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Retail Hell Ignorance: Tom Cruise Appears at Walmart Corp Event and Says Walmart Has Improved Women's Lives

This makes me want to puke. And what's even sadder for me is Hugh Jackman and Kelly Clarkson were there also!! Nooooo! Why, Hugh, why? You just went down several notches on my Superfan board. Aparently the celebs weren't paid, but that means nothing - it makes it even more suspicious actually, because the movie studios and music companies are bed with Walmart to increase sales on their upcoming products.

Huff Po:Critics are calling out Hollywood star Tom Cruise this week for praising Walmart as “a role model” that has "improve[d] women’s lives around the world" during the retailer’s shareholder meeting earlier in June, according to MSNBC.

Cruise, who was joined at the event by fellow celebrities Hugh Jackman and Kelly Clarkson, also called Walmart a “role model for how business can address some of the biggest issues facing our world, in ways big and small."

The claim drew criticism from some activists, who called Cruise's comments out of touch with reality. Cruise "didn’t really tell the truth about what happens on a day-to-day basis,” one activist told MSNBC. Others took to social media to criticize the actor, accusing him of being a "tool," among other things.

Walmart and a representative for Tom Cruise didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from The Huffington Post. A spokesperson for the retailer told MSNBC that celebrities like Cruise weren't paid for their appearance at the shareholders meeting. It's unclear if their speeches were vetted before they gave them.

Walmart has spent years fending off discrimination suits from women who say they're not treated equally at the company. About 2,000 women claimed in a class action suit last year that the retail giant discriminated against them when it came to pay and promotions. An earlier lawsuit was dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court, which determined female workers nationwide didn't have standing to sue as a class.

Some working mothers at Walmart also have decried the store's pay, saying they have to rely on government assistance to make ends meet.

The comments also come at a time when Walmart's facing criticism for not signing on to the Bangladesh Safety Accord, a deal aimed at promoting safer working conditions in Bangladesh garment industry. The agreement was forged after a Bangladesh factory collapse killed more than 1,000 workers earlier this year -- including many women, who predominantly perform that kind of low-wage work.

The company has been pushing to improve its reputation recently. Last year Walmart announced a push to hire veterans and a program offering healthier food at an affordable price.

via www.huffingtonpost.com

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The Queen visited "The Enlgish Market" in Cork City, Ireland. If you look to the right of her, you'll see some wonderful chicken signage that says "Fuck off Queen of England." By the looks of her smile she must not have seen the sign. Then again custys are notorious for not reading signs, why should The Queen be any different?

 

Douchebag Super Crusty Prefers To Stand And Scream Rather Than Go To Another Register

From: Zalira

I've been reading this website non-stop for about 3 days now and I decided I might as well share my story about a Super Crusty that just blew my mind.

It was a slow night, customers were finally becoming far and few between after a very busy day. A younger woman - we'll call her Angel because she was so nice about the whole thing - came to my line with a whole bunch of WIC vouchers. I did the required checking of said vouchers and started ringing her up right away. Now in my state, WIC had recently changed and people were taking a while to get used to this. She happened to have a few wrong items, and when pointed out said 'Oh my goodness, I totally spaced let me run and grab the correct ones.'

The second this lovely woman left to grab her 3 things, Super Crusty flew into my line. I shit you not, RHUers, there were FIVE OTHER OPEN LANES this assbutt could have gone to instead. I smiled and told Super Crusty that it would be a few minutes as my customer had the wrong things and she was quickly grabbing the right ones.

This wasn't good enough for Super Crusty. Oh, no, no, no, no. He starts screaming at me about how no one on WIC deserves the checks and how they're all using the system to pop out more kids. (Considering where I lived at the time, yes this is 90% true. But Angel was one of the few honest people I've come across relied on WIC to help feed her children.)

I let Super Crusty go on until he stopped screaming. By this point,Angel was back with her two things, as well as someone from the Customer Service Desk - who I will call WonderWoman as she liked that super hero - and I was trying to finish Angel's order so she could get away from Super Crusty's death glares and mutters. WonderWoman was there to turn off my light so I could go on my break.

As soon as Angel left, Super Crusty started in again bout how shitty welfare is and blah blah blah. I wasn't paying attention to him talking anymore. I'm usually a really easy going person, but there are times when I cannot control my temper, and Super Crusty had just pushed my last button. I flipped.

"Sir, I would like to remind you that for the past 15 minutes that you have been screaming at me and shooting death glares at Angel, you could have gone to any one of the other OPEN registers and been out of here and out of our hair. There are," I started talking very slowly like he was a misbehaving three year old as well as pointing with each word for emphasis. "ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FOUR other open registers that have not have a single customer while you were ranting. Four, sir. Now kindly get out of my line and take your purchase with you." I handed him his receipt and walked away to take my break.

When I came back, WonderWoman said he spent 10 minutes screaming at the Service Desk and the manager that had seen the whole thing told Super Crusty that if he didn't like the person in front of him he should have gone to a different lane instead.

I'm glad the manager and WonderWoman stuck up for me after that awful crusty and I hope no one ever has to deal with him again.

--Zalira

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Retail Craziness: UK Grocery Chains Pulls Monkey Nuts Because Label Fails To Note They Contain Nuts

From Gawker: An upscale supermarket chain in the UK has been ordered by the country's Food Standards Agency to recall all 350g house-brand bags of Wholehearted Roasted Monkey Nuts because the packaging failed to properly note that the product contained nuts.

"Monkey nuts" is a regional term for peanuts sold whole, with their pod still intact.

Booths sold the peanuts in transparent packaging, but the Food Standards Agency ruled that it didn't do enough to warn customers with a peanut allergy of the dangers contained within.

The product has since been removed from shelves across all 29 of the chain's grocery stores, and the company has issued a statement of apology to its customers.

"If you have an allergy to peanuts, please do not consume this product and return it to your local store for a full refund," Booths said in its statement. "No other products are affected by this issue and we sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused."

The director of clinical services at Allergy UK told the Daily Telegraph that she realized many would consider it "barking mad to require bags of nuts to carry a warning on the back that they contain nuts," but the label ensured that "there is no doubt that a product contains an allergen."

via gawker.com