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Wed Jan-06-10 08:45 PM
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| 59. Are there 7 feet tall 4th graders? |
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The article mentions that shoes made for 4th graders were destroyed and discarded.
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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 |
#44 |
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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 |
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it depends on the terms a retailer has with a vendor |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Jan-06-10 05:56 PM |
#29 |
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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 |
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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 |
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they throw away food too . . . |
DollyM |
Jan-08-10 12:35 PM |
#134 |
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