On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 01:56:20 GMT, animaux
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:53:24 -0700, Polar wrote:

If you knew what those employees are paid, and how they are exploited
(forced overtime, no pay, for example), you might understand how they
have no time to care for the poor plants.

No, I don't. Please cite how much they are paid and how they work for no pay.
I'd be interested in the source for this information.

Try a Google search under key words such as "wal-mart employees".
You'll get a gazillion hits. Here's one:

http://www.pbs.org/storewars/stores3.html

I think it would be way cool if you showed up with a watering can
and pruning shears and went around caring for the plants; watering;
dead-heading, etc. Have a camera crew from your local TV station
accompany you.

Don't laugh. Way back when, I got my job at a garden center where I was a
customer at first. I'd spend hours walking around the 10 acres cleaning plants,
pulling weeds, etc. I did this because I lived in a condo and I really NEEDED
to be on some land. One day the owner came over to me and asked if I'd like to
work there and that's how I became a commercial grower. Talk about no
money...don't get me started. I made money, but barely what I was making doing
Weapon Spec work for the government. Back in the early 80's I was making 25
dollars an hour. I left all that to make about 10 dollars an hour, maybe it was
even a bit less.

Now that is one helluva story!! Stand tall man/lady! You have major
cojones, or the female equivalent, as the case may be. On your death
bed (may you be spared for many years), will you be glad you did
weapons spec work, or that you worked with living things that brought
joy to yourself and others.

You made my day!



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Polar