i work at walmart and i have to say that this is truley disgusting in walmarts part…wtf do they want all the money back for?! like the article said, help a poor woman in a wheel chair or let walmart (that gets a lot of money) get to keep that money?…QUE PINGA?!?!?!
Re: T.K. –
Wow, you're an idiot. $470K is a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of assisted living for the rest of this woman's life. And since you obviously didn't understand the story, here is a clarification: WAL-MART'S HEALTH PLAN ISN'T PAYING SHIT! THEY TOOK BACK THE MONEY THEY PAID! She paid her premiums like she was supposed to, and yet she isn't getting anywhere near enough to cover her medical expenses.
I don't ever buy anything from wal-mart, and if i do go there (which is on occasion), i always hate it. FUCK wal-mart and its corporation. the people who are the higher-ups in the corp, they might not be braindead…but they must've been abused as children to be such money hungry fucks… i fucking hope they were.
Walmart, do you want more?
i am a overseas shopper, i travel twice a month to the US, the first thing i do when i land and clear US customs is gong to the nearest Walmart at Doral in Miami, if i hear you have not dropped this stupid lawsuit i swear i will never buy a candy from you and i will take telling people the monstrouos thing you are doing with the poor woman.
I am going to forward that article to everyone I know in hopes that they all will stop giving their money to Walmart. I am also going to open an account and start raising money for the Shank family. Walmart can kiss my white ass from now on, my money will go elsewhere.
Re: FLowerBomb – WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IDIOT. I'M NOT THE SAME PERSON, WHAT SIZE IS YOUR BRAIN, PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE SAME OPINION YOU KNOW, AND ANYWAY I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR BEEF WITH LAUREN, I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT PEREZ CHOOSES TO POST ABOUT IN GENERAL, NOT THIS SPECIFIC STORY.
WHICH BRINGS ME ON TO MY REPLY TO THE OTHER PERSON Re: idiots –
WHEN PEOPLE DONT AGREE WITH SOMETHING THEY SPEAK OUT, THEY DON'T JUST LEAVE AND IGNORE IT, FOOL. TYPICAL! FUCKING SHEEP
WOW OH MY GOD LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DARFUR- WAIT NEVER MIND, ACCORDING TO YOU I SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND IGNORE IT.
THE SAME COULD BE SAID ABOUT THIS WAL MART CASE !!!
I'M ONLY DOING THE SAME THING AS YOU GUYS, EXPRESSING MY OPINION ON SOMETHING!
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM I JUST LIKE THINGS TO BE LABELLED PROPERLY. I LIKED PEREZ' SITE AS IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS AN ACTUAL CELEBRITY GOSSIP BLOG. GET THAT CONCEPT THROUGH YOUR SKULL AND STFU. FYI I WILL LEAVE, I AM JUST SAYING WHAT I THINK IS WRONG WITH THE SITE, WHY I AM INTENDING TO LEAV,BEFORE I DO, SO THAT MAYBE PEREZ WILL GET THE POINT AND GO BACK TO HOW IT WAS COS I LIKED IT HOW IT WAS OKAY
Honestly, this is totally unsurprising. Wal-Mart has been the trashiest, most human right infringing company for years now. If people haven't realized that yet, they haven't been paying attention.
Did you not read the WHOLE article before you spoke/wrote??
They paid the med bills but then sued her to ge tthe money back.
READ IT ALL- THEN COMMENT PLEASE!
fuck wal-mart! How much do they pay the lawyers to recoup this "lost"? do the math you wasteful corporate scum. get your fucking priorities right, save a buck … the attorneys bill you HOURLY for this dumb shits. Smells like someone just saw a "reason" to earn his/her salary. fuckers.
I work with the girl who emailed this to Perez and we work at The Cheesecake Factory in Sacramento.
She will be donating 300% of her tips made that night to the family. She if she makes 150 she will donate 300 of her own money for a total of $450! Its not a ton, but if one person can make that much of a difference, imagine what everyone else can do… WAY TO GO BHAVISHA PATEL!!!
**Walmart is doing the "right" thing.
They can't think just off of morals.
Thats why they are a huge company and have tons of money.
If they tossed around money just because they 'felt bad' they would not have a company to run. Thats the way life works kids.
This is a very sad story.
However, she signed those papers, you're meant to read the fine print when signing things, let that be a lesson. Their lawyers who charged way too much for their time, should have done the same.
It's not Walmarts duty to just say "oh well in your case it was super sad so here is a shit load of money.." and to someone else running off their policy "well your case did not bring us to tears, so no money."
You just can't do that. It's illogical.. **
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**I personally don't shop at Walmart, I live in Canada and frankly the Walmart here is low cost crap in a bag to be blunt.
People with comments here saying they will
"lyke totally not shop at Walmart euvrrr!!1" after reading this (yes the chatspeak was to indicate the lack of intelligence in these people)
Open your eyes, you only heard of this due to perez, Walmart has been money hungry scum for years, and you're taking interest just now? I call bullshit on these comments. I bet 80% of you will be back their next week buying j-lo perfume and t-shirts made by child labor workers.
Back the woman up, her case is sad yeah.. but she is a lot more well off then a lot of people out there, boycott a whole whack of other shit while you're at it then instead of pretending you're never going to shop at this shitty store again.
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Why is she a bitch? She didnt do anything wrong and she isnt asking them for money- THEY SUED HER.
READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE PEOPLE!
She won money from a lawsuit SEPARATE from walmart paying for her med bills for her insurance plan and now Wal Mart wants to get the money back from her for the med bills that they paid for which was part of her ins plan!
READ- THEN speak…
Re: Niko – I want you to put yourself in this situation with YOUR family. your mom was hurt so bad in an ACCIDENT, that obviously wasn't her fault because she won the lawsuit against the truck driver, and she will NEVER recover. your older brother was killed in Iraq just two weeks after he was sent there to help protect you and your family and your friends. and your dad is recovering from cancer while working two jobs to take care of you and make sure your mom is also taken care of.
i think this ANGEL that is stuck in hell and her family deserve every penny and then some.
Oh yeah, because you read ALL of the fine print for every doc you signed in your life.
THERE ISNT ENOUGH TIME, not for ANYONE. I was in a contractual law class and even my LAWYER teacher cant take the time and even decipher the lingo they use, let alone all of us regular joes…
GET A GRIP! If it was your mom, you would feel MUCH different.
Try to remember we arent all perfect when you talk about it being their fault that they signed up for a poor health plan and then got hit by a car.
Life isnt as black and white as you might cut it out to be by saying its all their fault…
Oh and ps. for those who like to stir shit on the net.
I in no way am defending Walmart.
I do think they are scum.
But they are in their legal rights. It's true.
This story is sad but life has to go on.
Read the fine print so you don't end up screwed.
I honestly do hope Walmart closes the case but don't see it happening. If they do it for One person, they have to do it for all people, then they are fucked.
Maybe they will start a fund and people can donate?
Evidently some people here are very interested in doing so.
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…..sorry what did you say? I didn't understand your emotional outburst.
It appears to be in a language I don't speak.
Re: Stefany – yeah lets face it, thanks to this womans sympathy factor there is going to be a fund set up for her, in fact there probably alredy is one. Not to mention countless rich individuals who will be donating money personally to her. So can we please just move on. Maybe to someone who has actually done nothing wrong?
There are plenty of people in similar situations but they don't all bring out the violins and make the news. How about you go donate to some of them instead of this pop culture bullshit. You can get your warm fuzzies anywhere, it doesn't need to be from this woman's case. She is taken care of already. Trust me. And don't bother replying angrily to this, because you know i'm right.
Just move on. Honestly.
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Actually Stefany people do read the fine print on things they sign.
I ALWAYS do.
Why? Because you can get screwed over.
Especially when it has to do with a huge corporation.
Are you honestly telling me when signing something for a well known 'money grabbing' corporation you would not take the time to read those pages?
I know I sure as hell would.
As would most intelligent people.
Nobody is saying it's all their fault, they are saying that they should have been more careful and that they are expecting something that is out of their right.
Just because your case is more sad then say: the guy who lost his leg working at walmart (so to speak) does not make you anymore deserving of not following through with what you signed up for.
WAL-MART fucking sucks. I NEVER shop there. Just one of those BIG ass companies that don't care about their employees and trying to scam everyone. They're only out for themselves and the $$$$$ stupid shit heads
I hate to tell you all this, but ALL insurance companies do this! I work in the insurance department of a local hospital. This is why our hospital has started flags the patients injured in MVAs as cash. We also put a lien against any future settlements with the car insurance. Because they have a habit of collecting the insurance settlement & never paying the hospital bills. Some are even ballsy enough to file bankruptcy on the bills AFTER they've received a nice chunk o' change.
Yet another reason to keep me out of their stores. With the way they treat their employees and the fact that they heavily participate in imminent domain I can't imagine ever walking through their disgusting doors. The shame of Wal-mart continues.
www.walmart-blows.com
www.walmartwatch.com
There are many, many more…just search 'I hate wal-mart'.
Melissa HAHA President Bush got you fooled too? Nobody is in Iraq protecting American citizens. (unless by "to protect" you actually mean "for the oil")
It wasn't even IRAQ or SADDAM HUSSEIN that attacked America on 9-11 it was BIN LADEN…… in AFGHANISTAN.
That's IF it was not an inside job…………
The radar is being watched all the time, do you really think that the US government is going to let a giant fucking plane go off course and crash into a building in the middle of the city? If your little private plane goes off course (just off course- not near any important buildings) they know about it, and they will send out military Jets to see what the deal is and shoot it down.
It's just a HUGE coincidence that all the Jets that fateful day were busy training for the exact episode that was actually taking place at that exact time (sept 11), so they couldn't be there to intervene. Look it up.
Do you remember the
What I dont understand is why something bad happens to people and they automatically blame someone else. How is it Walmarts fault? If you personally pay for someones prescriptions (say $1000) and then they turn around and are reimbursed for that amount by an insurance company is it right that they keep the money? Doesnt sound so good huh. Why in American do people blame everyone else for ACCIDENTS and then cry when someone wont pay for it? For all those people that boo hoo about how horrible Walmarts health plan is, grow up, get an education and get a better job. Its all you uneducated idiots that cost your government so much damn money. Add of the 800 people who posted that their boycotting Walmart, YEAH RIGHT, you are all the people who are going to be there when toilet paper is 50 cents off, you know it, dont deny it. When we will people take responsibility for their own life and stop looking for ways to sue others. This womens lawsuits costed taxpayers money! and dont say oh, well shes a tax payer, believe me, it costed more than an employee at Walmart paid in taxes. Get an education. Most of the people who work at Walmart arent even worth what their paid.
Obviously we feel sorry for her but she signed a contract.
Yeah we don't all read the fine print but if we don't we are still held to it.
Of course we would be on the woman's side if it was our mom, because we would probably be acting with our emotions too. That doesn't mean we are right it means we are simply blinded by our emotions and hoping for special treatment. It's natural to feel that way.
A petition won't do any good because a petition with a couple of thousand signatures can't bend the law for 1 woman. But go ahead and do it if it makes you feel better.
Quit shopping at Wal-Mart. All their shit is from China anyway. They pay poorly and it's obvious that their profits aren't spent on their employees or their benefits so why do business with a company that practices in such an unethical and amoral manner?
To all of you douchebags defending Wal Mart, you actually are right! Wal Mart does have ever right to recoup the money as does their insurance provider.
On the same hand I also have the right to stand in front of an all black church, waving a Swastika, burning a cross and wearing a white sheet…..that doesn't mean I'm going to though!
Re: Melissa – last time I checked, you are the one who brought it up. HENCE, why I was REPLYING to you.
Yes you are right there are other sites for that, last time I checked though, the case of this disabled woman who works at wal mart is not a piece of celebrity gossip, yet perez has posted about it. Funny.
Just because I made you look stupid by pointing out you were wrong doesn't mean you can (try to) distract people with a short response like that. Better to ignore it as i've just made you look stupid again by pointing out my awareness that we're not on a political site, yet you were the one who brought it up and here we all are, reading a story about a wal mart employee in a wheelchair. All of which is not celebrity gossip, which is what the site is for, which i'm sure you also noticed. You brought something up and I replied to it. Either reply to what I said or just ignore it. Don't tell me to go elsewhere when you are doing the exact same thing.
There is a reason WalMart is cheap. Do you think for one minute they lower prices to be nice? HA! WRONG. They do it because they hire out cheap labor, buy goods from China that are made cheaply. Also, a tip. NEVER ever buy any electronics from WalMart. You may see the same item at Best Buy for 200 bucks more–so you think, okay, I'll buy Walmart. Don't. The insides are shoddy material made in a country you never even heard of. When something goes wrong and you go to get it fixed, you'll find out the hard way. Walmart SUCKS. Wake up America and realize they are bleeding you dry. They are awful to their employees too. They pretend they are all about family, they are not. EVIL bastards.
Walmart may be "legally" entitled to the money, but ethically and morally they shouldn't pursue it. They're a huge corporation that wouldn't even feel it. However for a lifetime of care for that poor woman, $400K would make a huge difference.
Wow this is just sad, I can't believe so many bad things can happen to a family and for Walmart to take back such a small amount really shows how heartless they are. They could very easily just let them keep the money and not say anything. Any of the Waltons can easily have that much money in their wallets. Such a shame rich people can be so ruthless and uncaring. Shame on them. Hope they all burn in HELL!!!!
I wonder if there are ways we can help. Well hope things go better for them soon. god speed.
NEVER shop Walmart! Even if you save a few cents on toothpaste and cheap sandals for your kids there, go to a competitor and have a soul. Walmart is SO evil!!
I think this is total BS! Sure, walmart doesnt need the money, but they do need to be consistent and fair with all there employees, and im glad to see there sticking by that. sure, that family is going through a tough time, but there son was not killed in iraq because of walmart, and this sob story is completely sided torwards the woman. I actually use my brain, and I side with Walmart on this one. You shouldn't even be posting this perez, that article is disgustingly written, and has nothing to do with celeb gossip.
Well if your hospital didn't charge such outrageous sums for care then maybe people would be more inclined to pay the bill. One emergency visit resulted in me being billed $3,000 and I was even admitted. They charged me $75 for one pain pill when an entire bottle doesn't even cost that. Why? To compensate for those scummy illegal aliens who walk away from their bills. They threatened with collection after only 3 weeks. I hate you hospitals as much as I hade that Cancer known as Walmart.
What a bunch of pricks. They write off that amount in stock every 6 months or so anyway, and still manage to make a huge profit. It's not like making someone's life more comfortable is going to send them broke.
I am a college student living on a limited income so I used to do all of my food shopping at Wal-mart but I learned of this story back in November from my father and I have since stopped buying ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING from Wal-Mart. I will not support this disgrace. I do shop at a regular grocery store, meaning I do shell out extra cash I could be saving, but I would feel horrible knowing I am supporting this atrocity. Oh and Hillary used to be on their board of directors. She now says that Wal-Mart should pay their workers more, but when asked if she did anything to help that cause while she was on the board, she replied " It was a long time ago…I'll have to remember" Probably absolutely nothing!
Stop contributing to China's economy, at the expense of American shop-keepers. WALMART is bad for America, it's so large,it crushes even Sears, Kmart, let alone mom&pop stores.With such a large buying power, it is 1% of China's economy, few rights.
De-centralization is the way to go to create real free markets. The more the means of production are centralized in the hands of the few, the more of a gap is created between rich and poor and other classisms'. It is time to create more worker co-ops'. here are just a few of the most important issues that serve as the foundation of the boycott on Wal-Mart:
* HEALTH CARE
Wal-Mart fails to provide health insurance to over half its employees. Who pays for it? We all do. Wal-Mart workers top Medicaid rolls in at least 16 states.
* WOMEN
Wal-Mart is the subject of the largest class action lawsuit in history by current and former female employees who were paid and promoted at significantly lower rates than their male co-workers.
* OUTSOURCING
If Wal-Mart were an independent nation, it would be China’s eighth-largest trading partner. Is Wal-Mart trading away America's future to fatten its corporate bottom line?.
* LOCAL ECONOMIES
For every new Supercenter that Wal-Mart opens, two local supermarkets will close. How will this affect your town? Big box stores like Wal-Mart spend nearly four times less within local and state economies as local businesses do.
* WORKERS
The average pay for a Wal-Mart sales associate is $1,000 below the poverty line for a family of three. Business as usual? Not necessarily. Retail rival Costco pays its workers 65% more on average than Wal-Mart, yet earns more profits per employee.
* DISCRIMINATION
Two recent lawsuits by minority employees and customers have brought to light a disturbing pattern of racial discrimination by Wal-Mart.
* ENVIRONMENT
Wal-Mart has a long history of breaking environmental laws that its high-priced green-washing campaign can't hide. Its record of environmental abuse was described by one top law enforcement official as "widespread, systematic, repeated" and has incurred millions in fines from state and federal agencies.
* UNCHECKED GROWTH
Think Wal-Marts are everywhere you turn today? Just wait five years. Wal-Mart plans to nearly double its retail outlets in the U.S. by 2010 and has already demonstrated its willingness to play hardball with anyone who stands in its way.
I worked for Walmart for almost 2 years. Their claims too be "fair" too all the other employees is BULLSHIT! Walmart bends the rules on a daily basis, whether it comes from making you work a job you've NEVER done but have to be trained to do, not being paid that rate for THAT new job PLUS the job you're supposed to do, not giving you your lunch ontime or at all…the list goes ON AND ON!
If they wanted too help her they would. I hope this lights a fire under their asses and they help her. My god how cold could they be! Sam Walton would be ROLLING in his grave right now if he knew wtf kind of company his company has become…it's a MONEY HUNGRY firey pit of hell!
I'm soooooooo incredibly glad I left last year…I'm so incredibly happy where I'm at now. I wish that family nothing but the best
Is there any kind of site where you could start a fund for the Shank family, in an easy way? I'm not american so I don't know about your websites, but I feel compassion for these poor people, and I wouldn't mind spending a little money for helping them
When Im having a bad day and complaining I need to think about this poor woman….so sad……Hope Walmart gives them the money….or we should all protest the stores and show people how cold hearted they are especially to there employees, because without them the stor wouldnt run.
When you shop at Wal*Mart (which I do from time to time), you are undercutting the US economy while building up China's economy. China is responsible for the genocide in Darfur, which is making them tons of money in cheap oil and weapons sales. China is responsible for keeping the Myanmar/Burmese military dictatorship in power, which sells them oil and recently murdered hundreds of peaceful protesters, mostly monks and nuns. Now China is going after Tibet. Who is China's most important cash cow? Who is paying for all this? Americans who shop at Wal*Mart and buy Chinese goods elsewhere.
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It sucks about this woman and her family, I hope they win. But Wal*Mart has way more blood on their hands than this. As do all of us who shop there. "Never again"? HAHAHA we said that after WWII and we've bankrolled a dozen genocides since, just so we could save $3 on a crappy sweater when we already have seven sweaters. Or twenty sweaters.
I am proud to say that I've never spent one penny in any Walmart and I never will. Sam's Club also can go to hell, and spend lots of quality time with Sam Walton, great ruiner of this country's economics and taste and spirit.
I hate walmart - after reading this I vow to never walk through the doors again!! Thanks Perez (Mario) I appreciate you putting these kinds of things on here.
This is horrible - that poor family. WalMart takes advantage of 3rd world countries to supply them with the lowest cost merchandise so they can make profits like this. Thankfully I live in Canada and something like this would never happen in our country because we have universal health care. I hope pressure is exerted on WalMart to do the right thing.
I think it is a disgusting story and it makes me feel sick to think that not only does Walmart get away with the fine print, but that the lawyers took so much of the money. That money is for her long term care as she was left brain damaged and in a wheelchair. What Walmart paid was for the medical costs up to that point and I think it's unfair to claw it back against money that cost more to win than was actually able to get into her trust. It's like Walmart is saying, oh, we'll just take back all the money it cost to keep you alive up to this point, now that you can never work again and that the judgement was intended to offset future medical costs is really of no concern to us. Read the fine print..oh that's right! You're permanently brain damaged. Shrug.
Get over yourself. $90 billion in profits, huh? So Wal-Mart should pay out all of that money to everyone and go bankrupt, right? Sorry for this woman's plight, but the company is completely in its rights. Why can't people own up to responsibility anymore? You get money in a lawsuit and someone else pays for it, that's called a debt. Pay it.
This is the way the system works folks. If you collect money in a lawsuit your medical costs are part of the suit. I think the lawyers were at fault for not making more allowances for her future medical expenses to be incurred than what they actually were to date. If Wal-Mart makes this one exception they will be setting a precident for further claims. I think they should, however, make a silent donation to help his poor family out or the major stockholders. This is why I think all these celebs should ban together to help at home before sending it everywhere else. We have some needy people here in the US.
Walmart by LAW is doing the right thing. If a person sues and gets a settlement of any kind as a result of injury or negligence, the health insurance COMPANY has the right to get the money back that they have paid out in health insurance bills!!! It's called SUBROGRATION!
IN THE END UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT A WALMART ISSUE, THIS IS A HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUE!!
Perez,
Can you do some digging and find out what we can do to help? Like writing letters or maybe donating money to the husband (money that hopefully Walmart can't get at). Post it on your site. You have a lot of influence and I know you like to use it for good (as well as entertainment).
Thanks,
–S
I think that all of the white girls should breed with the black man. Then they could wipe out the black race. All really black people are ugly. Everyone would be a half breed. Then the black girls would have no one to breed with and this would wipe out their race. Mixed people look better, ask anyone.
Walmarts insurance company isn't the only one that does this. If you look at the fine print in every insurance policy, it states that. It is HEALTH insurance, not ACCIDENT insurance. So…if you are ever in an accident that wasn't your fault…DO NOT LET THE HOSPITAL/DR OFFICE BILL YOUR INSURANCE! Because they will get every penny back they spent on you…and it is completely legal for them to do so.
Blame the government…they let the insurance companies get away with this.
I work for several insurance companies and this is clearly stated in certificate booklets that you get once you sign up. its not that walmart needs the money its that they have to file what's set in stone or else everyone would want exceptions to the rule. yes it sucks but the guidelines are made for a reason.
I am going to make sure everyone I know sees this story so they understand what a terrible establishment Wal-Mart really is. This is horrible, as if they don't have enough money. I would hate for them to treat their employees like human beings. I hope people stop shopping there, what a sad place
Isn't there something that can be done about this?
i work at walmart and i have to say that this is truley disgusting in walmarts part…wtf do they want all the money back for?! like the article said, help a poor woman in a wheel chair or let walmart (that gets a lot of money) get to keep that money?…QUE PINGA?!?!?!
Re: T.K. –
Wow, you're an idiot. $470K is a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of assisted living for the rest of this woman's life. And since you obviously didn't understand the story, here is a clarification: WAL-MART'S HEALTH PLAN ISN'T PAYING SHIT! THEY TOOK BACK THE MONEY THEY PAID! She paid her premiums like she was supposed to, and yet she isn't getting anywhere near enough to cover her medical expenses.
Dear Perez,
you are not Digg.com.
Stick to the celebrities.
I don't ever buy anything from wal-mart, and if i do go there (which is on occasion), i always hate it. FUCK wal-mart and its corporation. the people who are the higher-ups in the corp, they might not be braindead…but they must've been abused as children to be such money hungry fucks… i fucking hope they were.
Exploitation is how Walmart is able to keep costs down. Do not reward Walmart with your dollars.
This story is stupid. Wal-Mart has NO obligation to give this bitch any money.
Using the sympathy factor shouldnt and wont work
Walmart, do you want more?
i am a overseas shopper, i travel twice a month to the US, the first thing i do when i land and clear US customs is gong to the nearest Walmart at Doral in Miami, if i hear you have not dropped this stupid lawsuit i swear i will never buy a candy from you and i will take telling people the monstrouos thing you are doing with the poor woman.
That's some cold blooded shit. Wal-Mart should be ashamed.
Re: Niko – how is she a bitch?
That's f*cking despicable
I am going to forward that article to everyone I know in hopes that they all will stop giving their money to Walmart. I am also going to open an account and start raising money for the Shank family. Walmart can kiss my white ass from now on, my money will go elsewhere.
So sad. Walmart sucks. Like, even more now.
FUCK THAT.
They didn't read the fine print- it's their own damn faults!
Re: FLowerBomb – WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IDIOT. I'M NOT THE SAME PERSON, WHAT SIZE IS YOUR BRAIN, PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE SAME OPINION YOU KNOW, AND ANYWAY I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR BEEF WITH LAUREN, I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT PEREZ CHOOSES TO POST ABOUT IN GENERAL, NOT THIS SPECIFIC STORY.
WHICH BRINGS ME ON TO MY REPLY TO THE OTHER PERSON
Re: idiots –
WHEN PEOPLE DONT AGREE WITH SOMETHING THEY SPEAK OUT, THEY DON'T JUST LEAVE AND IGNORE IT, FOOL. TYPICAL! FUCKING SHEEP
WOW OH MY GOD LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DARFUR- WAIT NEVER MIND, ACCORDING TO YOU I SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND IGNORE IT.
THE SAME COULD BE SAID ABOUT THIS WAL MART CASE !!!
I'M ONLY DOING THE SAME THING AS YOU GUYS, EXPRESSING MY OPINION ON SOMETHING!
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM I JUST LIKE THINGS TO BE LABELLED PROPERLY. I LIKED PEREZ' SITE AS IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS AN ACTUAL CELEBRITY GOSSIP BLOG. GET THAT CONCEPT THROUGH YOUR SKULL AND STFU. FYI I WILL LEAVE, I AM JUST SAYING WHAT I THINK IS WRONG WITH THE SITE, WHY I AM INTENDING TO LEAV,BEFORE I DO, SO THAT MAYBE PEREZ WILL GET THE POINT AND GO BACK TO HOW IT WAS COS I LIKED IT HOW IT WAS OKAY
they suck. the woman already losz her son. let her keep the money. what kind of world is this we live in now? where is true justice???
Honestly, this is totally unsurprising. Wal-Mart has been the trashiest, most human right infringing company for years now. If people haven't realized that yet, they haven't been paying attention.
Re: T.K. –
Did you not read the WHOLE article before you spoke/wrote??
They paid the med bills but then sued her to ge tthe money back.
READ IT ALL- THEN COMMENT PLEASE!
fuck wal-mart! How much do they pay the lawyers to recoup this "lost"? do the math you wasteful corporate scum. get your fucking priorities right, save a buck … the attorneys bill you HOURLY for this dumb shits. Smells like someone just saw a "reason" to earn his/her salary. fuckers.
Re: Kelly F. –
I work with the girl who emailed this to Perez and we work at The Cheesecake Factory in Sacramento.
She will be donating 300% of her tips made that night to the family. She if she makes 150 she will donate 300 of her own money for a total of $450! Its not a ton, but if one person can make that much of a difference, imagine what everyone else can do… WAY TO GO BHAVISHA PATEL!!!
Re: Rachel –
Get over yourself. Perez rocks, you just wish you were as great as he is.
If you dont like what he posts…. get it elsewhere. Period.
**Walmart is doing the "right" thing.
They can't think just off of morals.
Thats why they are a huge company and have tons of money.
If they tossed around money just because they 'felt bad' they would not have a company to run. Thats the way life works kids.
This is a very sad story.
However, she signed those papers, you're meant to read the fine print when signing things, let that be a lesson. Their lawyers who charged way too much for their time, should have done the same.
It's not Walmarts duty to just say "oh well in your case it was super sad so here is a shit load of money.." and to someone else running off their policy "well your case did not bring us to tears, so no money."
You just can't do that. It's illogical.. **
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**I personally don't shop at Walmart, I live in Canada and frankly the Walmart here is low cost crap in a bag to be blunt.
People with comments here saying they will
"lyke totally not shop at Walmart euvrrr!!1" after reading this (yes the chatspeak was to indicate the lack of intelligence in these people)
Open your eyes, you only heard of this due to perez, Walmart has been money hungry scum for years, and you're taking interest just now? I call bullshit on these comments. I bet 80% of you will be back their next week buying j-lo perfume and t-shirts made by child labor workers.
Back the woman up, her case is sad yeah.. but she is a lot more well off then a lot of people out there, boycott a whole whack of other shit while you're at it then instead of pretending you're never going to shop at this shitty store again.
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Re: Niko –
Why is she a bitch? She didnt do anything wrong and she isnt asking them for money- THEY SUED HER.
READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE PEOPLE!
She won money from a lawsuit SEPARATE from walmart paying for her med bills for her insurance plan and now Wal Mart wants to get the money back from her for the med bills that they paid for which was part of her ins plan!
READ- THEN speak…
Re: Niko – I want you to put yourself in this situation with YOUR family. your mom was hurt so bad in an ACCIDENT, that obviously wasn't her fault because she won the lawsuit against the truck driver, and she will NEVER recover. your older brother was killed in Iraq just two weeks after he was sent there to help protect you and your family and your friends. and your dad is recovering from cancer while working two jobs to take care of you and make sure your mom is also taken care of.
i think this ANGEL that is stuck in hell and her family deserve every penny and then some.
Re: MP –
Oh yeah, because you read ALL of the fine print for every doc you signed in your life.
THERE ISNT ENOUGH TIME, not for ANYONE. I was in a contractual law class and even my LAWYER teacher cant take the time and even decipher the lingo they use, let alone all of us regular joes…
GET A GRIP! If it was your mom, you would feel MUCH different.
Try to remember we arent all perfect when you talk about it being their fault that they signed up for a poor health plan and then got hit by a car.
Life isnt as black and white as you might cut it out to be by saying its all their fault…
Oh and ps. for those who like to stir shit on the net.
I in no way am defending Walmart.
I do think they are scum.
But they are in their legal rights. It's true.
This story is sad but life has to go on.
Read the fine print so you don't end up screwed.
I honestly do hope Walmart closes the case but don't see it happening. If they do it for One person, they have to do it for all people, then they are fucked.
Maybe they will start a fund and people can donate?
Evidently some people here are very interested in doing so.
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…..sorry what did you say? I didn't understand your emotional outburst.
It appears to be in a language I don't speak.
Fucking Walmart. Fucking Christan Collalition Organization. Have a Fucking Heart!!!!!!!
I hate Walmart and havent shopped there in years …… greedy bastards
Re: Stefany – yeah lets face it, thanks to this womans sympathy factor there is going to be a fund set up for her, in fact there probably alredy is one. Not to mention countless rich individuals who will be donating money personally to her. So can we please just move on. Maybe to someone who has actually done nothing wrong?
There are plenty of people in similar situations but they don't all bring out the violins and make the news. How about you go donate to some of them instead of this pop culture bullshit. You can get your warm fuzzies anywhere, it doesn't need to be from this woman's case. She is taken care of already. Trust me. And don't bother replying angrily to this, because you know i'm right.
Just move on. Honestly.
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isn't there anything we can do about it?!
Actually Stefany people do read the fine print on things they sign.
I ALWAYS do.
Why? Because you can get screwed over.
Especially when it has to do with a huge corporation.
Are you honestly telling me when signing something for a well known 'money grabbing' corporation you would not take the time to read those pages?
I know I sure as hell would.
As would most intelligent people.
Nobody is saying it's all their fault, they are saying that they should have been more careful and that they are expecting something that is out of their right.
Just because your case is more sad then say: the guy who lost his leg working at walmart (so to speak) does not make you anymore deserving of not following through with what you signed up for.
Perhaps people should read the fine print before going sue happy….they got money from Wally World, why sue for more?
WAL-MART fucking sucks. I NEVER shop there. Just one of those BIG ass companies that don't care about their employees and trying to scam everyone. They're only out for themselves and the $$$$$ stupid shit heads
This is not a Wal-Mart thing, this is ALWAYS how it works when you get taken care of by your insurance company.
When you receive a settlement your first required action is to pay back the insurance company. That's just how it works, always, for everyone.
Then, you pay the lawyer. How much of your settlement you pay to him/her depends on what you negotiate.
This is NOT a case of someone getting screwed by the big guy. Do your homework. I have no love for Wal-Mart, but I do love the truth.
I hate to tell you all this, but ALL insurance companies do this! I work in the insurance department of a local hospital. This is why our hospital has started flags the patients injured in MVAs as cash. We also put a lien against any future settlements with the car insurance. Because they have a habit of collecting the insurance settlement & never paying the hospital bills. Some are even ballsy enough to file bankruptcy on the bills AFTER they've received a nice chunk o' change.
Yet another reason to keep me out of their stores. With the way they treat their employees and the fact that they heavily participate in imminent domain I can't imagine ever walking through their disgusting doors. The shame of Wal-mart continues.
www.walmart-blows.com
www.walmartwatch.com
There are many, many more…just search 'I hate wal-mart'.
It is the insurance company not Walmart people. And every insurance company gets their money back in a law suit not just this one.
Melissa HAHA President Bush got you fooled too? Nobody is in Iraq protecting American citizens. (unless by "to protect" you actually mean "for the oil")
It wasn't even IRAQ or SADDAM HUSSEIN that attacked America on 9-11 it was BIN LADEN…… in AFGHANISTAN.
That's IF it was not an inside job…………
The radar is being watched all the time, do you really think that the US government is going to let a giant fucking plane go off course and crash into a building in the middle of the city? If your little private plane goes off course (just off course- not near any important buildings) they know about it, and they will send out military Jets to see what the deal is and shoot it down.
It's just a HUGE coincidence that all the Jets that fateful day were busy training for the exact episode that was actually taking place at that exact time (sept 11), so they couldn't be there to intervene. Look it up.
Do you remember the
i tried to go to the walmart website to send an email and their corporate website is disabled. what a surprise.
What I dont understand is why something bad happens to people and they automatically blame someone else. How is it Walmarts fault? If you personally pay for someones prescriptions (say $1000) and then they turn around and are reimbursed for that amount by an insurance company is it right that they keep the money? Doesnt sound so good huh. Why in American do people blame everyone else for ACCIDENTS and then cry when someone wont pay for it? For all those people that boo hoo about how horrible Walmarts health plan is, grow up, get an education and get a better job. Its all you uneducated idiots that cost your government so much damn money. Add of the 800 people who posted that their boycotting Walmart, YEAH RIGHT, you are all the people who are going to be there when toilet paper is 50 cents off, you know it, dont deny it. When we will people take responsibility for their own life and stop looking for ways to sue others. This womens lawsuits costed taxpayers money! and dont say oh, well shes a tax payer, believe me, it costed more than an employee at Walmart paid in taxes. Get an education. Most of the people who work at Walmart arent even worth what their paid.
Obviously we feel sorry for her but she signed a contract.
Yeah we don't all read the fine print but if we don't we are still held to it.
Of course we would be on the woman's side if it was our mom, because we would probably be acting with our emotions too. That doesn't mean we are right it means we are simply blinded by our emotions and hoping for special treatment. It's natural to feel that way.
A petition won't do any good because a petition with a couple of thousand signatures can't bend the law for 1 woman. But go ahead and do it if it makes you feel better.
Re: to #836 – last time i checked, this wasn't a political debate. i'm sure there are sites besides perez for that.
Quit shopping at Wal-Mart. All their shit is from China anyway. They pay poorly and it's obvious that their profits aren't spent on their employees or their benefits so why do business with a company that practices in such an unethical and amoral manner?
Re: martell – u are a piece of shit and u i hope karma gives you shypillis
Wal-Mart better do the right thing…. you have remember who keeps you on top
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Show us where we can donate money!
I want to pitch in to help, and I know others who would too!
To all of you douchebags defending Wal Mart, you actually are right! Wal Mart does have ever right to recoup the money as does their insurance provider.
On the same hand I also have the right to stand in front of an all black church, waving a Swastika, burning a cross and wearing a white sheet…..that doesn't mean I'm going to though!
Please think very carefully before you buy Walmart . These are not decent people who run these stores
Re: Melissa – last time I checked, you are the one who brought it up. HENCE, why I was REPLYING to you.
Yes you are right there are other sites for that, last time I checked though, the case of this disabled woman who works at wal mart is not a piece of celebrity gossip, yet perez has posted about it. Funny.
Just because I made you look stupid by pointing out you were wrong doesn't mean you can (try to) distract people with a short response like that. Better to ignore it as i've just made you look stupid again by pointing out my awareness that we're not on a political site, yet you were the one who brought it up and here we all are, reading a story about a wal mart employee in a wheelchair. All of which is not celebrity gossip, which is what the site is for, which i'm sure you also noticed. You brought something up and I replied to it. Either reply to what I said or just ignore it. Don't tell me to go elsewhere when you are doing the exact same thing.
Wal-Mart Sux
I broke my 4 front teeth in walmart as a child and they wanted to sue my family! seems they havent changed a bit!!! pathedic
There is a reason WalMart is cheap. Do you think for one minute they lower prices to be nice? HA! WRONG. They do it because they hire out cheap labor, buy goods from China that are made cheaply. Also, a tip. NEVER ever buy any electronics from WalMart. You may see the same item at Best Buy for 200 bucks more–so you think, okay, I'll buy Walmart. Don't. The insides are shoddy material made in a country you never even heard of. When something goes wrong and you go to get it fixed, you'll find out the hard way. Walmart SUCKS. Wake up America and realize they are bleeding you dry. They are awful to their employees too. They pretend they are all about family, they are not. EVIL bastards.
I say we organize a boycot!! If anyone can get the word out Perez can! DOWN WITH WALMART!!!
This sucks.. there needs to be a protest a petition. if anyone knows how to start that let me know!
Walmart may be "legally" entitled to the money, but ethically and morally they shouldn't pursue it. They're a huge corporation that wouldn't even feel it. However for a lifetime of care for that poor woman, $400K would make a huge difference.
BOYCOTT THIS HEARTLESS COMPANY
not that anyone worth anything shops there anyway….
Wow this is just sad, I can't believe so many bad things can happen to a family and for Walmart to take back such a small amount really shows how heartless they are. They could very easily just let them keep the money and not say anything. Any of the Waltons can easily have that much money in their wallets. Such a shame rich people can be so ruthless and uncaring. Shame on them. Hope they all burn in HELL!!!!
I wonder if there are ways we can help. Well hope things go better for them soon. god speed.
NEVER shop Walmart! Even if you save a few cents on toothpaste and cheap sandals for your kids there, go to a competitor and have a soul. Walmart is SO evil!!
I think this is total BS! Sure, walmart doesnt need the money, but they do need to be consistent and fair with all there employees, and im glad to see there sticking by that. sure, that family is going through a tough time, but there son was not killed in iraq because of walmart, and this sob story is completely sided torwards the woman. I actually use my brain, and I side with Walmart on this one. You shouldn't even be posting this perez, that article is disgustingly written, and has nothing to do with celeb gossip.
Re: Ang –
Well if your hospital didn't charge such outrageous sums for care then maybe people would be more inclined to pay the bill. One emergency visit resulted in me being billed $3,000 and I was even admitted. They charged me $75 for one pain pill when an entire bottle doesn't even cost that. Why? To compensate for those scummy illegal aliens who walk away from their bills. They threatened with collection after only 3 weeks. I hate you hospitals as much as I hade that Cancer known as Walmart.
What a bunch of pricks. They write off that amount in stock every 6 months or so anyway, and still manage to make a huge profit. It's not like making someone's life more comfortable is going to send them broke.
Re: Sara – I do. Stamp your feet on the ground and shout " mummmmy this isn't faaaaaiiiir, waaaaaah!!! " then start crying. Protest done.
Thanks god Wal-Mart had no chance to survive in Germany… they suck
I am a college student living on a limited income so I used to do all of my food shopping at Wal-mart but I learned of this story back in November from my father and I have since stopped buying ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING from Wal-Mart. I will not support this disgrace. I do shop at a regular grocery store, meaning I do shell out extra cash I could be saving, but I would feel horrible knowing I am supporting this atrocity. Oh and Hillary used to be on their board of directors. She now says that Wal-Mart should pay their workers more, but when asked if she did anything to help that cause while she was on the board, she replied " It was a long time ago…I'll have to remember" Probably absolutely nothing!
Stop contributing to China's economy, at the expense of American shop-keepers. WALMART is bad for America, it's so large,it crushes even Sears, Kmart, let alone mom&pop stores.With such a large buying power, it is 1% of China's economy, few rights.
De-centralization is the way to go to create real free markets. The more the means of production are centralized in the hands of the few, the more of a gap is created between rich and poor and other classisms'. It is time to create more worker co-ops'. here are just a few of the most important issues that serve as the foundation of the boycott on Wal-Mart:
* HEALTH CARE
Wal-Mart fails to provide health insurance to over half its employees. Who pays for it? We all do. Wal-Mart workers top Medicaid rolls in at least 16 states.
* WOMEN
Wal-Mart is the subject of the largest class action lawsuit in history by current and former female employees who were paid and promoted at significantly lower rates than their male co-workers.
* OUTSOURCING
If Wal-Mart were an independent nation, it would be China’s eighth-largest trading partner. Is Wal-Mart trading away America's future to fatten its corporate bottom line?.
* LOCAL ECONOMIES
For every new Supercenter that Wal-Mart opens, two local supermarkets will close. How will this affect your town? Big box stores like Wal-Mart spend nearly four times less within local and state economies as local businesses do.
* WORKERS
The average pay for a Wal-Mart sales associate is $1,000 below the poverty line for a family of three. Business as usual? Not necessarily. Retail rival Costco pays its workers 65% more on average than Wal-Mart, yet earns more profits per employee.
* DISCRIMINATION
Two recent lawsuits by minority employees and customers have brought to light a disturbing pattern of racial discrimination by Wal-Mart.
* ENVIRONMENT
Wal-Mart has a long history of breaking environmental laws that its high-priced green-washing campaign can't hide. Its record of environmental abuse was described by one top law enforcement official as "widespread, systematic, repeated" and has incurred millions in fines from state and federal agencies.
* UNCHECKED GROWTH
Think Wal-Marts are everywhere you turn today? Just wait five years. Wal-Mart plans to nearly double its retail outlets in the U.S. by 2010 and has already demonstrated its willingness to play hardball with anyone who stands in its way.
I worked for Walmart for almost 2 years. Their claims too be "fair" too all the other employees is BULLSHIT! Walmart bends the rules on a daily basis, whether it comes from making you work a job you've NEVER done but have to be trained to do, not being paid that rate for THAT new job PLUS the job you're supposed to do, not giving you your lunch ontime or at all…the list goes ON AND ON!
If they wanted too help her they would. I hope this lights a fire under their asses and they help her. My god how cold could they be! Sam Walton would be ROLLING in his grave right now if he knew wtf kind of company his company has become…it's a MONEY HUNGRY firey pit of hell!
I'm soooooooo incredibly glad I left last year…I'm so incredibly happy where I'm at now. I wish that family nothing but the best
Is there any kind of site where you could start a fund for the Shank family, in an easy way? I'm not american so I don't know about your websites, but I feel compassion for these poor people, and I wouldn't mind spending a little money for helping them
giving bullets to killers and taking money from the mentally handicapped. would hate to be in line for walmart's karma
come on… Wal-Mart is not a charity… who started the war with Iraq has to pay for that…
When Im having a bad day and complaining I need to think about this poor woman….so sad……Hope Walmart gives them the money….or we should all protest the stores and show people how cold hearted they are especially to there employees, because without them the stor wouldnt run.
When you shop at Wal*Mart (which I do from time to time), you are undercutting the US economy while building up China's economy. China is responsible for the genocide in Darfur, which is making them tons of money in cheap oil and weapons sales. China is responsible for keeping the Myanmar/Burmese military dictatorship in power, which sells them oil and recently murdered hundreds of peaceful protesters, mostly monks and nuns. Now China is going after Tibet. Who is China's most important cash cow? Who is paying for all this? Americans who shop at Wal*Mart and buy Chinese goods elsewhere.
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It sucks about this woman and her family, I hope they win. But Wal*Mart has way more blood on their hands than this. As do all of us who shop there. "Never again"? HAHAHA we said that after WWII and we've bankrolled a dozen genocides since, just so we could save $3 on a crappy sweater when we already have seven sweaters. Or twenty sweaters.
another of the reasons why I don't shop at wal-mart
I don't ever go to walmart. I'd rather pay a few dollars more and go to Target
I am proud to say that I've never spent one penny in any Walmart and I never will. Sam's Club also can go to hell, and spend lots of quality time with Sam Walton, great ruiner of this country's economics and taste and spirit.
This is disgusting. Send the information to Oprah's Big Give
I hate walmart - after reading this I vow to never walk through the doors again!! Thanks Perez (Mario) I appreciate you putting these kinds of things on here.
Yet one more reason to boycott walmart!!!
Wal-Mart is stupid. But my mom always told me if I had nothing nice to say, do not say anything at all. But screw that!
This is horrible - that poor family. WalMart takes advantage of 3rd world countries to supply them with the lowest cost merchandise so they can make profits like this. Thankfully I live in Canada and something like this would never happen in our country because we have universal health care. I hope pressure is exerted on WalMart to do the right thing.
I think it is a disgusting story and it makes me feel sick to think that not only does Walmart get away with the fine print, but that the lawyers took so much of the money. That money is for her long term care as she was left brain damaged and in a wheelchair. What Walmart paid was for the medical costs up to that point and I think it's unfair to claw it back against money that cost more to win than was actually able to get into her trust. It's like Walmart is saying, oh, we'll just take back all the money it cost to keep you alive up to this point, now that you can never work again and that the judgement was intended to offset future medical costs is really of no concern to us. Read the fine print..oh that's right! You're permanently brain damaged. Shrug.
Re: Mel – Did you read the article on CNN.com?
Get over yourself. $90 billion in profits, huh? So Wal-Mart should pay out all of that money to everyone and go bankrupt, right? Sorry for this woman's plight, but the company is completely in its rights. Why can't people own up to responsibility anymore? You get money in a lawsuit and someone else pays for it, that's called a debt. Pay it.
This is the way the system works folks. If you collect money in a lawsuit your medical costs are part of the suit. I think the lawyers were at fault for not making more allowances for her future medical expenses to be incurred than what they actually were to date. If Wal-Mart makes this one exception they will be setting a precident for further claims. I think they should, however, make a silent donation to help his poor family out or the major stockholders. This is why I think all these celebs should ban together to help at home before sending it everywhere else. We have some needy people here in the US.
Its all about choices people. Do the right thing and just choose Target. And tell everyone else you know to do the same. I did.
Walmart by LAW is doing the right thing. If a person sues and gets a settlement of any kind as a result of injury or negligence, the health insurance COMPANY has the right to get the money back that they have paid out in health insurance bills!!! It's called SUBROGRATION!
IN THE END UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT A WALMART ISSUE, THIS IS A HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUE!!
IT'S A SAD SITUATION ALL AROUND.
Perez,
Can you do some digging and find out what we can do to help? Like writing letters or maybe donating money to the husband (money that hopefully Walmart can't get at). Post it on your site. You have a lot of influence and I know you like to use it for good (as well as entertainment).
Thanks,
–S
Is there any way we can take action, that is just foul.
If thet don't help her I'll never go inside another Wal-mart.
I think that all of the white girls should breed with the black man. Then they could wipe out the black race. All really black people are ugly. Everyone would be a half breed. Then the black girls would have no one to breed with and this would wipe out their race. Mixed people look better, ask anyone.
Walmarts insurance company isn't the only one that does this. If you look at the fine print in every insurance policy, it states that. It is HEALTH insurance, not ACCIDENT insurance. So…if you are ever in an accident that wasn't your fault…DO NOT LET THE HOSPITAL/DR OFFICE BILL YOUR INSURANCE! Because they will get every penny back they spent on you…and it is completely legal for them to do so.
Blame the government…they let the insurance companies get away with this.
Walmart is evil. They preach all this family friendly crap, until it reaches their wallet.
I pray for that poor family. I know what it's like when everything you know is taken away from you in one moment.
I work for several insurance companies and this is clearly stated in certificate booklets that you get once you sign up. its not that walmart needs the money its that they have to file what's set in stone or else everyone would want exceptions to the rule. yes it sucks but the guidelines are made for a reason.
I am going to make sure everyone I know sees this story so they understand what a terrible establishment Wal-Mart really is. This is horrible, as if they don't have enough money. I would hate for them to treat their employees like human beings. I hope people stop shopping there, what a sad place
add this to the long list of reasons i dont shop at walmart
what can we do to help this poor woman?
Im so glad Im not American …. Someone needs to come and liberate your country… something has to change!