do that, Levi's for instance |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 05:00 PM |
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Then it's the manufacturers that need to be pressured. This is so wrong when |
gateley |
Jan-06-10 04:59 PM |
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How many in need are 7 feet tall with a 28 inch waist? |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 05:02 PM |
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You're right. Why bother? nt |
gateley |
Jan-06-10 05:05 PM |
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when I was unemployed I got stuck sorting this crap part time |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 05:15 PM |
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Sorry I snarked, but I still think there's some things that could be given to |
gateley |
Jan-06-10 05:28 PM |
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I don't see how a semi-trailer of crap would help their plight |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 06:36 PM |
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Okay, we're not going to come to an agreement on this, so I'll leave you to your |
gateley |
Jan-06-10 07:18 PM |
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You're just missing 1 step |
jeff47 |
Jan-06-10 09:37 PM |
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oh uses were found for them, |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 09:43 PM |
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Well, I have seen many |
dotymed |
Jan-07-10 06:18 AM |
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Are there 7 feet tall 4th graders? |
brentspeak |
Jan-06-10 08:45 PM |
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i'm saying when I did this job the stuff I was throwing out was worthless |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 09:26 PM |
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You mention that books were mutilated and thrown away. |
lumpy |
Jan-07-10 10:56 AM |
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NASCAR, etc. |
bullsnarfle |
Jan-07-10 01:25 PM |
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It wasn't too big or too small, but some combination of the two. |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-07-10 02:37 PM |
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I agree, it's a disgusting practice |
Wabbajack_ |
Jan-06-10 06:15 PM |
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My company drop ships clothing for major retailers |
MessiahRp |
Jan-06-10 05:00 PM |
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That's not always the case. One DUer has a multi-million dollar business |
Lorien |
Jan-06-10 05:47 PM |
#25 |
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it depends on the terms a retailer has with a vendor |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 05:56 PM |
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Books |
Tansy_Gold |
Jan-08-10 12:42 PM |
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What a waste. There are so many people in need and these things could |
Cass |
Jan-06-10 04:47 PM |
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Indeed. Not only is there a need out there, but landfills are filled too quickly |
Lorien |
Jan-06-10 05:42 PM |
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H & M? They are so afraid of not making money they waste these |
jwirr |
Jan-06-10 05:02 PM |
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This is why they do it at Home Depot |
jeff47 |
Jan-06-10 05:06 PM |
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In the case of Home Depot you likely never owned it to begin with |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 05:10 PM |
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soooooo truuuuuuueeeeee!!!!! |
timo |
Jan-06-10 06:04 PM |
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Our local HD donates all of their "custom" orders to the local Habitat ReStore. |
Xithras |
Jan-06-10 06:43 PM |
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I work for a mall developer... |
MidwestRick |
Jan-07-10 09:22 AM |
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Believe it or not, Habitat won't take stuff like that |
jmowreader |
Jan-06-10 06:55 PM |
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It wasn't scratch and dent. |
jeff47 |
Jan-06-10 09:40 PM |
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Before discouraging donations, the ReStore caveat needs to be brought up. |
Xithras |
Jan-07-10 11:04 AM |
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I worked in a book store a long, long time ago that did the same thing. |
onehandle |
Jan-06-10 10:31 PM |
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:( this makes me sad. |
krabigirl |
Jan-06-10 05:08 PM |
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Too hard to control. It would end up on ebay. |
whyverne |
Jan-06-10 05:38 PM |
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Who cares? Better than having it end up at the dump. |
Lorien |
Jan-06-10 05:45 PM |
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clothes do not go to the landfills. they are sold to recyclers |
madrchsod |
Jan-06-10 06:35 PM |
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Groan... |
lumpy |
Jan-07-10 11:16 AM |
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Almost all retailers do the same thing. |
TheManInTheMac |
Jan-06-10 05:48 PM |
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Wal Mart did kick in for us when we got our share of the Katrina folks |
marshall |
Jan-06-10 05:54 PM |
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Isn't capitalism wonderful? |
marmar |
Jan-06-10 05:56 PM |
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If.... |
tango-tee |
Jan-07-10 08:46 AM |
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I used to rescue unsold clothing patterns from the dumpster |
juno jones |
Jan-06-10 05:58 PM |
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Wonder how much slave labor went to waste on all that merchandise too? |
MetaTrope |
Jan-06-10 06:15 PM |
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k |
defendandprotect |
Jan-06-10 06:18 PM |
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I actually wear gloves with the fingers cut off. |
FarLeftFist |
Jan-06-10 06:20 PM |
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Where I come from (before Florida) they called those fishing |
rzemanfl |
Jan-06-10 06:24 PM |
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Horrific disregard for the plight |
MissDeeds |
Jan-06-10 06:30 PM |
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they used to resell these |
PatrynXX |
Jan-06-10 06:43 PM |
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That's Walmart. |
existentialist |
Jan-06-10 07:25 PM |
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The other night I was in a Super Target |
OmahaBlueDog |
Jan-06-10 07:35 PM |
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They treat meat with carbon monoxide to keep it looking pink. |
wickerwoman |
Jan-07-10 02:22 AM |
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Being that this is common practice, do you still think that |
RoccoR5955 |
Jan-06-10 07:41 PM |
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I think orgs like the Salvation Army throw out tons and tons of clothes every day. |
Algorem |
Jan-06-10 07:43 PM |
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no they dont... |
winyanstaz |
Jan-07-10 02:00 AM |
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Years ago, I worked parttime at a Kmart for a few weeks |
PatSeg |
Jan-06-10 08:09 PM |
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Another Valued Benefit from Corporate America -nt |
scentopine |
Jan-06-10 08:28 PM |
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I tried a couple of years ago to save books being destroyed... |
hayu_lol |
Jan-06-10 08:37 PM |
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shameful |
proud patriot |
Jan-06-10 08:58 PM |
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Pathetic and ugly behavior. |
BrklynLiberal |
Jan-06-10 09:01 PM |
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It isnt just those stores, and it isnt just clothing |
suninvited |
Jan-06-10 09:07 PM |
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I had a friend who's son worked at McDonalds. |
Touchdown |
Jan-06-10 10:00 PM |
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I lived on McDonalds for a year... |
snooper2 |
Jan-07-10 11:44 AM |
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gosh...there could be some soup kitchens opened up using that food... |
winyanstaz |
Jan-07-10 02:02 AM |
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They should just discount the food at a certain time... |
onlyadream |
Jan-07-10 11:32 AM |
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My experience with SW was different. |
Vilis Veritas |
Jan-07-10 03:45 PM |
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That's exactly why I was fired from Mickey Ds 22 years ago: |
HughBeaumont |
Jan-08-10 05:13 AM |
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A whole lot of foods too.... |
lunasun |
Jan-06-10 09:15 PM |
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W-M, TF? |
alp227 |
Jan-06-10 09:24 PM |
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Swedish. You know, that Scandinavian paradise. NT |
dmallind |
Jan-07-10 09:05 AM |
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I had to help destroy perfectly good computers when I worked at OfficeMax |
THUNDER HANDS |
Jan-06-10 09:28 PM |
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If you give away or radically discount unsold inventory, people will stop paying full price for new |
FarCenter |
Jan-06-10 09:39 PM |
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H&M clothes wouldn't be very useful for most low-income people |
FarCenter |
Jan-06-10 09:35 PM |
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those are some scary eyebrows... |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 09:45 PM |
#74 |
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Next thing you know... |
V_Byl |
Jan-06-10 09:42 PM |
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Good one - I've got to laugh .... |
Maat |
Jan-06-10 10:02 PM |
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This is quite similar |
otherlander |
Jan-06-10 11:17 PM |
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This is the same thing that Fred Meyers does..but with food. |
winyanstaz |
Jan-06-10 11:19 PM |
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Essential Bakery in Wallingford/Fremont, you know, the "artisan" |
Norrin Radd |
Jan-07-10 01:29 AM |
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Too bad we cant catch these slime balls doing stuff like that.... |
winyanstaz |
Jan-07-10 01:50 AM |
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I concur |
Norrin Radd |
Jan-07-10 02:09 AM |
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They would be sued into oblivion if anything they donated was bad. |
Lance_Boyle |
Jan-07-10 03:58 PM |
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I was shocked when I took bags of clothes to the |
polly7 |
Jan-06-10 11:41 PM |
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That's capitalism. |
New Dawn |
Jan-07-10 12:01 AM |
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This very true and very sad. |
YouTakeTheSkyway |
Jan-07-10 04:57 AM |
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Gloves with the fingers cut off |
democrank |
Jan-07-10 05:20 AM |
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gee, and this just after the Clear Channel Republican Propaganda channel |
zbdent |
Jan-07-10 06:10 AM |
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First time I saw it was 37-38 yrs ago at my first job. |
Blue Diadem |
Jan-07-10 06:17 AM |
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This shows everything that is wrong with our society. |
Odin2005 |
Jan-07-10 08:02 AM |
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This ruthless greedy fkn bunch is the puck and crap of corporate |
ooglymoogly |
Jan-07-10 09:11 AM |
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Ever work retail? |
DisgustedInMN |
Jan-07-10 09:54 AM |
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This makes me feel pretty silly about reusing foil and freezer bags..... |
Raschel |
Jan-07-10 10:24 AM |
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Make them pay at the garbage dump big time. |
lumpy |
Jan-07-10 10:44 AM |
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Maybe this country needs a good old fashioned depression to |
lumpy |
Jan-07-10 11:07 AM |
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At least let employees take the clothes that fit them |
GinaMaria |
Jan-07-10 12:41 PM |
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This is so wrong. Even the companies involved know it enough to play CYA..."we didn't know" |
wroberts189 |
Jan-07-10 02:03 PM |
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The slime at the top keeps "trickling down". Thanks Raygun, you POS puppet |
HCE SuiGeneris |
Jan-07-10 02:49 PM |
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Update: |
HughBeaumont |
Jan-08-10 05:16 AM |
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I read this story this morning |
Dorian Gray |
Jan-08-10 05:45 AM |
#131 |
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they throw away food too . . . |
DollyM |
Jan-08-10 12:35 PM |
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