That Was Fast

Sam Walton died on April 6, 1992. How quickly would you say his company went to heck in a handbasket? Was it when his son was killed? Or maybe you think it was when his wife died. Perhaps when Lee Scott took over? Whatever the date that you pick, you cannot deny that this is not the company that Sam Walton spun out of whole cloth. It's not even recognizable, is it? When Sam Walton was alive- the open door was a real and valuable tool. Now it just seems to be run by tools. If you are looking for an answer to your problem, or even your concern, you may want to just keep looking. Because you are not going to find it here. It saddens me that something could die out in less than a generation. There was a time when the Walton name and the Walmart franchise was the fastest thing on the block. Sam Walton took a few rinky-dink stores and turned the enterprise into a huge corporation that employs more people than many small governments have on the payroll. But what happened? Where did the whole thing go horribly astray? I don't have an answer for that, but I would also like to know when some other things took a turn for the worse. When did this country get so far out of whack that hiring a socialist seemed like the best choice? Was Ronald Reagan that long ago that suddenly this loser seems like the best possible candidate for the job? Maybe we need a "none of the above" option on a ballot, so that we can just start the process over with a new batch of candidates. I think it should be considered. Seriously. And while we are at it, is there any chance that we can have a better process of screening some of these people? Maybe the pay is too low. There has to be something that can attract a better class of applicants. Ask your representatives about the "none of the above option." Seriously. You'll thank me later.