| Status | Hoax | | Comments | This rant shows a lack of understanding of corporate politics and budget management, and it is also wrong.
| | Description | Quite honestly, I had not noticed that Wal-mart does not fly our flag. What
a surprise. I have run across a situation that I think should be changed; it
upset me and so I decided to put it out on the Internet. If you decide to
forward this note to your friends, that's fine-if not, that's okay, too.
Maybe I'm wrong in feeling this way, but this is what I found on Friday,
October 12, 2001.
I ran to our local Wal-Mart store before I went to work. I needed a couple
of items before we left at noon for a short vacation. While I was being
checked out at the counter, I realized that I had not noticed an American
Flag flying outside and asked the clerk why there wasn't one.
I was told that the policy is that Wal-Mart does not provide flags to their
stores- rather, each store must provide their own-at this store, the
employees would have to take up a collection among themselves to make the
purchase of the flag, pole & flood light.
I was sure there was a misunderstanding in that policy somewhere, but needed
to hurry off to work, so I didn't pursue the problem. As I drove to work I
became more and more upset to think that the Company "seems" to encourage
patriotism and "Buy American" won't even, in these days of horror and
heroism and war on terrorism, provide their stores with flags to show their
support!! When I got to work I told my co-employees what I had found that
morning and they agreed that I must be mistaken-Wal-Mart would not have a
policy that made individual stores/employees purchase their own flag, "for
heavens sake"!!
My co-employees suggested I just call Wal-Marts corporate offices and there
I would discover the truth to this misunderstanding. So, I did. I called the
Corporate office and spoke to their representative.
By the way, their number is 1-800-Wal-Mart.
Do you know what I was told? I wasn't misunderstanding their policy! Each
store must provide their own flag-if the store can't fit the expense into
their budget, then the employees have to take up a collection.
Now, I find this a disgrace. I have always noticed the large flags flying at
every Perkins Pancake House-they always fly the flag, even when there isn't
a National Emergency. But here's Wal-Mart, the company who has become
wealthy beyond measure in this great Country of ours; who claims to be "one
big happy family", who recommends we "Buy American", but who cannot/will not
provide a flag pole/flag and light to each of their stores wherever they
are.
Would this be expensive? Oh, somewhat, I agree, but I hear that Wal-Mart is
planning to build many new stores in the near future and that, possibly,
they will make every existing store into a "super-store". Now, I realize
that expanding like that will bring in more money and make them wealthier
still- where providing flags to all their stores would only COST money and
not add money to their fortune. Maybe, just maybe, not providing flags to
their stores and not flying the flag in support of our Country will start
costing them more money-maybe I will start looking more closely for the flag
before I shop and begin supporting the smaller stores who don't worry so
much about the "bottom line", but rather are happy to spend some money to
show they really love America.
Do you think I am really way off base on this, or do you feel the same.
Thanks for taking the time to think about this with me-if you feel the same,
forward this on to your address list - if not, that's what your "Delete" is
for.
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