Thursday digest
- Watching this, which allegedly caused a woman sitting nearby to spew out her drink in laughter, reminds me of the 1980 AC/DC classic titled "Givin' The Dog A Bone".
- It might just be me, but I don't think anyone ever cried "separation of church and state" when the Rev. Tommy Douglas was running for the position of Prime Minister of Canada.
Meanwhile, yet another reason to support Walmart, here.
- Quiz time. Which war monger recently said the following:
"If we lose in Afghanistan and the Taliban come back, it will not only be a nightmare for the Afghan people, but it will create greater options of movement for the al-Qaida leadership, and increase the likelihood that they will be able to mount and conduct more global terrorist operations."
A) Dick Cheney
B) Condi Rice
C) Bill O'Reilly
D) Bill Clinton
Answer here.
- I love Dick Armey's writing. And I'm wondering if perhaps the biggest losers of all on Tuesday were libertarians.
- Finally, something for both high and mighty lefties and good humoured conservatives who appreciate a little imperfection in their pols, here.
posted by Road Hammer @ 7:46 PM
12 comments
12 Comments:
Ignoring the significance of late December in a country whose population is over 98% small-c christian, may be bad for business.
How much do you know about how Walmart treats their suppliers and business partners? If you knew you wouldn't be so high on them. We can discuss over a beer one night. I'd state it on this blog but I'm afraid they would track me down and sue me as they do with anyone else who dares cross them.
That link doesnt work! You need a subscription. Who said it? Clinton?
Great that Wal-Mart employees can now say Merry Christmas but this is by no way a reason to go shop there! Makes Christian religious people happy, that's all. Wal-Mart is an eyesore to communities, buys most of its crap from China and aggressively squeezes out suppliers. And now they're getting into the food business? Geez
No one is forcing any supplier or business partner to do business with Walmart. If one party doesn't like the terms of exchange, they are free to terminate the relationship.
With Walmart you can't terminate the realtionship, that's my whole point. Walmart won't pay their bills for 6 months, demand you lower your prices after a contract has been signed with them, and tries to change their terms of sale. If you don't agree they drag you through court for years. They are complete pirates. Talk to people who work for companies that supply them. I am willing to bet my mortgage you have not spoken to more than 5.
I have not taken any polls of Walmart suppliers lately - scientific OR anecdotal, that's true - but my response to those companies would be to hire better lawyers.
More seriously, they mustn't be ALL bad or they wouldn't have mushroomed the way they have over the past 10 years. Somebody somewhere has got to be OK with their supply chain management or there would be nothing on the shelves of the Empire.
Besides, personally, I hate political correctness more than I do jerkstore business practices, not to mention the everyday low prices and the super-cheery greeting I get from every Walmart employee I deal with.
Won't be long till we'll be hearing "Merry Christmas" along with seeing those pearly whites.
I've spoken with three Wal-Mart suppliers over the past year. These are local southwestern Ontario firms that do not have the market power of a Rubbermaid. The general sentiment among all three is "they're demanding, but they give us a lot of sales and we know where we stand with them".
I'm not trying to be politically correct. I have no problem whatsoever with them being a big box store and having low prices. If they drive other competitors out that's fair game. I am just not a fan of their standard business practices with regards to their suppliers.
As for their staff, I should hope you get a smile. 99% of them are too stupid to have a job anywhere else (except maybe as PWGSC procurement officers) and should be happy to get the minimum wage they get.
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Regarding the intelligence level of the average Walmart employee, hey, a person has to start somewhere to get ahead in life, and sure beats taking welfare, but I'm pretty certain that at this point, just like with buyers for the Canadian government, fluency in the English language is an asset rather than a requirement for such a position.
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