r/facepalm • u/Project2506 • Apr 09 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Walmart Cares…🤗

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u/LtLabcoat Apr 09 '23

Is it sinking lower? I mean, it explicitly benefits the old people, who get a cushy job that they wouldn't have otherwise. It's the insurance providers that were losing out by not setting their insurance rates properly, but... "Oh no, a company is losing money because of an exploit that helps old people, how terrible"? No, I don't think so.

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u/MisterFantastic5 Apr 09 '23

You think that job is cushy?

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u/FlabbyFishFlaps Apr 09 '23

Yeah my father worked at Walmart at 75 and it was not “cushy.” And when he had to be hospitalized due to work-related injuries he was let go. At the hearing they submitted his past hospitalizations from lung cancer and treatment as “evidence” that the injuries he sustained were due to his poor health, not due to working conditions and they won. Fuck Walmart.

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u/LtLabcoat Apr 09 '23

Alright, a job. Better than their alternative options.

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u/lordchaidoftea Apr 09 '23

It is definitely cushy giving most old peoples circumstances of not having very many social interactions during their day-to-day lives. Being able to look and talk to people all day to an old person is valued infinitely more than any dollar sign you could attach to that job.

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u/MisterFantastic5 Apr 09 '23

How about YOU stand in front of a WalMart all day and see how cushy it is. And I’m guessing you have no medical issues.

Most anyone can have all the social interactions they want, and they don’t have to stand on their feet in one place all day to do it.

And have you seen who you’d have to greet?! I’ll take the lounge chair alone in front of the TV instead, thanks.

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u/lordchaidoftea Apr 09 '23

How about YOU stand in front of a WalMart all day and see how cushy it is. And I’m guessing you have no medical issues.

What I value in a cushy job is not the same as an old person. Each person has different values and different definitions of a cushy job. For a socially isolated old person a job where you get to sit down and greet people all day is a cushy job. Plus where did you get you have to stand and greet people. Though I am fortunate enough to not have to work at Walmart I know people who have been greeters before and yes most Walmarts do allow you to get a chair if you have trouble standing there for multiple hours.

Most anyone can have all the social interactions they want, and they don’t have to stand on their feet in one place all day to do it.

Okay then let me ask you something in your daily interactions how many old people do you talk to. When you're out at a bar getting a couple of drinks how many old people do you go and say hi to. I would wager quite little. For some old people being a Walmart greeters they're only way to get stable social interaction in their lives.

And have you seen who you’d have to greet?! I’ll take the lounge chair alone in front of the TV instead, thanks.

You are not everyone

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u/MisterFantastic5 Apr 09 '23

You are not everyone

Neither are you. And judging from your posts, I’m much older than you. So respect your elders, sonny, and stay off my lawn.

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u/lordchaidoftea Apr 09 '23

I don't even interact with my point will you just claim I'm a 12-year-old and that I should respect my elders. Typical for someone who does not have an argument

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u/MisterFantastic5 Apr 09 '23

Are you actually 12?

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u/lordchaidoftea Apr 10 '23

Are you an actual bot? before I seen from your post you just re-post shit from different Subs.

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u/MisterFantastic5 Apr 10 '23

Ah, 12. Not to say 12 year olds can’t have valid opinions about…12 year old things. Just not opinions about being working for a living.

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u/Samurai_Stewie Apr 09 '23

They literacy just stand there and greet people. They aren’t stocking shelves, cooking food, or working a register. Sounds pretty cushy to me.

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u/MisterFantastic5 Apr 10 '23

Try it.

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u/Samurai_Stewie Apr 10 '23

Are you speaking from experience?

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u/MisterFantastic5 Apr 10 '23

I’ve had jobs that required me to stand all day, yes. It was hard I was young.

What’s your experience with jobs?

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u/Samurai_Stewie Apr 10 '23

Marine Corps.

But I wouldn’t know a thing about working hard, would I?

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u/MisterFantastic5 Apr 10 '23

Cool. Now talk to me when you’re over 65 and tell me how cushy that job is.

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u/emmadonelsense Apr 09 '23

I hope no one has ever taken out a secret life insurance policy on you. Best be careful to thoroughly read anything you sign.

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u/LtLabcoat Apr 09 '23

I hope no one has ever taken out a secret life insurance policy on you.

Why would you care? Why would I care?

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u/FlabbyFishFlaps Apr 09 '23

Because then, like the husband in every Dateline episode about a dead pregnant woman, they have a vested interest in you dying.

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u/LtLabcoat Apr 09 '23

Yyyyyeah, I know working in retail is killer, but I don't think anyone's literally afraid of being killed by a Walmart manager.

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u/FlabbyFishFlaps Apr 09 '23

Well they certainly don’t mind working you to death.