Shame on you Walmart

[flaxattack]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35913492/ns/business-careers/
 
worker has sinus cancer and inoperable brain tumor
and has legal marijuana card. fell on the job and hurt his knee- nothing serious.. but when he went to the doctor they pee tested him- then fired him!
he claims he never used on or before work.  
the poor guy is dying and the fired him?
 mariuanaparanoia.....
if he boozed it- no problem right?

[poor_nigel]

Watch the movie Capitalism - A Love Story.  There is a decent possibility WalMart took out a life insurance policy on him and is waiting to collect a check when he dies.  They are just another corporation that has done all they could to kill the middle class and keep as many of their employees on food stamps and welfare.  May they rot along with our financial leaders (criminals) of this fine country.  Sorry, some subjects just get me going instantly.

[pas]

Thomas,
 
It's taking a Herculean effort for me not to dive headlong into this, but...perhaps you should consider that Alembic is a corporation and that the Wickershams are in fact capitalists...and god bless them for it!

[David Houck]

While it is certainly understandable that we as individuals may care deeply about topics such as those introduced in this thread, this thread is pushing the boundaries of what the moderator finds reasonable for our board.  And while it is highly understandable that we would feel compassionate and empathy for the worker in this story, this thread quickly moved into politics, which is outside the boundaries suggested by the posting guidelines.  Please refrain from continuing this thread in that vein.

[lbpesq]

On a lighter note, I seriously doubt that Alembic has ever fired someone for cannabis.  In fact, I have always imagined #10 being carved in a cloud of smoke back in the day!
 
Bill, tgo

[poor_nigel]

Alembic is a family owned business and has nothing to do with the corporations and financial leaders of this country that have done so much damage to us all.  If all corporations followed Alembic's example, the middle class would still be intact and we would all be happy geeters smiling on our way to work.  I do hate politics and will refrain from going further, but I could not stop that post - and the movie I mentioned is well worth watching.

[hydrargyrum]

If the folks at Alembic were hanging out with Owlsley Stanley and the Grateful Dead in a warehouse when they began the company, well then I suspect they were practically sweating LSD (not to accuse anyone of something I've not been guilty of myself).  As such, I am guessing a piss test isn't mandatory for employment at Alembic Inc?.

[lbpesq]

Unless, perhaps, failing a piss test is mandatory!  hehehehe
 
Bill, tgo

[hydrargyrum]

Hey maybe I should apply then!  
 
Seriously though, I've had some friends lose their jobs because of random testing.  It seems that insurance companies are the ones who determined that the potential liability of employing a drug user outweighs any considerations regarding their actual performance and employment history.  Clearly the content of your piss is more important than the content of your character.

[laytonco]

Did you hear the one about the Yellow Dog?

[glocke]

Thought about typing a response, but followed Dannos idea of typing than deleting....
 
All  I can say now is, mmmmmmmmmm....shortbread cookies!

[jbybj]

It sounds to me as if Walmart did him a favor. If his days are numbered, would you want to spend them working at Walmart?
 
BTW, not political, just sad/funny/sad. Have you ever wasted away the hours at peopleofwalmart.com?

[glocke]

peopleofwalmart.com + shortbread cookies + milk + Bong = good times!!

[cozmik_cowboy]

Actually, no, I had not wasted away the hours at peopleofwalmart.com.  Now I have.  That was - interesting.  Now I'm going to go shower.....
 
Peter

[hydrargyrum]

Oh man! I can't begin to measure the time I've wasted at peopleofwalmart.com.  Some really funny stuff there for sure.