I will never shop at Target again.

[RBatson]

Originally posted by Mr 5 0
Originally posted by RBatson:

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I'm sure Sears has plenty of full time employees but probably not as salespeople that you see on the selling floor. It's NOT a law for any company to make up the difference in pay between military and civilian paychecks but simply a good PR move and more importantly, a way to keep valuable employees happy. Retail department stores work on fairly short profit margins in many cases and have always been low-paying places to work with bad hours and crappy conditions. That was the case 100 years ago and it hasn't changed a bit. They also don't require very much to get hired except the ability to breathe. We like the low prices we pay at these places and part of that comes from the stores keeping overhead down by paying chicken-feed wages and requiring a lot of effort for the money in most cases. Department stores also are the victims of massive theft looses, a lot of it from those low-paid and resentful employees. Tough business.

For the record, I don't work for a department store or have any financial interest in any of them. I was simply making a suggestion for alternative stores to Target for those who didn't wish to shop there anymore. Obviously that doesn't include you.

Heeh, obviously not. I actually quit shopping at Sears way back when they changed thier policies on having full time workers, I knew someone that worked there. I shop there these days and I look for the Made in America logo. My outlook has changed alot over the years. I found it didn't help to hold alittle grudges against someone for voicing thier opinions or supporting who they support because you may drive 10 more miles and shop at a store that has the same policies and you don't even know it. Then there is the problem of 'I can't shop there because of this and I can't go there because of that.' I look at it on a larger scale now and try to buy American whenever possible. I also don't believe everything in print...

I realize its not a law, I was just making a point.

BTW, I have come up with a way to stimulate the economy. I still don't think handing everyone $300 is really gonna help that much. However, if they started making credit card interest and car loan interest a tax deduction again... there would be some motivation for the general public to buy things. Just a thought