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May 6, 2021 13:25:45   #
Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois
 
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit this week in order to publicly protest “capitalism,” but their actions ended up being a demonstration of the entitlement mentality currently plaguing the country.

WMTW-TV reported that a store in the southern Maine town of Eliot was briefly closed earlier this week after the store’s staff locked up and let their resentment toward the company be known with signs placed on the building’s front door.

“Closed indefinitely because Dollar General doesn’t pay a living wage or treat their employees with respect,” one sign on the door read.

“Google ‘general strike’ and learn how we can take our power back,” a second one said.

Another sign on the door read, “Capitalism will destroy this country. If you don’t pay people enough to live their lives, why should they slave away for you?”

Former employee Berndt Erikson told WMTW that he “decided to quit because I was no longer going to take the abuse that Dollar General was giving us.”

“As the day progressed, I got more upset and I decided to start writing these signs. … We closed early, we put the signs up and left.”

Behind Erikson during the interview was writing on a window along with the hammer and sickle symbol of Soviet communism.

Dollar General’s corporate office told WMTW that the store is back open but declined to comment on the job status of those who left the place unattended.

“Out of respect for these individuals, as well as the value we place on open and direct communication with our employees, we do not plan to comment on their employment status further,” the company said. “Our Eliot store remains open to provide the York County community with convenient, affordable access to everyday essentials.”

The company ignored the protest signs, and it absolutely should have. What did those who walked off the job expect from a company that sells $2 picture frames, affordable cereal and plastic toys?

To be fair, a great many people who work or have worked in retail wouldn’t give the experience a five-star review. But an hourly job at Dollar General isn’t supposed to feed a family. Being paid by the hour at a discount store is not supposed to help one finance a Cadillac.

These jobs, by and large, are for young people, students, people seeking to get a leg up after facing hardship and those who live in areas where there simply aren’t many jobs.

Some of the most pleasant people you’ll encounter are the retirees who greet you when you walk into the stores they maintain on a part-time basis. They tend to give a human face to multinational corporations, and they feel entitled to nothing.

But so many American workers, particularly younger people, have no technical skills, few qualifications and no ambition.

They accept at-will and simple jobs, they sign the dotted lines, they fill out the IRS W-4 and, in return for an agreed-upon wage, they are expected to do that job for a paycheck.

Some then become angry that the jobs they accepted aren’t making them wealthy, and, in cases such as this one, they childishly abandon their workplace.

Working retail might be an adequate source of income for some people who put in the time and effort and move up. Working at a dollar store is noble — as is a position anywhere in which people can exchange their hard work for pay that they agreed to when they took the job.

But a job at Dollar General, for most people, is a steppingstone to a better opportunity. That’s simply the way it is for the majority of positions in retail, hospitality and some other job sectors.

But since the federal government began handing out money last spring, fewer and fewer people are willing to do these jobs. People feel entitled to things they didn’t earn and don’t deserve, and they want the world’s luxuries in return for nothing.

Some of the people who were working at the Eliot Dollar General presumably caught wind of another lifestyle — one where people are paid handsomely by Uncle Sam to “stay home and stay safe.”

After all, how is Dollar General supposed to compete with Uncle Sam’s boosted unemployment checks?

The Eliot location’s anti-capitalist workers are now seeking a handout, rather than a leg up — and they’ll probably get it.

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May 6, 2021 13:30:17   #
Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio
 
Parky60 wrote:
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit this week in order to publicly protest “capitalism,” but their actions ended up being a demonstration of the entitlement mentality currently plaguing the country.

WMTW-TV reported that a store in the southern Maine town of Eliot was briefly closed earlier this week after the store’s staff locked up and let their resentment toward the company be known with signs placed on the building’s front door.

“Closed indefinitely because Dollar General doesn’t pay a living wage or treat their employees with respect,” one sign on the door read.

“Google ‘general strike’ and learn how we can take our power back,” a second one said.

Another sign on the door read, “Capitalism will destroy this country. If you don’t pay people enough to live their lives, why should they slave away for you?”

Former employee Berndt Erikson told WMTW that he “decided to quit because I was no longer going to take the abuse that Dollar General was giving us.”

“As the day progressed, I got more upset and I decided to start writing these signs. … We closed early, we put the signs up and left.”

Behind Erikson during the interview was writing on a window along with the hammer and sickle symbol of Soviet communism.

Dollar General’s corporate office told WMTW that the store is back open but declined to comment on the job status of those who left the place unattended.

“Out of respect for these individuals, as well as the value we place on open and direct communication with our employees, we do not plan to comment on their employment status further,” the company said. “Our Eliot store remains open to provide the York County community with convenient, affordable access to everyday essentials.”

The company ignored the protest signs, and it absolutely should have. What did those who walked off the job expect from a company that sells $2 picture frames, affordable cereal and plastic toys?

To be fair, a great many people who work or have worked in retail wouldn’t give the experience a five-star review. But an hourly job at Dollar General isn’t supposed to feed a family. Being paid by the hour at a discount store is not supposed to help one finance a Cadillac.

These jobs, by and large, are for young people, students, people seeking to get a leg up after facing hardship and those who live in areas where there simply aren’t many jobs.

Some of the most pleasant people you’ll encounter are the retirees who greet you when you walk into the stores they maintain on a part-time basis. They tend to give a human face to multinational corporations, and they feel entitled to nothing.

But so many American workers, particularly younger people, have no technical skills, few qualifications and no ambition.

They accept at-will and simple jobs, they sign the dotted lines, they fill out the IRS W-4 and, in return for an agreed-upon wage, they are expected to do that job for a paycheck.

Some then become angry that the jobs they accepted aren’t making them wealthy, and, in cases such as this one, they childishly abandon their workplace.

Working retail might be an adequate source of income for some people who put in the time and effort and move up. Working at a dollar store is noble — as is a position anywhere in which people can exchange their hard work for pay that they agreed to when they took the job.

But a job at Dollar General, for most people, is a steppingstone to a better opportunity. That’s simply the way it is for the majority of positions in retail, hospitality and some other job sectors.

But since the federal government began handing out money last spring, fewer and fewer people are willing to do these jobs. People feel entitled to things they didn’t earn and don’t deserve, and they want the world’s luxuries in return for nothing.

Some of the people who were working at the Eliot Dollar General presumably caught wind of another lifestyle — one where people are paid handsomely by Uncle Sam to “stay home and stay safe.”

After all, how is Dollar General supposed to compete with Uncle Sam’s boosted unemployment checks?

The Eliot location’s anti-capitalist workers are now seeking a handout, rather than a leg up — and they’ll probably get it.
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit ... (show quote)


It isn’t something they did, it’s something being done to them.
It’s capitalism that caused such a thing as a dollar store.
It’s capitalism keeping wages down in favor of profit. It’s apparently Capitalism that owns you now.

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May 6, 2021 13:34:54   #
microphor Loc: Home is TN
 
Parky60 wrote:
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit this week in order to publicly protest “capitalism,” but their actions ended up being a demonstration of the entitlement mentality currently plaguing the country.

WMTW-TV reported that a store in the southern Maine town of Eliot was briefly closed earlier this week after the store’s staff locked up and let their resentment toward the company be known with signs placed on the building’s front door.

“Closed indefinitely because Dollar General doesn’t pay a living wage or treat their employees with respect,” one sign on the door read.

“Google ‘general strike’ and learn how we can take our power back,” a second one said.

Another sign on the door read, “Capitalism will destroy this country. If you don’t pay people enough to live their lives, why should they slave away for you?”

Former employee Berndt Erikson told WMTW that he “decided to quit because I was no longer going to take the abuse that Dollar General was giving us.”

“As the day progressed, I got more upset and I decided to start writing these signs. … We closed early, we put the signs up and left.”

Behind Erikson during the interview was writing on a window along with the hammer and sickle symbol of Soviet communism.

Dollar General’s corporate office told WMTW that the store is back open but declined to comment on the job status of those who left the place unattended.

“Out of respect for these individuals, as well as the value we place on open and direct communication with our employees, we do not plan to comment on their employment status further,” the company said. “Our Eliot store remains open to provide the York County community with convenient, affordable access to everyday essentials.”

The company ignored the protest signs, and it absolutely should have. What did those who walked off the job expect from a company that sells $2 picture frames, affordable cereal and plastic toys?

To be fair, a great many people who work or have worked in retail wouldn’t give the experience a five-star review. But an hourly job at Dollar General isn’t supposed to feed a family. Being paid by the hour at a discount store is not supposed to help one finance a Cadillac.

These jobs, by and large, are for young people, students, people seeking to get a leg up after facing hardship and those who live in areas where there simply aren’t many jobs.

Some of the most pleasant people you’ll encounter are the retirees who greet you when you walk into the stores they maintain on a part-time basis. They tend to give a human face to multinational corporations, and they feel entitled to nothing.

But so many American workers, particularly younger people, have no technical skills, few qualifications and no ambition.

They accept at-will and simple jobs, they sign the dotted lines, they fill out the IRS W-4 and, in return for an agreed-upon wage, they are expected to do that job for a paycheck.

Some then become angry that the jobs they accepted aren’t making them wealthy, and, in cases such as this one, they childishly abandon their workplace.

Working retail might be an adequate source of income for some people who put in the time and effort and move up. Working at a dollar store is noble — as is a position anywhere in which people can exchange their hard work for pay that they agreed to when they took the job.

But a job at Dollar General, for most people, is a steppingstone to a better opportunity. That’s simply the way it is for the majority of positions in retail, hospitality and some other job sectors.

But since the federal government began handing out money last spring, fewer and fewer people are willing to do these jobs. People feel entitled to things they didn’t earn and don’t deserve, and they want the world’s luxuries in return for nothing.

Some of the people who were working at the Eliot Dollar General presumably caught wind of another lifestyle — one where people are paid handsomely by Uncle Sam to “stay home and stay safe.”

After all, how is Dollar General supposed to compete with Uncle Sam’s boosted unemployment checks?

The Eliot location’s anti-capitalist workers are now seeking a handout, rather than a leg up — and they’ll probably get it.
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit ... (show quote)


I dont think peoe who walk off a job unless abus/harassment is occurring, should be eligible for unemployment. They are unemployed by choice.

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May 6, 2021 13:47:14   #
F.D.R.
 
Milosia2 wrote:
It isn’t something they did, it’s something being done to them.
It’s capitalism that caused such a thing as a dollar store.
It’s capitalism keeping wages down in favor of profit. It’s apparently Capitalism that owns you now.


And you're alternative would be what exactly?

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May 6, 2021 13:47:15   #
Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio
 
Parky60 wrote:
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit this week in order to publicly protest “capitalism,” but their actions ended up being a demonstration of the entitlement mentality currently plaguing the country.

WMTW-TV reported that a store in the southern Maine town of Eliot was briefly closed earlier this week after the store’s staff locked up and let their resentment toward the company be known with signs placed on the building’s front door.

“Closed indefinitely because Dollar General doesn’t pay a living wage or treat their employees with respect,” one sign on the door read.

“Google ‘general strike’ and learn how we can take our power back,” a second one said.

Another sign on the door read, “Capitalism will destroy this country. If you don’t pay people enough to live their lives, why should they slave away for you?”

Former employee Berndt Erikson told WMTW that he “decided to quit because I was no longer going to take the abuse that Dollar General was giving us.”

“As the day progressed, I got more upset and I decided to start writing these signs. … We closed early, we put the signs up and left.”

Behind Erikson during the interview was writing on a window along with the hammer and sickle symbol of Soviet communism.

Dollar General’s corporate office told WMTW that the store is back open but declined to comment on the job status of those who left the place unattended.

“Out of respect for these individuals, as well as the value we place on open and direct communication with our employees, we do not plan to comment on their employment status further,” the company said. “Our Eliot store remains open to provide the York County community with convenient, affordable access to everyday essentials.”

The company ignored the protest signs, and it absolutely should have. What did those who walked off the job expect from a company that sells $2 picture frames, affordable cereal and plastic toys?

To be fair, a great many people who work or have worked in retail wouldn’t give the experience a five-star review. But an hourly job at Dollar General isn’t supposed to feed a family. Being paid by the hour at a discount store is not supposed to help one finance a Cadillac.

These jobs, by and large, are for young people, students, people seeking to get a leg up after facing hardship and those who live in areas where there simply aren’t many jobs.

Some of the most pleasant people you’ll encounter are the retirees who greet you when you walk into the stores they maintain on a part-time basis. They tend to give a human face to multinational corporations, and they feel entitled to nothing.

But so many American workers, particularly younger people, have no technical skills, few qualifications and no ambition.

They accept at-will and simple jobs, they sign the dotted lines, they fill out the IRS W-4 and, in return for an agreed-upon wage, they are expected to do that job for a paycheck.

Some then become angry that the jobs they accepted aren’t making them wealthy, and, in cases such as this one, they childishly abandon their workplace.

Working retail might be an adequate source of income for some people who put in the time and effort and move up. Working at a dollar store is noble — as is a position anywhere in which people can exchange their hard work for pay that they agreed to when they took the job.

But a job at Dollar General, for most people, is a steppingstone to a better opportunity. That’s simply the way it is for the majority of positions in retail, hospitality and some other job sectors.

But since the federal government began handing out money last spring, fewer and fewer people are willing to do these jobs. People feel entitled to things they didn’t earn and don’t deserve, and they want the world’s luxuries in return for nothing.

Some of the people who were working at the Eliot Dollar General presumably caught wind of another lifestyle — one where people are paid handsomely by Uncle Sam to “stay home and stay safe.”

After all, how is Dollar General supposed to compete with Uncle Sam’s boosted unemployment checks?

The Eliot location’s anti-capitalist workers are now seeking a handout, rather than a leg up — and they’ll probably get it.
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit ... (show quote)



Which Dollar General job are you interested in?
Jobs from $12 - $16/hr available now!

CASHIER

WAREHOUSE

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Job description

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May 6, 2021 13:49:22   #
Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio
 
F.D.R. wrote:
And you're alternative would be what exactly?



Which Dollar General job are you interested in?
Jobs from $12 - $16/hr available now!

CASHIER

WAREHOUSE

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Job
-This is from the dollar general site-
Logo didn’t show

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May 6, 2021 13:58:02   #
Liberty Tree
 
Milosia2 wrote:
It isn’t something they did, it’s something being done to them.
It’s capitalism that caused such a thing as a dollar store.
It’s capitalism keeping wages down in favor of profit. It’s apparently Capitalism that owns you now.


Move to China and be really owned

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May 6, 2021 14:23:58   #
Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois
 
Milosia2 wrote:
It isn’t something they did, it’s something being done to them.
It’s capitalism that caused such a thing as a dollar store.
It’s capitalism keeping wages down in favor of profit. It’s apparently Capitalism that owns you now.

You never cease to amaze me with your stupendous ignorance. You didn't even read the whole post, did you?

You've gotta be under 50 years old, which would explain much, because if you aren't I'm utterly amazed!

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May 6, 2021 14:58:19   #
SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now
 
Parky60 wrote:
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit this week in order to publicly protest “capitalism,” but their actions ended up being a demonstration of the entitlement mentality currently plaguing the country.

WMTW-TV reported that a store in the southern Maine town of Eliot was briefly closed earlier this week after the store’s staff locked up and let their resentment toward the company be known with signs placed on the building’s front door.

“Closed indefinitely because Dollar General doesn’t pay a living wage or treat their employees with respect,” one sign on the door read.

“Google ‘general strike’ and learn how we can take our power back,” a second one said.

Another sign on the door read, “Capitalism will destroy this country. If you don’t pay people enough to live their lives, why should they slave away for you?”

Former employee Berndt Erikson told WMTW that he “decided to quit because I was no longer going to take the abuse that Dollar General was giving us.”

“As the day progressed, I got more upset and I decided to start writing these signs. … We closed early, we put the signs up and left.”

Behind Erikson during the interview was writing on a window along with the hammer and sickle symbol of Soviet communism.

Dollar General’s corporate office told WMTW that the store is back open but declined to comment on the job status of those who left the place unattended.

“Out of respect for these individuals, as well as the value we place on open and direct communication with our employees, we do not plan to comment on their employment status further,” the company said. “Our Eliot store remains open to provide the York County community with convenient, affordable access to everyday essentials.”

The company ignored the protest signs, and it absolutely should have. What did those who walked off the job expect from a company that sells $2 picture frames, affordable cereal and plastic toys?

To be fair, a great many people who work or have worked in retail wouldn’t give the experience a five-star review. But an hourly job at Dollar General isn’t supposed to feed a family. Being paid by the hour at a discount store is not supposed to help one finance a Cadillac.

These jobs, by and large, are for young people, students, people seeking to get a leg up after facing hardship and those who live in areas where there simply aren’t many jobs.

Some of the most pleasant people you’ll encounter are the retirees who greet you when you walk into the stores they maintain on a part-time basis. They tend to give a human face to multinational corporations, and they feel entitled to nothing.

But so many American workers, particularly younger people, have no technical skills, few qualifications and no ambition.

They accept at-will and simple jobs, they sign the dotted lines, they fill out the IRS W-4 and, in return for an agreed-upon wage, they are expected to do that job for a paycheck.

Some then become angry that the jobs they accepted aren’t making them wealthy, and, in cases such as this one, they childishly abandon their workplace.

Working retail might be an adequate source of income for some people who put in the time and effort and move up. Working at a dollar store is noble — as is a position anywhere in which people can exchange their hard work for pay that they agreed to when they took the job.

But a job at Dollar General, for most people, is a steppingstone to a better opportunity. That’s simply the way it is for the majority of positions in retail, hospitality and some other job sectors.

But since the federal government began handing out money last spring, fewer and fewer people are willing to do these jobs. People feel entitled to things they didn’t earn and don’t deserve, and they want the world’s luxuries in return for nothing.

Some of the people who were working at the Eliot Dollar General presumably caught wind of another lifestyle — one where people are paid handsomely by Uncle Sam to “stay home and stay safe.”

After all, how is Dollar General supposed to compete with Uncle Sam’s boosted unemployment checks?

The Eliot location’s anti-capitalist workers are now seeking a handout, rather than a leg up — and they’ll probably get it.
Employees at a Dollar General store in Maine quit ... (show quote)


Some people have no clue when they are well off. As for me, I don’t buy anything from the dollar stores, anything they sell that I need I can get someplace else. Also, check around - how many “retail stores” pay a “living wage”? Who gets to decide what a “living wage” is?? You want a living wage, go to work on an oil drilling rig - they pay good wages, but you can’t be lazy or just show up for work when it’s convenient for you. Or find yourself a manufacturing job - such as GM, Ford or the other brands. These stores that pay minimum wage are building blocks for young people to learn a work ethic and how to work so they can move on to better paying jobs.
Get a trade, learn how to do something useful - welders are in demand and earn good pay, so do equipment operators. Do some research, figure out what you want to do with your life and train for success.
Good luck in your endeavors.

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May 8, 2021 05:37:09   #
RandyBrian Loc: Texas
 
Milosia2 wrote:
It isn’t something they did, it’s something being done to them.
It’s capitalism that caused such a thing as a dollar store.
It’s capitalism keeping wages down in favor of profit. It’s apparently Capitalism that owns you now.


Are you completely ignorant of economics, or you choosing to lie to maintain the narrative?
Just curious. You are dead wrong in either case.
Apparently you think dollar stores are a bad idea, and want their employees to go the way of service station attendants, janitor positions, and virtually all jobs for teenagers. Priced out of employment due to minimum wage laws. When an employee position does not earn the wages that are being required by law, the companies have no choice but to find ways to eliminate the jobs. How many hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost when McDonalds perfects their automated serving systems? Did McD want to invest the millions to develop these systems? No, they did not. But it is now cheaper than paying an employee $8/hour and up to hand people french fries. This is driven by natural economic laws that will apply in ANY economy, be it capitalism, communism, socialism, or a tyranny. Have you forgotten the collapse of Venezuela? The long lines to empty shelves in the USSR? The oppressive weight of systematic poverty in places like Cuba and North Korea? The fact that much of China was trying to live on an almost starvation diet until the implemented a little modified capitalism?
There is none so ignorant as those who refuse to acknowledge the truth because it does not fit their narrative.
You own it. You fly your ignorance like a flag.

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May 8, 2021 08:30:51   #
SGM B Loc: TEXAS but live in Alabama now
 
RandyBrian wrote:
Are you completely ignorant of economics, or you choosing to lie to maintain the narrative?
Just curious. You are dead wrong in either case.
Apparently you think dollar stores are a bad idea, and want their employees to go the way of service station attendants, janitor positions, and virtually all jobs for teenagers. Priced out of employment due to minimum wage laws. When an employee position does not earn the wages that are being required by law, the companies have no choice but to find ways to eliminate the jobs. How many hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost when McDonalds perfects their automated serving systems? Did McD want to invest the millions to develop these systems? No, they did not. But it is now cheaper than paying an employee $8/hour and up to hand people french fries. This is driven by natural economic laws that will apply in ANY economy, be it capitalism, communism, socialism, or a tyranny. Have you forgotten the collapse of Venezuela? The long lines to empty shelves in the USSR? The oppressive weight of systematic poverty in places like Cuba and North Korea? The fact that much of China was trying to live on an almost starvation diet until the implemented a little modified capitalism?
There is none so ignorant as those who refuse to acknowledge the truth because it does not fit their narrative.
You own it. You fly your ignorance like a flag.
Are you completely ignorant of economics, or you c... (show quote)


I can answer your first questions - Yes and Yes. 😂😂

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May 8, 2021 09:38:24   #
Rose42
 
Milosia2 wrote:
It isn’t something they did, it’s something being done to them.
It’s capitalism that caused such a thing as a dollar store.
It’s capitalism keeping wages down in favor of profit. It’s apparently Capitalism that owns you now.



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May 8, 2021 14:02:45   #
RandyBrian Loc: Texas
 
SGM B wrote:
I can answer your first questions - Yes and Yes. 😂😂



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May 8, 2021 16:47:07   #
Mikeivey
 
Nothing like being Stupid! If you don’t like the pay, go find someplace else to work! If I was Dollar General, I would fire their dumbasses! You and your Ilk can move to China!

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May 9, 2021 15:38:10   #
GmanTerry
 
F.D.R. wrote:
And you're alternative would be what exactly?


Get free money from the Federal "Dollar Tree" printing presses.


Semper Fi

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