Your 3rd Job

Enjoy;

When you look into the eyes of many of the employees, you see the chill of our national crepuscule, the moment just prior to our omega time. Whether it's the desperate fear of a supervisor telling them they're spending too much time talking to customers or, even worse, each other, the nearly crack whore-like neediness in the faces of the middle-aged women there, for whom this is one of three jobs, probably after being ditched by their husbands or after their husbands had been downsized, hoping some day to be deemed loyal and worthy enough to be allowed to pay a ludicrous amount of money for Wal-Mart's health care plan, just so that if something particularly terrible happens, they'll be able to afford more than just the $4 prescriptions the store subsidizes, there is a patent awfulness to their work existence.

I won't go into a Wal-Mart.. for a multitude of reasons. I depise their business practice.. the way they treat employees.. and the way the Walton family operates.

However, this is a capitalist society, and they're selling shit people want to buy.. and I must confess, and am embarrassed to say.. that John occasionally buys shit from Wal-Mart because he's bi-polar. He'll drop a grand just to go see a concert, and then turn around and wait for the price of Diet Coke to hit the magic mark before raiding the Wal-Mart for 5 cases.

He ain't right...

I prefer Central Market - which is a far left liberal oasis, where 3 grocery bags of organic veggies, and free range chicken (with a nice Pino Noir) costs you 200 bucks.

The checkers are slow as fuck. They talk about the cool stuff you're buying.. and wonder if your Belgian ale is worth 10 bucks for 4 bottles.. (it is).. and they look like they actually have fun at work, and they're not fearing retribution for sharing a cooking tip with a customer. They sometimes whine about having to listen to the same songs being played over and over by the live band, cranking out Jimmie Buffet ad nauseum.. If I had to listen to Margarita ville 10 times in the same day, I'd raid the cutlery isle and seek vengeance..

Fuck Wal-Mart and fuck their obsession with money, power, and influence when it comes at the expense of everyone else.

/update

While I'm thinking about it.. I'm listening to Sirius Radio on-line. Once you have Sat, you can never go back. Specifically, I'm listening to the Hard Attack channel.. they call it "the hardest metal, on or off the planet".

Looking at the player.. I notice they have "The Catholic Channel", "EWIN", FamilyNet Radio, as well as;

Christian music.
66 | Spirit The power and positive impact of Christian music.
68 | Praise The uplifting sounds of today's gospel superstars.

.. and you know.. that's cool. I think gospel and "Christian" music sucks.. not because of the lyrics.. but because the music is shitty. I don't have any problem with these channels. Sirius is not a government funded organization, and they provide a wide spectrum of content to appeal to lots of people. It's a smart business decision.

However, shit like this always reminds me of the whining I hear about how people's "rights" are being taken away. It's so lame.. Christianity is everywhere in this society.. because most people are Christians in America.. and every smart business is going to leverage that to make money. Money is the point of the whole deal anyway..