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[quote=”bogino”]I. myself, would rather pay a few extra $$ to someone working in a small family owned business in a more entrepreneurial setting that smiles while they’re helping their customer and has a positive attitude unlike most of the emotionless robots that simply are their to exist that we usually see in the Walmarts and other mega corporate entities we have to deal with here in the U.S.[/quote]
That’s you…..and me too but I know Ticos that will walk around town all day to save 200 colones on a 10,000 colon item.
Matter of fact damn near ALL of them will.
They’ll crawl to Walmart if they have to.
I’ve seen Ticos drive all the way to Canas to save $5 on a drill and spend $15 in gas doing it !“Our children walk to school with books instead of rifles” Arias.”But they never open the books” Me.
The only good news is Walmart will likely have more losses due to theft than profit on sales…LOL[quote=”Doug Ward”][quote=”bogino”]I. myself, would rather pay a few extra $$ to someone working in a small family owned business in a more entrepreneurial setting that smiles while they’re helping their customer and has a positive attitude unlike most of the emotionless robots that simply are their to exist that we usually see in the Walmarts and other mega corporate entities we have to deal with here in the U.S.[/quote]
That’s you…..and me too but I know Ticos that will walk around town all day to save 200 colones on a 10,000 colon item.
Matter of fact damn near ALL of them will.
They’ll crawl to Walmart if they have to.
I’ve seen Ticos drive all the way to Canas to save $5 on a drill and spend $15 in gas doing it !“Our children walk to school with books instead of rifles” Arias.”But they never open the books” Me.
The only good news is Walmart will likely have more losses due to theft than profit on sales…LOL[/quote]If the Ticos thieve too much, they’re liable to cause the US marines to invade and “re-establish law and order.”:wink:
[quote=”maravilla”]in my small town in colorado, wal-mart and home depot single-handedly put at least a dozen long-standing, family-owned businesses out of business, thus changing the entire landscape of our community. they will do the same thing here. soon it won’t matter where on the planet we live — there will be the same anchor stores. ugh[/quote]
They aren’t anchor stores. They’re feeding stations for the slaves. Ask Alex Jones.:shock::wink:[quote=”sprite”][/quote]
If the Ticos thieve too much, they’re liable to cause the US marines to invade and “re-establish law and order.”:wink:[/quote]
Too much ?
If they get any worse they’ll be robbing their own houses !!!:lol:[quote=”johnr”][quote=”sprite”]In Miami, we have a large Latin immigrant population and over the decades, they have acclimated quite well into the US culture which means they have adapted to a certain attitude towards work. Importing a work force into a culture has worked here so far.
However, it seems to me that exporting an American corporate culture to Costa Rica would be more difficult. If Ticos who are employed at Walmarts in Costa Rica are indeed somewhat unhappy at work, maybe it has to do with an attempt to overlay Walmarts’ employee slave-like behavior policies onto a culture which is in direct conflict with that sort of policy. Something has to give. People who are used to living free from work slavery are naturally going to be resistant. But economic necessities generally overcome this resistance, at least that has been the case in the U.S. And it seems to work elsewhere. U.S. jobs have been exported successfully all over the planet. Any bets on who does the adapting, Ticos or Walmart Corporate policy in CR?[/quote]
While Wal-Mart in the US certainly has issues regarding workers rights – to compare it to slavery is a complete fabrication and shows your ignorance. I think you do have a point regarding the corporate culture of Wal-Mart and the complete disregard to CR customs. However in todays global market – mañana doesn’t cut it in any country.
Haven’t you left the US yet or are you logged on from your nuclear fall out shelter.:lol:[/quote]
You said it very good. Better than i could have. Thanks
While Wal-Mart in the US certainly has issues regarding workers rights – to compare it to slavery is a complete fabrication and shows your ignorance.
Obviously you have bought into the system where corporate profits are a sacrament imposed on every country and every person. Try thinking for a moment outside the box….does Walmart bring anything to Costa Rica with its scorched earth policies? The headline says 800 jobs but it doesn’t say how many jobs will be lost by small retailers being put out of business by the economic bully. If you want to do some speculation try to figuring out the cost of those 800 jobs(usually 1300 job). There is a lot of data available that shows how counter-productive Walmart is for a community and a country. This headline makes it all sound great but it is either naive or just B.S.
John,
I am still here in the States as vulnerable as ever..more vulnerable as time progresses.
“Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property and are forced to work.
In what way do we not qualify as slaves under the above definition?You don’t own property as the the State can take it from you at any time. They can (and do) seize bank accounts and property daily. Mortgage foreclosures, credit card defaults and loss of jobs and income are all due to the banking cartels and their absolute control of money, wages, the economy and your standard of living. Everyone is forced to work to survive and live under this paradigm. And it is not necessary. If you do not understand this, the ignorance is yours.
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live”[/quote]
Well said “sprite.” You are right on the money.BANKS are the slave masters today and instead of the bull whip we get lashings of DEBT.The banking cartels WOULDN’T and COULDN’T operate, however, without the active collusion and cooperation of parasitic and profligate politicians who profit FROM and prostitute themselves TO the debt money system. If any readers have never watched “Money As Debt” and “Zeitgeist Addendum” I suggest that they DO. All of them can be watched free on the internet, all you have to do is “Google” them
We (the sheeple) are being set up for a major banking collapse. The central banks are already making preparations. If anybody wants proof, go the “www.rbnz.govt.nz” (this is the website of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand)Click on the “search” button, top tight hand corner and then click on “OBR March 2011” There is a 14 page “Consultation Document” titled “Pre-positioning for Open Bank Resolution.” It describes how a major bank default will be paid for by “the shareholders and creditors of the bank instead of the taxpayers.” Ask yourself, how many “shareholders and creditors are likely to NOT be taxpayers?” Anybody with money in the bank is a creditor. The RBNZ blatantly uses the term “haircut” in several places in relation to how people will lose money if/WHEN a bank defaults. Think back to ENRON. Those “in the know” got out “with a full head of hair under a full head of steam.” while the sheeple were left bald. Does anyone REALLY think it will be any different when the banks go under?I don’t go to Walmart in the US unless I absolutely have to and I certainly shall not patronize one in CR, if and when I get there. When I go to CR, I hope to appreciate all that is theirs. I am sad to know that Wally-World is on the way. It seems so unnecessary – such an assault on the culture.
it’s not on the way — it’s HERE!!! they’ve bought up all the local grocery store chains except one, so i try to buy 99% of what i need at the farmer’s market and only go to the supers for toilet paper, vinegar, and olive oil, although once i discovered that i could get the olive oil at a local macro, i’m down to just toilet paper and vinegar that i buy
from the monster. the big maxi-pali has the same abundance of cheap stuff made in china that all the wal-mart stores carry. soon it won’t matter what country you live in, there will be a wal-mart near you to make you feel at home! ughI don’t go to Walmart either but on my last trip to CR my brother in law made me go.
Found a camisetta for the CR National Selection and at $70.00. I can buy a Spain one for $50.00 in the USA and they won the last World Cup.
Found better prices at bodegas and Pulperias around “La Guacimaya” right next to “Parque de la PAZ”.
But my brother in law stated “it is so convinient” to go to the Hipermas.
They steal their minds they loose their SOUL’s for pennies.
What a tragedy!!
YOU want to go to WalMart?? that is your choice and $$ but if I decide not to go it is because my choice, money and decision to keep that “BODEGAS, PULPERIAS” open to my likes and others.
Money is not the problem and WalMart has plenty of it but it comes with a HARD price for those cannot go there
Sam Walton; NEVER envisioned this
The Wal-Mart business model is no different than all the other large corporations. They intend to grow indefinitely and exponentially. What is absolutely astounding to me is that so many people do not see just how ridiculous and impossible that business plan is. Everything we know about the world says that nothing can grow forever. There is only so much in the way of resources. The earth is a limited pie and all things have cycles. The only thing that grows after a while in living things is a tumor. And then comes a collapse……
You may love or hate Walmart in the US but they will change the way business is done in Costa Rica. Not only is Hipermas morphing into Walmart before our eyes with an expanded selection of clothing items and even the same laminate wood look flooring in that particular area of the stores but they are going to be instituting thier Low Pricing- Always campaign in Costa Rica as well. Vendors are already shaking in thier boots. It’ll be some help for working class Ticos whose wages don’t keep up with inflation.
I read an article on an English language Tico business news website that Walmart will also change the way that Ticos view customer service.
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