Mea Culpa?
I don't know how to say "flowers" in German.Well, it only took me one week to offend somebody. I'd be pretty proud of myself if it weren't rocko, so I need to clarify a few things:
I meant no offense in my Walmart 'Aisle Rage' post.
No, like, seriously. I was at Walmart and a guy went postal on a storage bin and I happened to be there to witness it. No biggie. It could just as easily have been... um... at... well, somewhere else. I don't know. People lose their shit all the time. Walmart certainly doesn't have the monopoly on wigouts.
As to my comments about the lobsters and the meat department and stuff, well... again, it could be anywhere. It isn't just Walmart. It's more a comment on how we treat each other and our food sources. (Not all that well, in other words.) But that's a topic for another day.
And yeah, everyone hits some hard times sooner or later. I wouldn't think less of anyone because they took a job at Walmart. Are you kidding? It takes courage and integrity to swallow your pride and do what needs to be done to put food on the table. If I accidentally implied anything dismissive on this issue, it wasn't at all my intention.
Lastly, while people treating Walmart employees poorly doesn't in any way justify someone losing their shit on the job, those customers should be asked to leave and never come back. That's a management issue that I'd be happy to take to any company's corporate office.
And that's all I have to say about that. :)
So again, if anything about this post rubbed you the wrong way, it wasn't intentional.
(And if any of you beeetsches mess with the rocko, you mess with me.)
Peace out,
oOo
posted by oOo @ 23:53
4 Comments:
ooo,
Thank you for your apology. But I did not take anything that you said before in your post to heart, believe me I know that you are a kind person. I just wanted to make the point that not everyone there wants to work there. But in a town like Butte, Montana where in the last 50 years the population has gone from 100,000 to 28,000. And then another 1500 layoffs came again in 2002 when the CEO of Montana Power made bad desicions for an otherwise stable company....and suddenly a man, a photographer, who is 58 and has no experience with digital photography gets laid off....who´s gonna hire him? He has been applying for jobs for 3 years and is working now actually at Home Depot...which isn´t even a step up from walmart. My mom asked him to quit at Walmart because it was embarassing for her. And I know that my dad was doing it to make a point...to play a marter...but still....he got to know the people that worked there. And all the people that work in that subworld of minimum wage. He still works minimum wage....he went from earning $80,000 a year to earning less than $700.00 a month..and that comment that you made about the blue vests....that´s exactly what they are-prison uniforms. Nobody ever graduates from High school and has a goal to work at a place like that. People clock in, do what they gotta do, and then get out. I also know there are thousands of Walmarts out there and millions of people that work at them and everyone has a different story...and some people may just be rediculous...i don´t know....I guess if I didn´t have this first hand experience, I would be laughing too. But thanks anyways for the apology...seriously wasn´t needed. I still think you are pretty cool.
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I have to apologise too. I said some horrible things, and I'm so sorry Rocko and to your dad.
I have a painting degree and I know what it's like to do work other than your art to feed your family and keep a roof over your head.
I think I'm more upset by big corporations in general and my whole venting came out the wrong way. Again I'm sorry.
oOo,,,thaknks for you kind words on my blog,,they meant a lot ot me.
Keeep up te dope pics and words,,,you are gifted to say the least,,,,,no w/0 further ado i have some trouble to get inot.
Tally Ho,
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