For God's Sake Don't Shop at Walmart

I knew they were bastards... but this is astounding:

Walmart memo about reducing benefit costs:

To discourage unhealthy job applicants, [the memo] suggests that Wal-Mart arrange for "all jobs to include some physical activity (e.g., all cashiers do some cart-gathering)."...
"It will be far easier to attract and retain a healthier work force than it will be to change behavior in an existing one," the memo said. "These moves would also dissuade unhealthy people from coming to work at Wal-Mart."

Other interesting tidbits about what kind of company you are supporting when you shop at this place:

46 percent of the children of Wal-Mart's 1.33 million United States employees were uninsured or on Medicaid.

Please... whenever and wherever you can, always shop at "Mom & Pop" retailers. Spend a few extra bucks, and keep small business alive. You know where they are: The place in your city that used to be such a pleasant place to walk? Downtown perhaps? Would you like to see downtown steamrolled and replaced with a Walmart? Would you like to see the owners and employees of the bakery, Cohns & Sons, Bath Plumbing and Hardware, and all the other businesses become $6 per hour uninsured wage slaves walking around in red smocks with smiley faces printed on them? No? Then go downtown and give them your business... always.