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Mon Nov-29-10 01:23 PM
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| 33. I didn't know they do that at Costco. My friends shop there |
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Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 01:28 PM by kas125
and I've considered becoming a member, but if you're saying they treat their customers like thieves the way Walmart does, I won't.
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| -Woman arrested after pushing 100-year-old Wal-Mart greeter |
HereSince1628 |
Nov-29-10 12:36 PM |
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Thank them for their concern and then walk past them |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Nov-29-10 12:38 PM |
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Are you saying |
GKirk |
Nov-29-10 12:58 PM |
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Absolutely within her rights! We do not have to show them |
kas125 |
Nov-29-10 01:05 PM |
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Bleh. Not the issue I will hang my hat on. |
joeglow3 |
Nov-29-10 01:15 PM |
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I don't battle, I just won't show my receipt when I don't |
kas125 |
Nov-29-10 01:21 PM |
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I don't even slow down. |
MedicalAdmin |
Nov-29-10 03:18 PM |
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I take it you don't shop at Costco? |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 01:16 PM |
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I didn't know they do that at Costco. My friends shop there |
kas125 |
Nov-29-10 01:23 PM |
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Yah, but at costco it is a little different. |
MedicalAdmin |
Nov-29-10 03:22 PM |
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Most Costco locations aren't union. |
Codeine |
Nov-29-10 05:58 PM |
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In my area Price Club was taken over by Sam's Club (Sam Walton). |
Raine |
Nov-29-10 08:44 PM |
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Of course it's "different at costco", because it's not walmart right? gotcha! wink wink |
madmom |
Nov-29-10 06:08 PM |
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It is part of the membership agreement |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-29-10 01:24 PM |
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True... I don't shop at Wally World at all.... |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 01:29 PM |
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I avoid Wally world except ... Mexico City, you can't down there |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-29-10 06:44 PM |
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Actually |
lakerboy |
Nov-29-10 01:40 PM |
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Okay, I did just look it up and it says - |
kas125 |
Nov-29-10 01:49 PM |
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Sort of... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Nov-29-10 02:02 PM |
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Laker boy. |
MedicalAdmin |
Nov-29-10 03:25 PM |
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In the real world, stores that don't have bags large enough for their merchandise |
rocktivity |
Nov-29-10 02:16 PM |
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+1,000,000 |
liberalhistorian |
Nov-29-10 04:07 PM |
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I believe legally |
LawnLover |
Nov-29-10 04:18 PM |
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She was within her rights to ignore the woman. She was most |
liberalhistorian |
Nov-29-10 04:06 PM |
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Not only was she within her rights, but fuck greeters, generally speaking |
AlabamaLibrul |
Nov-29-10 04:11 PM |
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Burying the lede: Walmart has a 100-year old greeter?!!! |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 12:39 PM |
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She probably enjoys the job. |
wtmusic |
Nov-29-10 12:42 PM |
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How can we assume either way. They didn't even ask... |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 12:45 PM |
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We can't |
wtmusic |
Nov-29-10 12:59 PM |
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That would be the logical assumption, given how rare it is |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 01:02 PM |
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OK. |
wtmusic |
Nov-29-10 01:07 PM |
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I do too... well into their 80s... |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 01:10 PM |
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It's in the article. |
Le Taz Hot |
Nov-30-10 10:27 AM |
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Is it possible the 100 year old greeter *wants* to work rather than |
Obamanaut |
Nov-29-10 12:43 PM |
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Thus the buried lede... Did they even ask that? |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 12:44 PM |
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No! We don't want to know if she needs the money. |
Gormy Cuss |
Nov-29-10 01:48 PM |
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I know that that was the case with my husband's grandmother, |
liberalhistorian |
Nov-29-10 04:12 PM |
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if she's collecting widows SS she probably only gets 300 a month |
elehhhhna |
Nov-29-10 06:44 PM |
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Perhaps she's working |
emilyg |
Nov-29-10 12:44 PM |
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And once again, my point is they didn't even ask. |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 12:46 PM |
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No, its a story of a 100 year old woman being assaulted |
kctim |
Nov-29-10 12:48 PM |
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That's like saying... |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 12:54 PM |
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There was news coverage of her back in August |
HereSince1628 |
Nov-29-10 12:53 PM |
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I hope not..... n/t |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 12:55 PM |
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There are many people who choose to work past retirement age because they want to. |
Arkansas Granny |
Nov-29-10 01:16 PM |
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If you would read through the other posts, you would see that is |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 01:26 PM |
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I think part of the reason people work beyond retirement when |
liberalhistorian |
Nov-29-10 04:15 PM |
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Which is worse at 100? Working or begging? |
JackintheGreen |
Nov-29-10 02:05 PM |
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Surely, you aren't suggesting I was criticising... |
hlthe2b |
Nov-29-10 03:29 PM |
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But people are living longer! |
Enthusiast |
Nov-29-10 03:14 PM |
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That is probably true. |
MedicalAdmin |
Nov-29-10 03:28 PM |
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And I bet they were paying her the same wages earned in 1925 when she was 15 years old. |
AnArmyVeteran |
Nov-29-10 04:29 PM |
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Isn't it great that our 100-year olds are healthy enough |
displacedvermoter |
Nov-29-10 12:40 PM |
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Yeah it's wonderful. |
AnArmyVeteran |
Nov-29-10 04:34 PM |
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Dupe! |
displacedvermoter |
Nov-29-10 12:40 PM |
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It also doesn't say whether she'd paid for the bottles or not! |
LisaM |
Nov-29-10 12:41 PM |
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That greeter had 100 yrs to pull self up by bootstraps, but works at SprawlMart? |
leftstreet |
Nov-29-10 12:43 PM |
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In Aug. in a column she claimed she'd be dead without WalMart |
HereSince1628 |
Nov-29-10 12:49 PM |
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This story is terrible in every way imaginable. |
glen123098 |
Nov-29-10 12:49 PM |
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That is horrible but the 100 year old lady should not have been there. |
bluedigger |
Nov-29-10 12:51 PM |
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She doesn't sound that fragile the person pushed her down |
TNLib |
Nov-29-10 05:59 PM |
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I was bowling with a gentleman who will be 104 next summer, he won! |
madmom |
Nov-29-10 06:13 PM |
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Ah, peace on earth, goodwill to men. |
flvegan |
Nov-29-10 12:59 PM |
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It wouldn't have happened |
Still Sensible |
Nov-29-10 01:02 PM |
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omg. |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-29-10 01:22 PM |
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Why get upset at an inquisitive 100yr old?!? Just walk away briskly and they can't keep up. |
OneTenthofOnePercent |
Nov-29-10 01:53 PM |
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Why in the world is a 100 year old woman WORKING at her age?! WTF?! |
earth mom |
Nov-29-10 02:17 PM |
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Choice I would suspect |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Nov-29-10 02:21 PM |
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The article said she works because she needs the money.Walmart says the people there are like family |
earth mom |
Nov-29-10 02:41 PM |
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I don't see in the article wher it says she works 'cause she needs the money. |
Kaleva |
Nov-29-10 03:01 PM |
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Speelman saidMonday that her employers treat her well but that she works because she needs the money |
earth mom |
Nov-29-10 04:23 PM |
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Thanks! Somehow missed that sentence completely. |
Kaleva |
Nov-29-10 05:52 PM |
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She probably likes people, and wanted something to do that she'd get paid for |
slackmaster |
Nov-29-10 04:25 PM |
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She may not even get Social Security |
Alcibiades |
Nov-29-10 06:50 PM |
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Mental illness? |
KillCapitalism |
Nov-29-10 08:56 PM |
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We have a greeter at |
emilyg |
Nov-29-10 02:29 PM |
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He wasn't an off-duty cop |
Tsiyu |
Nov-29-10 02:54 PM |
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Exactly the reason you won't find me in Walmart... |
4_TN_TITANS |
Nov-29-10 04:29 PM |
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Unless it's their own business - you really should not |
xchrom |
Nov-29-10 05:01 PM |
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see post #72 |
madmom |
Nov-29-10 06:15 PM |
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I read the whole thread before I responded. |
xchrom |
Nov-29-10 08:18 PM |
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I think the older person knows more about their frailty than an anonymous internet |
madmom |
Nov-30-10 10:20 AM |
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anyone -- anyone who is 100 years old is this: 3. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile. |
xchrom |
Nov-30-10 10:46 AM |
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Oh bull shit. I know young people who are "frail" why not push them aside as well. Get off your |
madmom |
Nov-30-10 11:38 AM |
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whatever -- it's irresponsible and inappropriate. |
xchrom |
Nov-30-10 11:41 AM |
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Nope it's not my way, it's the way of a free society that let's people decide on their own whether |
madmom |
Nov-30-10 01:58 PM |
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63 year age difference. Unfair fight! |
Liberal_in_LA |
Nov-29-10 08:22 PM |
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The REAL crime here |
Le Taz Hot |
Nov-30-10 10:26 AM |
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