Thankful for Wal-Mart?

I think not.

Whenever you think Wal-Mart has squeezed every possible drop of blood out of its employees, it twists the screw just a bit tighter.

The news this year is that Wal-Mart (and other jackasses) will be opening on Thanksgiving night so that you folks can take advantage of their great deals, while stomping on other bargain-hunters in the process.

Now, having been on the "customer service" side of the counter up to very recently, I have made it a policy not to ever shop on Sundays and holidays (like Memorial Day and Labor Day), and never, ever shop at Wal-Mart.  You may say, "But gee, they are providing jobs for people."  When you don't shop, you are depriving people like yourself the opportunity to earn a living.  Thanks, Wal-Mart PR Department, but I beg to disagree.

That bag of chips and bottle of soda?  You could have bought it on a day that would not have required someone who is not even making a living wage to leave their families on a Sunday or holiday.

And those great bargains you are going to pick up on Thanksgiving mean that Wal-Mart "associates" will have to leave the meal, the football game, or even just the post-turkey nap, to make sure you get your Christmas bargains just that much earlier.

You know what?  If they were giving away five big-screen TV's for $5 apiece, it's really not worth what you have given up, and forced others to give up, to be one of those five.

I'm talking morals, not dollars and sense.  I understand that that is a foreign concept here in the US of Assets.  But think about it.  Will you really be glad on Christmas day that you grabbed that Blu-Ray player out of that guy's hands so you could save $25 bucks?

You will?

Then I have one more question.  Why on earth are you reading this blog?  Shouldn't you be checking out Fox News?

And for the rest of my readers, consider boycotting and ending this nonsense.