Black Wednesday?

In a surprising twist, Target stores has announced that it will have its 2014 Black Friday next Wednesday.

Walmart and Kmart executives have finally gone off the deep end and proved that they don't care about their employees, regardless of their ads featuring supposed happy campers.

Due to the backlash from their customer base, Walmart announced that they would only work seasonal employees to man the store. Bull. The managers will obviously need to be there, along with other key personally. Otherwise, it would be the biggest fiasco known to man.

They have lied in an attempt to appease it's core group of shoppers. Its too bad that many people will believe it and wait in line the night before Thanksgiving. There ought to be a law prohibiting such behavior.

In my opinion, Walmart is the most greedy company, outside of oil companies, in the world. All they care about is the bottom line. Compare that with a company like Google, who treats their employees like royalty, at great expense. As a result, they have loyal employees who love their work. When I ask Walmart employees how their day is going, the overwhelming response is "I'm doing good. I get off in an hour".

Walmart employees have simply become clock watchers because they don't care about customer service or taking care of their employees. All they care about is squeezing the vendors for the very best price, so they can keep their prices low to attract more consumers.

I hate to go to Walmart. Why? Because of the way they do business. Too many times I've seen them go into a market, kill the Mom & Pop stores that have been open for decades and then hire the employees of those stores at a fraction of what they used to make. Pure evil.

Another contrast is In-N-Out burger. They treat their employees well, pay them well and they stay, at least through college. In-N-Out gets it. Its not only the food, which is spectacular, but its more the experience that customers encounter that keep them coming back. I've never had a bad experience at In-N-Out, but plenty at Walmart.

I wish people would boycott Walmart, but they won't. They are lured, regardless of the damage done to local businesses. Shame on us for supporting such a greedy business.

See you tomorrow.

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