I expect to see a tumbleweed any moment.?
I expect to see a tumbleweed any moment.
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“No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just...come out the other side. Or don't.”
by Stephen King The Stand
And good riddance to a horrible disaster to the US Economy I say.
Such an attractive building. Love the steel work and cold lighting.
Open 24 hours; 4 am. Best time to shop is right after the bars close.
Lol
They're all in Clovis, New Mexico!
http://www.kristv.com/mobile/news/tumbleweeds-take-over-town/
ZOMBIES!!!
Bummer, I always look forward to a show when I go there! 🙂
amazing
I usually go late at night, that's when the crazy People of Walmart come out. I always feel so dressed up. Lolol! 😛
Wal mart employs 1% of our population and pays $8 billion a year in income taxes alone.
Mr. Walton has done some good things with his empire, like $4 generic drugs. And with the inclusion of thinks like opticians, glasses were made affordable for more people. Sure, all that buying power has been used for Bad ™, but some of it has been used for Good ™.
Good grief! I've never seen our local Wal-Marts this empty. Sometimes I wish they were. I hate shopping in a crowd.
On the plus side, three employees in different parts of the store asked me if I was finding everything okay or if I needed help. Three!
That is very attentive of them.
or they were bored…
Happy Wal-Mart Ghost Town Day!
Ha! Yes +Chad Wilson!
+Andy Britt :Many of these workers need welfare to survive. Thus you, the taxpayer, are paying part of Wal-Mart employees’ incomes, to the tune of between $900,000 and $1.75 million per store, and about $5,815 per employee. The welfare programs Wal-Mart workers rely on include Medicaid, subsidized housing and SNAP (aka food stamps — contrary to popular belief, over 40 percent of SNAP recipients live in a household with a wage-earner). Mother Jones breaks down the dollar figures each welfare benefit pays Wal-Mart employees in just the state of Wisconsin, concluding that taxpayers pay up to $67.5 million every year to support the company’s Wisconsin workers. And there are 49 more states full of Wal-Marts to pay for.
I really don't like shopping there but I don't have a car and it's the closest store within walking distance.
+John Sieck Walmarts employees needing govt help is not Walmart getting govt help. It's not their fault if a greeter has 5 kids.
+Andy Britt it's their fault if they won't pay a living wage and purposely limit hours so they won't be eligible for benefits.
+John Sieck I totally agree. But I contend the alternatives are not a lot better, and if they had a chance they'd be Wal-Mart in a heartbeat. They are unconscionable in actions but are acting within the system. We need to change the system. Hypocritically I'm going to shop there until I have enough money to not care about savings and convenience. Given even a 60/40 choice I'll choose somewhere else. Going out of my way at 1am when I'm drop dead tired? Hello closest to my home store, whoever you might be. In this case, Wal-Mart.
Imagine how much more costly it would be to the tax payers if those employees were completely jobless. Wal-Mart, in having these people employed for a task that requires NO EDUCATION, NO EXPERIENCE and NO TRAINING, they are saving the tax payers a lot of money.
60% of snap recipients are employed.
We have quite a few companies to go after, the us military as well.
'living wage'????? when was the last time you were starting or interviewing for a job and they asked you what your bills were?
It is acknowledged by many that minimum wage is not the same thing as a living wage. The people working these types of jobs tend to be unskilled and uneducated. These jobs, by their nature, attract these type of people for the reason that the person didn't go to trade school or college. Or maybe the person is retired and just looking to supplement their retirement pay. Or maybe they are a teenager working a summer job. Regardless of the person you are talking about, the job be done still requires no advanced training or knowledge. This may make me callous in some people's eyes, but such jobs simply do not deserve a high pay.
If you want a living wage, learn a skill that is in demand that will pay a living wage.
those jobs are meant to supplement income and/ or beer money for students. not to raise 3 kids as a single parent.
Much more realistic picture of the State of the Union that what Mr Obama said in his flowery speech !
Is the tumbleweed marked down?
The Tumbleweed (r) Made in China
+Andy Britt They employ 1% of the U.S. population, but the jobs are meant as supplement income? Hmmm.
+Paula Moore any idea what percent actually earn min wage? the majority of wal-marts staff is entry level low skill employment. they have fat cats too.
I have been warning on Wal-Mart for some time…http://www.thestreet.com/story/12050356/1/is-wal-mart-still-a-blue-chip.html
+Andy Britt Roughly 6% of women who earn hourly wages are paid at or below the minimum. Mostly retail and services. Like those nice ladies at Macy's, the ones who take care of your elderly mom, and every waitress who ever served you. If they work absolutely full time 40 hours * 50 weeks), that's $14,500 per year.
Try living on that, even if you're single with a roommate. Try making it through community college (average tuition = $3000 per year, plus books and lab fees) while you're working full time on minimum wage.
These people could be doing better things with their lives, but we've put every obstacle in their way.
We've? We all have choices. Society doesn't place undue obstacles. We get to choose both our education and career.
The vast majority of those below min wage are service industry and tipped. We all pick our own obstacles.
Single parent stacks the deck against themselves.
I have put no obstacles in any one's path, thankyouverymuch. You can keep your guilt on yourself. I don't feel guilty for having applied myself to computers, gained an expertise and have been blessed with several good paying jobs doing it.