I received this through my email. Of course we have no idea if this is true, but it's sure funny!
This is an actual job application that a 75 year old senior citizen submitted to Walmart in Arkansas . They hired him because he was so funny.....
NAME: Kenneth Way (Grumpy Old Bastard)
SEX: Not lately, but I am looking for the right woman (or at least one who will cooperate)
DESIRED POSITION: Company's President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever's available . If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first place
DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that's not possible, make an offer and we can haggle.
EDUCATION: Yes.
LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.
PREVIOUS SALARY: A lot less than I'm worth.
MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and post-it notes.
REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.
HOURS AVAILABLE TO WORK: Any.
PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they're better suited to a more intimate environment .
MAY WE CONTACT YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER?: If I had one, would I be here?
DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM LIFTING UP TO 50 lbs.?:Of what?
DO YOU HAVE A CAR?: I think the more appropriate question here would be 'Do you have a car that runs?'
HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL AWARDS OR RECOGNITION?: I may already be a winner of the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, so they tell me.
DO YOU SMOKE?: On the job - no! On my breaks - yes!
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS?: Living in the Bahamas with a fabulously wealthy dumb sexy blonde supermodel who thinks I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread. Actually, I'd like to be doing that now.
NEAREST RELATIVE....7 miles
DO YOU CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE?: Oh yes, absolutely.
Brain-damaged ex-worker must pay $470,000 to Wal-Mart By Jonathan J. Cooper POST-DISPATCH WASHINGTON BUREAU 03/18/2008
WASHINGTON — The family of a Missouri woman must reimburse Wal-Mart for nearly a half-million dollars in medical expenses now that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review her case.
The court on Monday let stand a ruling by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis requiring Debbie Shank of Cape Girardeau County to pay nearly $470,000 to Wal-Mart.
The appeal was the last legal recourse for the family of the 52-year-old Shank, a mother of three who was critically injured in a car accident eight years ago. She suffered a brain injury that took her memory and left her with very little ability to move or communicate. She has lived in a nursing home since she was released from the hospital.
"It's been kind of hard on us," Nathan Shank, Debbie Shank's 17-year-old son, said Monday when told about the court's decision.
Nathan Shank said that with her case in limbo, his mother already had lost a private caregiver and might be moved out of her private room in the nursing home.
According to legal documents, Shank's medical bills — totaling $469,216 — were covered by a health insurance program at Wal-Mart, where Shank worked nights stocking shelves.
Her family later settled a lawsuit with the trucking company whose driver was involved in the accident. After attorneys' fees and expenses, $417,477 was put in a trust for Shank's care. That settlement money, plus $51,739 that Shank will have to pay out of pocket, must be paid to Wal-Mart.
As is common for employer-sponsored health plans, Shank's insurance required full repayment of medical expenses if she received money from a lawsuit.
Daphne Moore, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman, said the company sued "out of fairness to everyone who contributes" to the plan.
"This is a tragic situation," Moore said. "The reality is that the health plan is required to protect its assets so that it can pay future claims for other associates and their family members."
The Supreme Court gave no explanation for its decision.
This is very sad. This poor woman's lawyer however should have been well aware of this following the settlement. Subrogation is commonplace in the insurance industry, and is something all lawyers should inquire about in a personal/auto injury case. Even so, this is pocket change for WalMart and I am surprised they went this far to obtain it.
This is very sad. This poor woman's lawyer however should have been well aware of this following the settlement. Subrogation is commonplace in the insurance industry, and is something all lawyers should inquire about in a personal/auto injury case. Even so, this is pocket change for WalMart and I am surprised they went this far to obtain it.
It's not the money....it's the statement to the employees and anyone else(and we know there are alot of leeches out there-this woman not included}.....but, no one is responsible for us but ourselves and anyone who may decide to stick around.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Fired guard allowed to continue lawsuit Woman claims Wal-Mart discriminated against her over role in theft case
By JIMMY VIELKIND, Staff writer First published: Thursday, March 20, 2008
SCHENECTADY -- A fired Wal-Mart security guard who filed suit claiming gender discrimination will have her day in court after a federal judge ruled the case should go forward in Schenectady County. District Judge David Hurd did not dismiss a lawsuit brought by Shannon Kennedy of Waterford and added that she acted properly in adding her supervisor, Christopher Lyke, as a defendant in the case. But by doing so, the notion of "diversity jurisdiction," which allows cases to be held in federal courts when the involved parties are from different states, was invalidated and doesn't apply.
Hurd ruled the case would go forward in Schenectady County Court. Kennedy alleges she was improperly fired by the Wal-Mart on Altamont Avenue after she chased a man in her car in April 2006 after he allegedly stole a 77-year-old woman's purse. According to Kennedy's attorney John Aretakis, Wal-Mart said she was fired for breach of policy which says security personnel are only to protect company property. Aretakis has claimed a male security guard was given an award by Wal-Mart for similar action about a year earlier. Attorneys for Wal-Mart were not available for comment.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
The Shank story is interesting. There is something missing in my opinion. First I completely understand the issue of paying back Walmart for the money they spent for medical expenses. But what I see is that Shank must have really had a louse for a lawyer. Forget Walmart's health insurance for a moment. The normal thing is that even wiithout a lawsuit, the "wrong-doer's" insurance pays for the medical expenses. Then you sue for the pain and suffering, future loss of income, etc. and that is typically referred to as the "legal settlement."
Maybe that's a plus here in New York with our no-fault auto insurance. The auto insurance pays the medical bills and the and the wrong-doer's plan reimburses the injured's plan once fault is determined.
However, where Walmart is wrong here is the most they should get is what Shank got which is the money after the lawyer took his cut. Walmart has no right to ask the family to pay that other $60,000 roughly that the family "paid" the lawyer.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Wow, it took, what, 8 months or more for Walmart to finally remove the display of their furniture that was falling apart just by sitting on the shelves. Well, they replaced it with some black colored furniture, guess what, it too is falling apart!
Obviously Walmart does not give a rat's you know what about the impression they give, one must wonder why they would keep a manager working when he fails to see to it that display items look good.
I guess I wonder if they used the same furniture item and painted it black, well, actually I know they did not do that because the other was a chest of drawers with about 4 or 5 drawers. This one has only two drawers and, yes, one of them is leaning down, actually, the drawer can't even be closed. So it must be that when this junk is taken out of the box to be put together, it just falls apart.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
I hear that Kmart and Walmart were opened for business yesterday (Easter). I really don't remember if they were opened on Easter last year. Anyone remember? I remember Kmart being open on Thanksgiving but not Walmart. But I don't recall Easter.
I don't seem to remember them, either of them, being open on Easter. The Walmart supercenter however was open on Thanksgiving.
I have to chuckle however. As my wife and I were discussing, she said that many indicate the need of what if you need medicine. Valid point. However, on Easter Sunday, you could buy anything in Walmart but not medicine, the prescriptions. All signs said the pharmacy would be closed.
Anything to make a buck
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
There's walmart doing our thinking for us if they did have a pharmacist on duty....dont worry about planning on refilling your meds let walmart do it on Easter sunday......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Joe says to Bob behind him, 'My elbow hurts like hell. I guess I'd better see a doctor.'
'Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money,' Mike replies.
'There's a diagnostic computer down at Wal-Mart. Just give it a urine sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong and what to do about it.
It takes ten seconds and costs ten dollars . . . A lot cheaper than a doctor.'
So, Joe deposits a urine sample in a small jar and takes it to Wal-Mart.
He deposits ten dollars, and the computer lights up and asks for the urine sample. He pours the sample into the slot and waits.
Ten seconds later, the computer ejects a printout:
'You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water and avoid heavy activity. It will improve in two weeks. Thank you for shopping @ Wal-Mart.'
That evening, while thinking how amazing this new technology was, Joe began wondering if the computer could be fooled.
He mixed some tap water, a stool sample from his dog, urine samples from his wife and daughter, and a sperm sample for good measure.
Joe hurries back to W al-Mart, eager to check the results. He deposits ten dollars, pours in his concoction, and awaits the results.
The computer prints the following:
1. Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. (Aisle 9)
2. Your dog has ringworm. Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo. (Aisle 7)
3. Your daughter has a cocaine habit. Get her into rehab.
4. Your wife is pregnant. Twins. They aren't yours. Get a lawyer.
5. If you don't stop playing with yourself, your elbow will never get better!
Thank you for shopping @ Wal-Mart.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
I wanted to pass along a note we received from Debbie Shank's son, Christopher.
So far, thousands of people have signed our petition supporting the Shank family and urging Wal-Mart to stop suing them for Debbie's medical funds. Join them and sign the petition now:
Here is what Christopher had to say about his family's ordeal:
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First of all, let it be known that I'm Debbie Shank's son, and not some random dude putting in his two cents. That being said, here's the skinny...
When we sued the trucking company, our lawyer told us that the only amount we could get off of the trucking company was what the truck was insured for...namely, a million dollars. As they were a small trucking company, they had no real net worth, and the amount we could sue them for was just for their insurance.
When we received the settlement of 1 million, a third of that was paid out to the lawyers. After that, my dad was given a portion of that to make up for lost wages. We told Wal-Mart about all of this, and they basically said "Okay." and did nothing. We set up the rest, 417K, to take care of mom. We took care of her for three years on that, but when the statute of limitations was set to expire on Wal-Mart suing us, they literally had days left, they filed to sue us. Our lawyer told us at the time that they were only doing this to keep their options open, but Wal-Mart decided that they wanted to go after the settlement, as they say time and time again, "out of fairness for everyone in the medical plan".
And so it went. The first ruling came August 31, 2006. At the time it was the worst thing that had happened. Six days later, my brother was killed. Dad said "Fine. Whatever. They won." We were without any will to keep going. Our lawyers said "We'll appeal. You just don't worry about things. We'll take care of all of it."
Appeal after appeal, Wal-Mart won them all. We finally appealed to the Supreme Court. Last week, they said they weren't going to take our case. We lost. Now, Wal-Mart can't take any more money than we had in the trust fund, so they get that. But, we still have 150K in outstanding medical bills. We have a fund set up that has accepted donations, but it quickly depletes due to bills. Even with government assistance, we still must pay anywhere from 500-1000 per month to keep mom in the nursing home, and that's not counting bills she has from trips to the hospital (a couple weeks ago she was bleeding internally) . The outstanding bills we have, they can sue my father directly, so it's looking like he may have to sell his home at least. My youngest brother, if he wants to have the money to go to college, will himself either have to take out thousands in loans or join the military.
Dad has worked all his life, was set to retire in 5 years, but now it's looking as if he'll have to work longer and longer. Plus he has cancer to worry about.
So, that's the story. I have a feeling that somewhere along the lines, be it by Wal-Mart, the courts, the lawyers, the trucking company, or a combination of all, we've been taken advantage of. We could only sue for so much, we had to pay the lawyers, the courts decided to maintain the status quo, and Wal-Mart sold it's soul.
Whoever's fault it is, we're screwed. Plain and simple.
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