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I'm in no way an apologist for walmart but this story seems "too good to be true." It makes me wonder if there is more context, like the food drive is for a sp
by Amadou 13y ago
I'm in no way an apologist for walmart but this story seems "too good to be true." It makes me wonder if there is more context, like the food drive is for a specific family or small group of families with employees at walmart that have an extra load of hardship this season. It just seems so tone-deaf on walmart's part otherwise.
However, I am reminded of the various "support the troops" drives that all the major defense contractors run among their employees. They are clearly kissing the ass of their customer (the DoD), but they always struck me as insulting because if you have to run a food-drive for families of troops that says the troops aren't being paid enough to support their families.
- nobodysfool 13y agoThe article that this links to mentions that it's actually in the 'employee lounge' - in other words, its for employees to donate food to other employees.
- DanielBMarkham 13y agoYeah, the real story is that the employees of of Wal-mart are good people, finding a few hours of work here and there for folks in need and then reaching into their own pocket to try to help out when there aren't enough hours to go around. Instead, it's pimped out as linkbait. What a terrible article for HN.