drinking with letter pins?

[kddani]

Originally posted by alum
I don't believe in supporting stores that decimate small business across America and treat their employees like dirt (low wages, minimal health insurance, no unions allowed).

And yes, you can wait for sales at other stores.

Well that's your belief (which, incidentally, i somewhat agree with but i've got bills i've gotta pay), but it doesn't mean you can force that belief upon your sisters and other greeks.

[alum]

Originally posted by kddani
Well that's your belief (which, incidentally, i somewhat agree with but i've got bills i've gotta pay), but it doesn't mean you can force that belief upon your sisters and other greeks.

You and I somewhat agree on something? That has got to be a first!

Stating my beliefs doesn't mean forcing them on others. I am well aware that there are many opinions out there and I am stating mine.

Do I really think people will change their shopping habits? No

Do I think GLOs will forbid the wearing of letters to certain stores? No

[ADSigMel]

I once very nearly wore my badge (which does have our letters on it) out to a bar after a National Exec Board meeting! Luckily, I caught myself just in the nick of time. Just imagine the National President downing tequila shots in her letters!

[33girl]

Originally posted by alum
I don't believe in supporting stores that decimate small business across America and treat their employees like dirt (low wages, minimal health insurance, no unions allowed).

And yes, you can wait for sales at other stores.

I agree - write that one down. I'd rather go without it than buy it at Walmart.

However, the thought of not being able to wear letters to someplace like TGIFriday's or in the gas station because there's alcohol there is just ri-damn-diculous, IMO. If our founders would have obsessed about minutiae like this there wouldn't be any sororities.

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by aephi alum
That must be new... or possibly some cities and towns allow beer sales in grocery stores, and others don't. I used to do my grocery shopping at a store in Central Square (that isn't there anymore) where you could buy liquor, but the liquor section was off in a little caged-in area in the corner, with a separate cash register, so it was essentially a separate "store within a store". That was as close as grocery stores could get to selling alcohol.

I'm pretty sure it's fairly new. The Shaws I go to at Copley sells it.

[33girl]

Originally posted by AXiD670
And unions are not necessarily a good thing.

They're not illegal either and a store shouldn't stop them from forming to the degree Walmart does. If the union turns out to suck that's the employees' problem.

[alum]

Originally posted by AXiD670
FYI -- the brand new Wal-Mart that opened up down the road pays their starting employees $10.20/hour. The local retail store at the mall pays their starting employees $8/hour.

At least they're offering health insurance. And unions are not necessarily a good thing.

JSIA.

-AXiD670
--"If you can't get it at Wal-Mart, you don't need it!"
---Interestingly enough, you can't buy the supplies needed to make beer funnels at Wally World.

The employees at Wal-Mart are usually not earning a sufficient salary to cover their coshare of health insurance.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally posted by alum
The employees at Wal-Mart are usually not earning a sufficient salary to cover their coshare of health insurance.

And you're basing that on???

Have you ever worked there??

Oh, by the way, I have (in high school, but I knew several lifers). The insurance co-share is extremely reasonable for what you make if you are full time. The profit sharing is excellent too. At just part time, and only there 1/2 year at profit sharing time, I got a check for $200. Now mutiply that by people who have been there for years at full time and that's a significant amount. I'm not saying it's a great living, but for those people who don't have the education and/or experience to do anything else, it's not bad.

[alum]

Originally posted by AlphaFrog
And you're basing that on???

Case studies in business school, media reports etc.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally posted by alum
Case studies in business school, media reports etc.

Which business school would that be??

And, please, the media?? Would that be the media that reported Brit & K. Fed's divorce, the one that reported the 3 headed wolf dog, or the one that reported on Bush's false military documents????

[kddani]

Originally posted by AXiD670
weren't very objective.

It's not elite to be objective

[aopirose]

Originally posted by AlphaFrog
And, please, the media?? Would that be the media that ..., the one that reported the 3 headed wolf dog, ...????

Hey now, The Daily Prophet is a very reliable newspaper. Rita Skeeter is their ace reporter. Who wouldn't trust her?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally posted by aopirose
Hey now, The Daily Prophet is a very reliable newspaper. Rita Skeeter is their ace reporter. Who wouldn't trust her?

So true. I think she must be distantly related to Alexandria Robbins. She's an excellent reporter too. So factual and in-depth.

[rhochi2002]

We studied Walmart in business school also. The company's foundation and orginal business strategy was great. Recently the company has had some bad press due to contractors that hired illegal aliens to work (usually building or cleaning crews for non 24 hour walmarts). The company has also lost some of the orginal values that were established by its late founder.
Unions are not necessarily a good or a bad thing; it truely depends on the leadership of the union. Some industries need unions to ensure the rights of unions, but some do not. If a company is run with employees best interest (since employees are a primary resourse of companies) then unions should not be needed.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally posted by rhochi2002
If a company is run with employees best interest (since employees are a primary resourse of companies) then unions should not be needed.

Walmart constantly does "Grass Roots Surveys". Everything from "Do you feel your pay is fair" to "Are your direct manager, associate managers, general manager fair, etc". I don't know how much it really impacts the company's decisions, but if they don't do anything with them, they sure go to a lot of trouble and waste a lot of time doing them.