(2006-10-13) — A Common Pleas Court jury today ordered Wal-Mart Stores to pay $78 million to Pennsylvania employees for forcing them to work “off the clock” or during rest breaks and, in an unusual move, the jury ordered the defendant to stand in a long line waiting to pay the fine.
“Wal-Mart’s CEO shall wait in said line,” according to the ruling, “while surrounding checkout stands remain unstaffed. He shall be required to observe uniformed associates chatting and loitering, on the clock, and remaining unconcerned about his plight.”
The decision also specifies that “when the Wal-Mart CEO shall reach the checkout clerk, the bar code shall not scan correctly — neither on the first, nor the second, nor the third swipe — and the clerk shall have to call for a price check. Before the price check is rendered, the clerk shall close the register to go on break, thus forcing the defendant to choose another line.”
64 responses so far ↓
1 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 7:41 pm
This describes my last visit to WalMart!
and Kmart and Meiers and Target…
2 conserve-a-tip // Oct 13, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Scott! I couldn’t decide if this was real or not. Ummm, you left out, “And after the defendant’s debit card is not accepted, requiring cash, upon picking up his bags, the defendent shall leave the premises one bag short with no receipt for proof of purchase of the contents of the missing bag.”
3 maf54 // Oct 13, 2006 at 7:49 pm
lol! great job scott!
4 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Last week I went to Walmart and purchased softener salt at the register, in expectations of picking up the 40 lb bags in front of the store. When I got to the front of the store, there were no bags left (except one with a hole in it). I went back to the cashier for a resolution. She called a manager who told me that I would need to go to the customer service center and stand in line (she didn’t tell me it would be a long wait with a bunch of fat, toothless people, a daycare center-sized crowd of unruly kids and not a few “baby daddies”)to get my refund.
You’d think their computerized inventories would know when they are selling salt they don’t have…maybe those people in line were the employees???
5 Deerslayer // Oct 13, 2006 at 7:54 pm
“Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers..Scott Ott is back shopping with us today for the third time!”
You really do spen to much time at Wal-Mart since you have the routine down pat.
6 maf54 // Oct 13, 2006 at 7:54 pm
c-a-t
thanks for your explanation on the last threat. i appreciate the reasoned explanation. i still think by restricting airspace is a prudent thing to do. and dismissing it as, “ah, the terrorist will find another way” is defeatist. anyhow, that’s off topic.
god help us if wal-mart employees are unionized. then we will get lines around the block! lol!!
7 Darthmeister // Oct 13, 2006 at 8:08 pm
And what’s the backlog on court cases? Whatever happened to the concept of a speedy trial? I think we ought to start suing some judges.
8 Bill's Bites Page 2 // Oct 13, 2006 at 8:20 pm
Judge Orders Wal-Mart to Pay $78M Fine, Wait in Line
(2006-10-13) — A federal judge today ordered Wal-Mart Stores to pay $78 million to Pennsylvania employees for forcing them to work off the clock or during rest breaks and, in an unusual move, the judge ordered the defendant to stand
9 maf54 // Oct 13, 2006 at 8:20 pm
darth,
finally we agree. there is a tyranny of judges out there. they need to be held accountable for their activist rulings and promoting the liberal agenda. there ought to be term limits.
10 egospeak // Oct 13, 2006 at 8:21 pm
When it comes to Wal-mart I seem to suffer from some kind of dissonance that confuses the **** out of me.
As a conservative I generally support Wal-Mart. I live in a state that tried to force Wal-Mart to pay for a level of health insurance for employees to be determined by the state or pay the state the difference. The Gov vetoed, the majority Democrat legislature overrode, and in the last month the Courts rightly declared the whole thing unconstitutional.
I have a gift certificate for Wal-Mart that I got for Xmas
last year. I live less than 10 minutes from the closest Wal-Mart (there are 2 within 15 minutes drive). I have no idealogical issues with Wal-Mart, I like low prices, they have almost everything, and yet I can’t ever bring myself to go there when I have the time.
I wonder if all the liberal bashing of W-M has finally had an effect on me. Sad if true. Anyone else feel this way?
11 Ms RightWing, Ink // Oct 13, 2006 at 8:25 pm
maf 54
If you use “lol” one more time I will re-boot my computer and hope you are never seen here again. And please, if there is a God above, please never call yourself a journalist again. It has not been that long ago since I graduated as a J student and being a former columnist, features writer and newspaper owner, allow me to say with 100 percent accuracy-you are not a journalist.
I am sure I can still find my red pen that I destroyed papers with while student teaching both news writing and broadcast journalism. As a matter of fact, any student who constantly used terms like “lol” would have been tossed but thankfully in the mid 90’s such terminology did not exist.
Call yourself a doctor or a rocket scientist if you wish. Of course if you want to still call yourself a journalist, go to Best Buy and purchase a new keyboard with caps that work and then learn the difference between it’s and its.
I too and growing weary of your refusal to write like a grownup.
Now onto Walmart………………….
12 nylecoj // Oct 13, 2006 at 8:34 pm
egospeak,
I don’t think the liberal bashing has gotten to you. I find Walmart very uncomfortable to shop in, it is crowded and loud. I do find myself going in there occasionally even so, usually late at night to avoid the worst of it.
13 maf54 // Oct 13, 2006 at 8:36 pm
lol! ms. right wing you are a riot! you are truley the grand dame of scrappleface!
as much as it may chagrin you, i am a professional writer. i just happen to have a very good spell check program! lol! thank the lord for microsoft!
have a good evening and i hope you are feeling better!
14 nylecoj // Oct 13, 2006 at 8:37 pm
JL3 Re#177 previous thread, perhaps while Cindy is in the parking lot she can go inside and buy something to replace those frumpy t-shirts she tends to wear.
15 Maggie // Oct 13, 2006 at 9:32 pm
Attention Scrapplers:
Clean-up on isles #6, #9, #11, and #14
(and use the disinfectant)
16 egospeak // Oct 13, 2006 at 9:36 pm
Maggie,
Naughty,naughty,naughty…not!!!
17 Maggie // Oct 13, 2006 at 9:41 pm
egospeak
Call me Br-549 and we can make some kind of arrangement to take the Wal-Mart gift card off your hands.(unless you are a bilateral hand ampitee)
18 Maggie // Oct 13, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Sorry egospeak….that would be amputee.
19 Maggie // Oct 13, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Time to say goodnight.I’ve been watching too many re-runs of the Dog Whisperer and am overcome with guilt, and I don’t even have a dog.
20 Darthmeister // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:07 pm
U.S. wasted chance to improve the world: Gorbachev…
Isn’t that like Ted Kennedy pontificating about not drinking and driving? Hey, Garbagehead, why don’t you do the civilized world a favor and get back to your Vodka and caviar.
Clinton: ‘The Democratic Party has become the liberal and conservative party in America’…
What kind of cigar has he been smoking?
Death-row prisoner gets pregnant — in solitary…
Chalk it up to the Immaculate Deception.
Secret Service agents question 14 year old teen; Girl ran anti-Bush page on MySpace…
And her parents probably applauded their little left-wing hate-bot. And it wasn’t just anti-Bush, it explicitly called for the death of POTUS. Thank you lamestream media for getting it wrong again.
21 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:10 pm
Goodnight Maggie, and goodnight John-boy!
22 Ms RightWing, Ink // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:14 pm
Aisle 11 is cleaned. I may come back someday-but not soon.
You all can handle things. Maybe it is just me but my fuse is burned down to the……………….aw forget it. I am going to go join CKC and others in the Happy Hunting Grounds
23 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:16 pm
It’s hard not to like WalMart when every liberal in the world hates them. I am not a shopper and I only go to the store to get single items normally. My wife does the real shopping in the family. But, I did go to WalMart recently and took a look at their shoes. Wow! I see why people shop there. The shoes were dirt cheap! I did notice that there were no trendy name brands, though. I do pay good money for good running shoes and would not even think of wearing any of the WalMart running shoes. I do have to say that the shoes looked good and were cheap, cheap, cheap!
24 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:20 pm
MsRW,
I am very sad to see that last post
I hope it is not true. Maggie just miscounted, ya know…
Keep in mind that there is a liberal website that is missing it’s idiot today, but they are sure to get them back eventually…
25 Shelly // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:24 pm
RE: 11, thank you Ms. RW, the arbitrary lol! insertions are beyond odd, to say the least. It’s also disturbing to see someone spell “James” as “jason,” not to mention “Stanger” as “strangler” despite the poor man’s death, and then still proclaim to be a journalist. Of course, that being said, Dan Rather claimed to be a journalist and a lot of the country believed him. Much as today’s “journalists” are completely ignoring Dirty Harry Greed’s activities. Given they’re absolute lack of professionalism, maybe he’s telling the truth!
RE: 20, if only he’d just smoked cigars. (I’ve got to learn more about html. That smoked should have been in italics.)
26 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:35 pm
OMG, I just realized I misused “it’s”! Sorry all.
But then I’m a brewer, not a journalist. I promise not to misuse lager or ale, OK?
27 conserve-a-tip // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:43 pm
And speaking of html and “lol” how do you put the emoticons on Scrappleface? I know that when I type the parts like : and - and ) a smiley face automatically comes up, but how do you get the moving ones and the winking ones and the sad ones? Maybe maf54 could use those instead of the incessant ‘lol’. At least it would be more pleasant to look at….lol
28 conserve-a-tip // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:46 pm
Beerme - hiccup - sssI din’ eben notish. Did you mishpell ish? Hic. Weel led it slide thish time. Redlight on isle 5, shoppers.
29 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:48 pm
I don’t know how to do the moving ones, either. We need a tutor here, c-a-t!
;-}
:-]
…practicing…
30 nylecoj // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:54 pm
It looks like someone may be misusing lager or ale. Or maybe not. May we join you?
31 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:55 pm
:->
:^)
…still practicing…
32 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 10:57 pm
Lager is good for what ales you.
No misuse, here. Just juice, …er, use…
33 Beerme // Oct 13, 2006 at 11:03 pm
BTW, has anyone noticed that a certain poster who uses all small letters because his caplock feature doesn’t work, doesn’t seem to have any problem typing exclamation marks and quotation marks (both of which require the shift feature on the keyboard??? Not to mention question marks…
Just sayin’.
34 conserve-a-tip // Oct 13, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Beerme, that is soooo bad. Sheesh. Do you have a brewery?
I know how to do the emoticons with just the keyboard, but what makes them come up as a real smiley face that is yellow and all happy?
An nylecoj, that fun wasn’t due to lager, but geritol.
35 conserve-a-tip // Oct 13, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Beerme, I was referring to your lager/ales joke.
36 nylecoj // Oct 13, 2006 at 11:26 pm
Very interesting point in #33 Beerme.
Geritol huh? Maybe I should search my medicine cabinet.
c-a-t you should check out Beerme’s blog.
37 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:04 am
RE: #14~~
nylecoj~~
Believe it or not, I’ve only just realized that I had posted on the wrong thread and that was hours ago.
I kept checking in (during yellow flags, pit stops and commercials) and wondering why noone was posting.
If I may paraphrase: “I’m not an airhead…..but I play one on the Internet.”
38 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:17 am
That is so funny. I noticed that your post was about the next thread. I just thought perhaps you had seen the same article as Scott and commented about the issue. Or that you are psychic.
I love that paraphrase.
39 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:21 am
BTW I submitted a comment over at your blog the other day. I am guessing that you just started it.
40 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:23 am
A table containing the various smilies with a brief how-to can be found here.
41 conserve-a-tip // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:24 am
Nylecoj, thanks for the lead. I went to Beerme’s blog and thoroughly enjoyed what I found.
42 conserve-a-tip // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:26 am
James, HOW did you get your little bug-eyed critter?? And the exclamation mark? How much do you charge for lessons?
43 conserve-a-tip // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:27 am
oops. Never mind. Your post just came up. I get a little impatient. Thanks for the info!!
44 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:45 am
Great chart! JL3.
c-a-t I thought you would.
45 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:47 am
RE: #39~~
nylecoj~~
Yes, I meant to mention that I got your comment. Thanks.
I’ve had the blog for a while now; I use it as a “proving ground.” I use it to write fiction, mostly, until I get an impulse and delete and revamp everything. I’ve filled it with the writings/sermons of Reformed authors/preachers a couple of times, too.
The Bob Dylan is just a place holder for now while I work on the new design and let the words I want to write roll around in my head. If this current project I have in mind goes well, I am going to take it seriously (I’m not getting any younger), invest in my own domain and devote myself to it.
There is more content coming soon.
46 conserve-a-tip // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:49 am
OK James, here goes…How’s this?
And this?
I am really curious if this works. Let’s see.
If that worked, I know that you are just green with envy.
47 conserve-a-tip // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:51 am
Oh my gosh. It worked! Cool. You guys are gonna regret it now. I’m an artist and now I have little people whom I can paint with:
48 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:52 am
That is great. Keep us informed of your progress, so we can follow it.
49 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:52 am
I’ve created a monster…..
50 conserve-a-tip // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:56 am
Yep -
Happy Halloween
51 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:57 am
I put the chart in my favorites. He may become sorry he linked it.
52 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 1:00 am
I am going to try an experiment. (#)
53 conserve-a-tip // Oct 14, 2006 at 1:01 am
Well guys, I am all worn out now and seeing as how it is midnight in cow country, I guess that I had better be bedding down the hay…in other words, I am hitting the sack. There isn’t a sleepy one. Darn.
54 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 1:02 am
I was hoping some of the msn ones would work. Oh well this is where the preview function would be useful.
55 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 1:03 am
Good night
56 everthink // Oct 14, 2006 at 1:28 am
Re:11
Comment by Ms RightWing, Ink — October 13, 2006 @ 8:25 pm
I understand how a journalist, like you, might have trouble with a perceived pretender to that same title.
Perhaps you may understand then, why a veteran might have trouble with the Chicken Hanks, and other military pretenders here.
In addition, you may understand why I am put-off by those whose legalism is so much at odds with the grace granted to them, that they abuse the name of Christ by calling themselves Christians.
Further, maybe you can understand why those who disregard, and twist our Constitution in the name of patriotism infuriate me.
Then, of course, Hank always ticks me off!
Standby to re-boot,
LOL … Everthink?
57 maf54 // Oct 14, 2006 at 2:43 am
good night all.
jsut went to see a great movie: the departed directed by martin scoresey with leonardo decaprio and matt damon. genius.
oh by the way, i am able to use the exclaimation points because my right shift still works. for some reason it is second nature for me to use the right shift for the exclaimation points-maybe because i use them so often. lol.
58 JamesonLewis3rd // Oct 14, 2006 at 8:09 am
I’m a shopaphobe (more like agoraphobic, I think, truth be told) so the whole experience causes me inordinate anxiety. I only shop out of dire need and then only after carefully planning my in-store itinerary.
I hate parking my Dodge pickup a ¼-mile away, trudging along in fear of some octogenarian in a massive, fresh-off-the-showroom-floor Lincoln Towncar backing over me (without even noticing), dodging crazed shoppers with overloaded carts (I never need one of those things) orbited by berserk, Tasmanian Devil-like offspring and, then, needing binoculars to locate the lone open checkout whose line (populated by carts stacked high with wobbling skyscrapers of bargains) grows in length exponentially with each desperate step I take toward it (I’m not even going to talk about the maddening, infinite standing-in-line-as-my-arms-go-numb-from-holding-the-stuff-I-didn’t-need-a-cart-for experience).
59 egospeak // Oct 14, 2006 at 11:16 am
Waaaaaaay off track. I am so excited! I just got my copy of “Act of Treason”, the new thriller by Vince Flynn.
I can’t wait to get off work, so I can dive into the latest Mitch Rapp adventure. Any other Vince Flynn/Mitch Rapp fans out there? BTW, got it from…Amazon!
60 nylecoj // Oct 14, 2006 at 11:57 am
Re #59
Me!! I do enjoy those books. I don’t know if I’ve read them all, I should try to see if I’ve missed any. Is the new one in paperback?
61 egospeak // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:10 pm
nylecoj,
Re #60
No, this is the brand new hardback. I wouldn’t expect to see the paperback until next summer at the earliest. If you haven’t read them all, try to get the ones you’ve missed, especially “Memorial Day” and the first in the series “Term Limits”. You won’t regret it.
62 maf54 // Oct 14, 2006 at 12:57 pm
i just read the description of the book on amazon. looks great! like a tom clancy, eh? my reading these days veers towards coulter, gibson, malkin, et al. when it is political season, i love reading those books. now if i could only get my son to read some of them….lol!
63 Maggie // Oct 14, 2006 at 2:35 pm
Ms Right Wing,
See apology on the next thread.
64 DavidDennis // Oct 15, 2006 at 5:51 pm
Egospeak, when I lived in California, I hated Wal*Mart because they had inferior merchandise and the stores were unpleasant to shop in.
Here in Pennsylvania, Wal*Mart is no worse to shop in than any other store, prices are much lower, and the quality of merchandise is even a bit higher than the competition.
This is because local shopping is — there really is no better word for it — lousy. The middle class market is more expensive than Gelson’s, the fancy place in LA I always shopped at, and a lot less enjoyable to shop in. The lower class markets are undescribably bad.
So what you think of Wal*Mart really depends on a combination of your disposable income and the level of local competition. The worse local competition is, the better Wal*Mart looks.
I shop Wal*Mart all the time here; I’d never even glance at them if I were still in LA.
John Kerry bemoans the possible demise of his favorite shopping grounds if Wal*Mart were to invade his town, but really, they are in no danger, because neither him nor his neighbors are about to be caught dead in Wal*Mart.
The stores in serious danger are the crummy inner city places that sell bad meat at a price per pound higher than John Kerry’s favorite luxury place.
D
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