Thursday, February 24, 2005
Wow! Wal-Mart is all over the news today. They are getting blocked in California. They are getting blocked in New York. They were beaten out of their years long reign of most admired company by Dell.
The California bit is shocking. I can't imagine some one turning down a Wal-Mart. Of course, I come from a town where all the people seem to do is eat and shop. Maybe it's like that everywhere. I don't know.
The thing that shocks me is that Wal-Mart was trying to put a store in Queens. Now, I've been to New York once. It was many years ago, but the thing that I can remember was how huge it was. How "city" it was. Much like Portland or Houston, how little a person needs a car there. I can't imagine a Wal-Mart doing well in the middle of New York City. Wal-Mart just screams rural. You need to drive up in a car or truck and drive away with a carload of crap. It just doesn't seem right. Granted Nashville can have a Wal-Mart right in the middle of it. Nashville doesn't have very good public transportation. It's a very spread out city. You have to have a car in Nashville.
Of course, Wal-Mart is still in the news about all the same old stuff. Low pay. Discrimination. Poor benefits. I've heard all this stuff for so long. It's getting to be pretty automatic.
So, I've got a job interview tomorrow. They were pretty excited to find out that I can drive a forklift. I really didn't want a forklift job. I've been driving them so long, it's actually kind of boring. Oh well, it's a living.
I've got to go to Nashville for the interview. The shocking thing about looking for a job are the drug tests. Now days drug tests last less than sixty seconds.
That's all I've got for today. Later folks.
The California bit is shocking. I can't imagine some one turning down a Wal-Mart. Of course, I come from a town where all the people seem to do is eat and shop. Maybe it's like that everywhere. I don't know.
The thing that shocks me is that Wal-Mart was trying to put a store in Queens. Now, I've been to New York once. It was many years ago, but the thing that I can remember was how huge it was. How "city" it was. Much like Portland or Houston, how little a person needs a car there. I can't imagine a Wal-Mart doing well in the middle of New York City. Wal-Mart just screams rural. You need to drive up in a car or truck and drive away with a carload of crap. It just doesn't seem right. Granted Nashville can have a Wal-Mart right in the middle of it. Nashville doesn't have very good public transportation. It's a very spread out city. You have to have a car in Nashville.
Of course, Wal-Mart is still in the news about all the same old stuff. Low pay. Discrimination. Poor benefits. I've heard all this stuff for so long. It's getting to be pretty automatic.
So, I've got a job interview tomorrow. They were pretty excited to find out that I can drive a forklift. I really didn't want a forklift job. I've been driving them so long, it's actually kind of boring. Oh well, it's a living.
I've got to go to Nashville for the interview. The shocking thing about looking for a job are the drug tests. Now days drug tests last less than sixty seconds.
That's all I've got for today. Later folks.
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