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Sunday, October 19, 2003 Today I am feeling: Albertsonsy 
Books I am reading: The Shock of the New Robert Hughes Human Variation Stephen Molnar Who is Black? F. James Davis Literature of the Western World Brian Wilkie/James Hurt A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf Games I am playing: Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings [online RPG] I went to the grocery strore to get a flu shot today, at the "evil" store where all the wimps who are afraid to shop at the strike/lockout stores were shopping. On a Sunday. Stupid morons. There were, and I kid you not, at least 15 people in each and every checkout lane (and it was the first time I had ever seen EVERY lane open in that store) and the store was the filthiest place I've ever been in, it looked like they hadn't mopped in at least a week, sticky black junk all over the floor in the aisles, yuck. Makes me never wanna shop there again. <evil grin> Anyway, I got my flu shot (totally painless and I am a major needle-phobic) and had to sit there for 10 minutes to make sure I didn't have a reaction. So, I sat there and ogled at the wimpy doofus people who would rather stand in line for an hour to buy three items than cross a picket line at the store across the street. After I got my flu-shot, I went back to Albertsons and did some shopping, cheerfully telling the picketers at the entrance to "keep circulating" cuz that's what their union wants them to do! It's on their website yannow, and they really truly should do as their union says, since they are sheeple and didn't bother to actually read the contract proprosal (or they're just liars) cuz the stuff they were spouting was totally wrong. They are NOT losing 50% of their benefits. The 50% refers to the cost covered under the new proprosed medical plan for NEW HIRES who go to OUT OF PLAN DOCTORS. If they go to in plan doctors, it covers 70% which is only 10% less than current employees have. The only part of the contract that I partially agree with the strikers on is about the cut in pensions, but I only minutely support that for the employees who have worked for at least 15 years, cuz anyone hired after that should know that pensions are a thing of the past. But old people who grew up in a land of plenty where most companies rewarded loyalty with pensions didn't know the world would change, and by the time pensions started phasing out 10 or 15 years ago in America they'd already invested a lot of years in the company. So, for them, I will listen to them whine a little and won't argue with 'em but for the greedy-ass younger people and newer employees, get a clue. Pensions don't exist anymore unless you are highly skilled and/or college educated and very very lucky. Anyway, I quite like shopping at Albertsons now, it's clean, employees are friendly, well-trained, helpful, and there are no lines! Plus, I got a killer deal on flaming hot cheetos ... 10 for $10! Woot! I did notice though that the meat case was empty (the butcher meat case, I dunno if they're on strike too or what) and that the meat in the other display cases looked a bit erm ... rank ... but I'm not much of a meat eater anyway. Produce was a bit understocked, but looked fine, dairy looked fine, bakery and deli was actually busy. So, given a choice between Stater Brothers and Albertsons, I'll take Albertsons, baby! And, I've gotten such great service there during the strike I might just keep shopping there! I know who the "good" checkers are now too .... <evil grin>
[ 11:46:00 AM ]
Posted at the speed of blight by NONOBADKITTY!
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