If you were given that chance to start a different business what would it be ?

[BeerCityInc]

a whorehouse in vegas

[studog]

A government worker. That way I could be over paid, be incompetent, have 50 sick days, 5 weeks of vacation, 5 coffee breaks a day, a retirement fund, health insurance, and never have the chance of getting fired. Plus I could be like 50% of the people in the USA, working for the government. 

[Socalfmf]

screw that Studog..>I would be a senator...work a few years and get a pension the rest of my life....all with free medical!

[studog]

How about President, get paid while economy sucks. Have time to play golf, lots of it. Shoot hoops when ever I want. GO on real nice vacations.  I could have interns come into my office for some private advice and to help search for my missing cigars.

[BeerCityInc]

most politicians seem to be getting caught up in some mens bathroom scam or swindling dollars for escorts. Why pretend to be a good politician when we know they dont exist. Yea bennys are great but the end result is always bad.

[tonypep]

Male Prostitute

[mk162]

Sorry tony, but this industry has to be the ugliest one around. 

[Prosperi-Tees]

Good call.  I do have to agree with Pierre, never have I worked so hard, for so little money.  Although, come to think of it, I've worked here and Wal-Mart...I don't have an extensive employment background.

I worked at Wal-Mart to boy did that suck, They are famous for making you work more for less not to mention screwing vendors and some neighborhoods over.

[studog]

They are true scum, the Waltons......http://www.walmartmovie.com/facts.php

[Prosperi-Tees]

Our town is about a half million people and we have 4 wal marts and they are fighting to bring another one! How many freakin wal marts does one town need!

[mk162]

Hey, Wal-Mart pays better than most other retailers.  I was making over $1 an hour more than my friends working at a grocery store.  They got raises when minimum wage went up.

I am not saying that they are great and wonderful, but if they weren't there, Target would be the one everybody was slamming...or Kmart, or whomever.

The Walmart by us threatened to close up shop if they couldn't expand...since right down the road they built a brand new Publix and Kroger and Target.  Their store was run down and needed to renovate, but since it was Walmart, everybody pitched a fit.  Nevermind that the other stores cleared more land to build...Walmart wasn't allowed to use their existing land to compete.

I think the hatred of walmart is overblown, and if I was them, I would fight unions tooth and nail too.  I'd fire my own family if they threatened to unionize a company I owned.  It is the fastest and surest way to wreck a company. Cough(gm, chrysler)cough

[Prosperi-Tees]

I totally agree that bring jobs to communitys but there are some communities that they totally destroy the small business. It would be like if there were a huge worldwide screen printing chain that moved into your town and say there were only a couple mom and pop screen printing shops, what do you think would happen?

[mk162]

Hey, Home Depot destroyed the mom and pop hardware stores, Sports Authority and then Dicks destroyed the small sporting goods retailers.  Bass Pro destroyed smaller fishing gear and boat retailers.

And I think the internet has done more damage than Walmart ever could.  Instead of even shopping at a local place that employs local people, we can buy it from another state, avoid sales tax, get the best price and NONE of that money stays in the community.

[tpitman]

Hey, Home Depot destroyed the mom and pop hardware stores, Sports Authority and then Dicks destroyed the small sporting goods retailers.  Bass Pro destroyed smaller fishing gear and boat retailers.

And I think the internet has done more damage than Walmart ever could.  Instead of even shopping at a local place that employs local people, we can buy it from another state, avoid sales tax, get the best price and NONE of that money stays in the community.

The one thing that the internet seems to have ruined is motorcycle swap meets. They still have 'em but nothing like they used to. During Bike Week they used to have a good one at the Volusia County Fairgrounds with three buildings and a parking lot full of new and used stuff. It was always my first stop. The ones that are left have only a handful of graybeards with a few milk crates of junk. Maybe with so many people selling new on eBay and internet stores, the used market petered out. That, and the obscene fees the county charges for a temp license to sell. Have a buddy who signed up for a spot when the company running the meet sprung on him the need for a county license on top of the cost of the spot. He declined. Too damn much. Gubmint will squeeze the profit right out of the little guy every chance they get, then wonder why they have a deficit.

[mk162]

Same thing happened with the 500 mile or whatever yard sale.  Everybody could look up the value of items and wouldn't let things go for yard sale value and wanted to get retail.