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From: zeez on 23 Dec 2009 14:26
On Dec 22, 7:06 am, James Fenimore <slipuva...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> How many of us ever pause to ponder what propels millions to allow
> themselves [ourselves] to be caught up annually in the compulsive
> obsession with "holiday" shopping?
>
> As in, "Get outta my fuckin' way!"

Marketing, and people following it like sheep. Recently 7 people got
fired from Target (though got their jobs back later) for buying that
stupid toy hamster (Zhu Zhu or whatever the hell it is) when they were
not "supposed" to.

It's always some bullshit every year, beginning with the Cabbage
Patch Dolls (probably earlier than that)
From: Coffee's For Closers on 23 Dec 2009 23:47
In article <2c091f37-2516-4359-80d5-
905a2be78a13(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
blinkingblythe01(a)gmail.com says...
> On Dec 22, 7:06 am, James Fenimore <slipuva...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How many of us ever pause to ponder what propels millions to allow
> > themselves [ourselves] to be caught up annually in the compulsive
> > obsession with "holiday" shopping?
> >
> > As in, "Get outta my fuckin' way!"


> Marketing, and people following it like sheep. Recently 7 people got
> fired from Target (though got their jobs back later) for buying that
> stupid toy hamster (Zhu Zhu or whatever the hell it is) when they were
> not "supposed" to.


Do you have a credible news citation for that claim? Are you
talking about a company telling employees how to act off-duty?

I am NOT simply disbelieving you, or accusing you of lying.

For example, there was a situation some years ago, where
employees of a certain beer company were told that, they mustn't
make off-duty purchases of the competition's product. Some
companies have tried to prohibit employees from smoking tobacco,
on their liesure time. The Winn-Dixie/Oiler case involved an
employer telling an employee how to dress when off-duty.

So, yes, I can imagine a retail chain telling employees that they
mustn't buy some product.

If you can offer a good citation, I will put it on my site, as an
example of intrusiveness.

Thanks...


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From: krw on 24 Dec 2009 11:42
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:47:03 -0800, Coffee's For Closers
<Usenet2009(a)THE-DOMAIN-IN.SIG> wrote:

>In article <2c091f37-2516-4359-80d5-
>905a2be78a13(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
>blinkingblythe01(a)gmail.com says...
>> On Dec 22, 7:06 am, James Fenimore <slipuva...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > How many of us ever pause to ponder what propels millions to allow
>> > themselves [ourselves] to be caught up annually in the compulsive
>> > obsession with "holiday" shopping?
>> >
>> > As in, "Get outta my fuckin' way!"
>
>
>> Marketing, and people following it like sheep. Recently 7 people got
>> fired from Target (though got their jobs back later) for buying that
>> stupid toy hamster (Zhu Zhu or whatever the hell it is) when they were
>> not "supposed" to.
>
>
>Do you have a credible news citation for that claim? Are you
>talking about a company telling employees how to act off-duty?

I don't know how "good" you believe this citation is, but...
http://news.holidash.com/2009/12/18/target-employee-fired-for-buying-zhu-zhu-pet/9

Apparently she purchased the thing during working hours but at a
permissible time. The issue was whether she was allowed to buy that
particular item as an employee. The story gives a hint at the reason
the store barred employees from using their position to preempt
customers by buying the thing, FROM THEM. A good enough reason, IMO,
though perhaps there was a lack of communication.

>I am NOT simply disbelieving you, or accusing you of lying.
>
>For example, there was a situation some years ago, where
>employees of a certain beer company were told that, they mustn't
>make off-duty purchases of the competition's product. Some
>companies have tried to prohibit employees from smoking tobacco,
>on their liesure time. The Winn-Dixie/Oiler case involved an
>employer telling an employee how to dress when off-duty.
>
>So, yes, I can imagine a retail chain telling employees that they
>mustn't buy some product.
>
>If you can offer a good citation, I will put it on my site, as an
>example of intrusiveness.
>
>Thanks...
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