Treo Podcast for November 30, 2004
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Somewhat normal podcast today... I little ranting. Mainly about the fact that Wal-Mart sucks. But I also dicuss:
- Podcast A.D.D.
- Target wakeup calls
- Podcast Alley Voting
- Dvorak Update from Clyde, and Friday's retail sales
- Fort Hood Black Hawk crash
- HEB - chain grocery store - beer #1 - 10 of top 25 -more men shopping - peanut oil beat milk on Thanksgiving day
- Christmas Tech - make your own iPod skins
- AP - Houston - Rice Student Invents GloThong
- Reuters - India - New law requires a condom with every bottle of liquor
- AP - St. Louis - Company Makes Gems From Loved Ones' Ashes
- UK Reuters - London - Plenty of room at inn for Mary and Joseph
- Reuters - Sydney - Police Apologize for Sending Child Porn
- BBC World - Russian gas giant plans Yukos bid (Gazprom)
- BBC World - Australian labels sue Kazaa owner
- Entertainment news (has-been actors trying to make a come-back)
and of course...
Podcast BINGO!
posted by Russell @ 7:02 PM,
1 Comments:
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At 7:37 PM,
Christopher Decker said...
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I'd have to say that I agree with you on Wal-Mart. They move into small towns and try to suck up people from the surrounding area too. I know in the past 10 years they've put in 3 Wal-Marts within 30 miles of me.
I also hate how they push their suppliers around. If you're a company that sells jelly (no idea why I chose that), you want Wal-Mart to sell your product. You know Wal-Mart reaches millions of people, so you do anything they want. Wal-Mart wants you to RFID everything, you spend the money to do so. If Wal-Mart wants to squeeze $.4 off your price or they'll find a new supplier, you give in.
As for them helping the community, if you do Google searches you'll actually notice how horrible Wal-Mart is to their employees. It's no secret that Wal-Mart is uber-rich, but they definitely don't pass their earnings on to their employees. I remember reading stats that showed how Wal-Mart employees are paid almost minimum wage. That's why I always go to the Target right down the street - they treat their employees better.
It's only a matter of time before Wal-Mart gets knocked off....I think it's for the best.
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