Apparently, Walmart Doesn't Care About Death- MAYBE Taxes

Here's a story to make you really cherish that heartless entity that is Walmart. I have been speaking with someone who is stage four cancerous. In case you are unfamiliar with the term, then I would steal an explanation from the Russell Crowe movie A Good Year. When Russell Crowe's uncle explains how he knows he is dying he says "I know I am dying because my doctor has quit asking about my health and begun discussing the weather...." At any rate, the person who sent me the gist of this is no longer working for the big hearted company that cares. Why you ask? Was it because Walmart has decided that the last stages of a person's life should be spent taking care of the important things in this world? Have you never read a post of mine? The reason that the person in question sent me this information is because Walmart-God bless them- terminated this person because of too many late clock ins and unapproved absences! As if that is the thing that should concern a stage four cancer victim. What is this person thinking? Why in the world would they not be putting the needs of the company first, especially at a time like this? For goodness' sake, if this person were to do something so thoughtless as die during a busy time of the week, Walmart might not have the coverage that they need for good customer service! An outrage, wouldn't you say? So at any rate I can honestly say that Walmart has sunk to a new low, even for them. I made several calls to their Headquarters, and to date, no one has had a conversation with me about this. I have asthma, so I'm not holding my breath. I wrote in an earlier post about Christmas parties that Walmart has thrown for their associates. In those parties, anyone that won a prize worth more than fifty dollars had to pay the taxes for it. So it would seem that Walmart-even as powerful as they are-can defy death, but not taxes. That's good information to have, especially if you are terminal and working for Sam's old company. Think about this: if they have so little compassion for someone who works for them even though they are dying, how little must they care for you? When you get the answer to that, you can thank me later.