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Post by JM Punk on Dec 27, 2007 18:18:48 GMT -5
is the Deuce gone?
I've been gone for a few weeks and I used to be able to get on the Deuce at work but it stopped working. This site is blocked at my work. I don't see a link from the main site anymore either.
what happened?
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Post by Tournament Master on Dec 27, 2007 18:29:02 GMT -5
Yep, the Deuce closed up shop. But this board is still going strong.
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Post by Matt on Dec 27, 2007 23:58:08 GMT -5
Survival of the fittest...
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Post by ThePunisher on Dec 28, 2007 15:59:50 GMT -5
Thank God
It's like Wal-Mart vs. a mom and pop. The mom and pop can stick around for a while but we all know how its going to end.
Long live proboards12
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Post by gatekeeper on Dec 31, 2007 0:18:00 GMT -5
Thank God It's like Wal-Mart vs. a mom and pop. The mom and pop can stick around for a while but we all know how its going to end. Long live proboards12 Hearing this place compared to Wal-Mart just made me throw up a little in my mouth. Wal-Mart is evil. |
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Post by Swarm on Dec 31, 2007 16:38:42 GMT -5
Thank God It's like Wal-Mart vs. a mom and pop. The mom and pop can stick around for a while but we all know how its going to end. Long live proboards12 Hearing this place compared to Wal-Mart just made me throw up a little in my mouth. Wal-Mart is evil. No they aren't. No one forces people to work there. |
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Post by ThePunisher on Dec 31, 2007 17:18:25 GMT -5
Wal-Mart is in no way, shape, or form evil.
I thought it was a fitting analogy.
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Post by stephenvegas on Dec 31, 2007 17:27:49 GMT -5
Although I usually never go there for any other reason, I almost always get my WWE DVDs from Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart usually has the WWE DVDs at a lower price than other stores and sometimes even has bonus exclusive materials (like the 4th disc in the Hogan Anthology I got from Wal-Mart last year). Plus, there is a Wal-Mart right next door to the gym I go to about 6 days a week anyways, so it's convenient for me to get my WWE DVDs there.
One of my friends criticizes me for going to Wal-Mart for WWE DVDs. But if I don't go to Wal-Mart for my WWE DVDs than I actually have to go further out of my way, usually have to pay extra money, and sometimes miss out on bonus discs. So as long as I go to the gym right next door there anyways, it only makes sense to get my DVDs from Wal-Mart.
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Post by rawhide on Dec 31, 2007 17:56:24 GMT -5
Hearing this place compared to Wal-Mart just made me throw up a little in my mouth. Wal-Mart is evil. No they aren't. No one forces people to work there. thats right. i'm sure we all know people who work there. |
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Post by Knapik on Dec 31, 2007 18:33:10 GMT -5
There is nothing wrong with trying to make a profit. Wal-Mart provides millions of jobs to communities that are often dying before Wal-Mart arrives. Is there some bad there? Yeah, probably; but there are a lot of good things that come from Wal-Mart trying to make money.
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Post by majorbludd on Dec 31, 2007 19:33:53 GMT -5
Whether not you're a fan of Wal-Mart (I'm not) you have to admire the founder Sam Walton for being a entrepreneurial genius
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Post by Pete Beck on Dec 31, 2007 23:16:45 GMT -5
the main thing i dislike about Wal-Mart...and the reason i really hate going there...There is absolutely no where to walk in the store without having to dodge other shoppers. Not only do they pack the "shopping areas" but they pack the aisles with displays as well. I hate having to dodge people or even worse get stuck behind gawkers who could care less that they are blocking the only path through the store in that area!
As Mr. Vegas said they have great prices on DVDs and on a lot of other merchandise as well...I just wish they would try to leave space in the store for people to walk!
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Post by WTIC on Jan 1, 2008 12:53:59 GMT -5
There is absolutely no where to walk in the store without having to dodge other shoppers. Not only do they pack the "shopping areas" but they pack the aisles with displays as well. I hate having to dodge people or even worse get stuck behind gawkers who could care less that they are blocking the only path through the store in that area!  |
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Post by gatekeeper on Jan 1, 2008 23:31:48 GMT -5
Hearing this place compared to Wal-Mart just made me throw up a little in my mouth. Wal-Mart is evil. No they aren't. No one forces people to work there. People think that saving 3 cents on everything is great but they don't have any full time employees so they don't have to pay any benefits. Here, work 35 hours and be our slave but you get none of the benefits that a regular worker would get. It just sucks. It's a bush league move. I know they can do whatever they want and people don't have to work there, but I can still think they are low class and evil. |
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Post by Tournament Master on Jan 1, 2008 23:44:04 GMT -5
I just don't like the cramped aisles and long lines. I'll pay the extra $.05 and go to Target any day of the week.
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Post by dukedave on Jan 2, 2008 18:34:07 GMT -5
FYI - Just accidentally clicked the Deuce link and it appears to be up for those wanting to retrieve their stuff.
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Post by Pete Beck on Jan 2, 2008 23:02:43 GMT -5
what is wrong with this statement?* Havoc trying to get a thread back on topic...  (*edit...besides the previous spelling errors?) |
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Post by majorbludd on Jan 2, 2008 23:16:33 GMT -5
what is woring with this statwment? Havoc trying to get a thread back on topic... Maybe one of his new year's resolutions was to stop being such a turd? |
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Post by Eliath on Jan 6, 2008 14:08:53 GMT -5
No they aren't. No one forces people to work there. People think that saving 3 cents on everything is great but they don't have any full time employees so they don't have to pay any benefits. Here, work 35 hours and be our slave but you get none of the benefits that a regular worker would get. It just sucks. It's a bush league move. I know they can do whatever they want and people don't have to work there, but I can still think they are low class and evil. Actuallly, I work there. I work 40+ hours every week. I am a full time employee & actually have excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K, profit sharing, & the often looked over: job security. The reason that Wal-Mart looks to hire part-time employees has nothing to do with not paying benefits, it has to do with a 2 vs. 1 principle. 2 part-time associats vs. 1 full-time associate. Wal-Mart would like their ratio of part-time vs. full-time associates to be 60% vs. 40%. At my store it is actually reversed. Wal-Mart is nice enough to actually make you full-time if you work more than 34 hours for 6 weeks in a row. What happens more times than not is when a new store opens everyone that is hired in for setup works so many hours before the store actually opens that everyone begins as full-time. Wal-Mart is also the hardest place to get fired from. The company actually gives you 7 chances to correct your wrong doing before you get fired for it. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Wal-Mart is great or anything, I am just correcting your misconceptions about my company. I am a college graduate who chooses to work where I work. I could be sitting in an office listening to other people's problems for 60 hours a week if I wanted to work within my field of degree. Instead, I work Monday - Friday during the daytime, have every holiday off & paid. Get 3 weeks of paid vacation every year (soon to be 4 weeks) & 2 weeks of paid personal time every year. I am paid very comfortably for what I do & the benefits are outstanding. Even better, I employ a staff of 12 during the year, that I have the pleasure of hiring & evaluating. Its not such a bad place to work actually. |
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Post by gatekeeper on Jan 7, 2008 12:00:58 GMT -5
People think that saving 3 cents on everything is great but they don't have any full time employees so they don't have to pay any benefits. Here, work 35 hours and be our slave but you get none of the benefits that a regular worker would get. It just sucks. It's a bush league move. I know they can do whatever they want and people don't have to work there, but I can still think they are low class and evil. Actuallly, I work there. I work 40+ hours every week. I am a full time employee & actually have excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K, profit sharing, & the often looked over: job security. The reason that Wal-Mart looks to hire part-time employees has nothing to do with not paying benefits, it has to do with a 2 vs. 1 principle. 2 part-time associats vs. 1 full-time associate. Wal-Mart would like their ratio of part-time vs. full-time associates to be 60% vs. 40%. At my store it is actually reversed. Wal-Mart is nice enough to actually make you full-time if you work more than 34 hours for 6 weeks in a row. What happens more times than not is when a new store opens everyone that is hired in for setup works so many hours before the store actually opens that everyone begins as full-time. Wal-Mart is also the hardest place to get fired from. The company actually gives you 7 chances to correct your wrong doing before you get fired for it. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Wal-Mart is great or anything, I am just correcting your misconceptions about my company. I am a college graduate who chooses to work where I work. I could be sitting in an office listening to other people's problems for 60 hours a week if I wanted to work within my field of degree. Instead, I work Monday - Friday during the daytime, have every holiday off & paid. Get 3 weeks of paid vacation every year (soon to be 4 weeks) & 2 weeks of paid personal time every year. I am paid very comfortably for what I do & the benefits are outstanding. Even better, I employ a staff of 12 during the year, that I have the pleasure of hiring & evaluating. Its not such a bad place to work actually. Wow! That's awesome, Eliath. Maybe it's different in Ohio than in Michigan. I had a friend in college that worked there in HS and he said what I had said in my earlier post. Maybe it used to be that way and they've seen the light or something.  |
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