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    VeryWellMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 1:34pm

    Florida, Wal-Mart, guns- Gawker hat trick! Neat.

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      Yukon KizmiazVeryWell
      12/15/13 1:39pm

      It's the total package.

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      GregSamsaVeryWell
      12/15/13 1:48pm

      Needs ore blackface to be a true hat-trick.

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    ToadYouOnceToadYouTwiceMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 1:34pm

    I own a store with 20 employees, and I can attest that no good comes from "employee of the month" type incentives. Doesn't foster a team like environment and causes more drama than it's worth.

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      bobToadYouOnceToadYouTwice
      12/15/13 4:22pm

      Back in the day. A Dingleberry was a little turd hanging on a hair by your crack. I had a good laugh when I saw you using that name . Sorry but it brought back childhood memories of dumb jokes from the early sixties

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      TwentyTwentyuToadYouOnceToadYouTwice
      12/15/13 5:42pm

      I will admit to always noticing Employee of the Month plaques in, for example, fast food restaurants — and for some weird reason having an immediate distaste for the person. Even though I don't work there or have a clue who the person is — it's like irrational celebrity hate, only highly localized. Or knee-jerk backlash against brown-noser types (though I know these people aren't necessarily brown nosers). I have no idea where this comes from or why, and though I've never worked at a place that awards an Employee of the Month I can certainly understand how it could create constant internal drama for all sorts of bizarre reasons.

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    DoctorNineMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 1:41pm

    In a society where what you do is your social status, even a small distinction can take on huge proportions subjectively. The problem here is less that a law was broken, than it is a manifestation of the reduction in human dignity accompanying wage slave status in a big box chain. We can scoff at the way this employee over-reacted, because he clearly did, but what isn't funny, is the psychological place he inhabits, because of his perceptions of himself and his world.

    Thank God no one took his stapler.

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      pantalonesDoctorNine
      12/15/13 4:27pm

      I absolutely, one hundred per cent agree with this. After we get past the "hahaha WalMart/guns/Florida" bit, unpacking the more nuanced social conditions that sparked such a gross overreaction is actually a little bit scary, but mostly really really sad. Especially when you imagine how many hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people must live in similar situations.

      I find this can be a difficult point to get across, sometimes even to friends, but you've put it really eloquently. You don't ghost write theses by chance do you?

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      DoctorNinepantalones
      12/15/13 7:50pm

      I have only authored a couple small things long ago. But thanks.

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    Yukon KizmiazMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 1:35pm

    At this point, I think we can just go ahead and create a new internet law, much like Poe's or Godwin's. I say we call it "Tallahassee's Law."

    Essentially, it would follow that any online article beginning with the phrase "A Florida _______..." invariably goes on to describe some form of unhinged rage, sheer ignorance, abject stupidity, drug fueled decision making, political buffoonery, full blown intolerance, or any combination thereof.

    I'll get to work on the Wikipedia entry posthaste.

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      DanCopelandYukon Kizmiaz
      12/15/13 1:49pm

      Genius.

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      psychomagnetYukon Kizmiaz
      12/15/13 2:33pm

      More like Murphy's Law amirite??

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    Thunder-LipsMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 1:41pm

    Ah, yes Walmart employee incentive programs....

    GIF
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      WIncredulous is with her!Thunder-Lips
      12/15/13 1:53pm

      Oh, yes, we have a winner!

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    EldritchMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 1:32pm

    A Florida Wal-Mart worker

    That explains everything.

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      psychomagnetEldritch
      12/15/13 1:39pm

      When in Rome.

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    PipeSmokingGalMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 1:41pm

    Unless Employee of the Month guarantees one a raise that keeps you off food stamps, 40+ hours a week, and health insurance benefits who gives a rat's ass about the title?

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      Cletus Van DammePipeSmokingGal
      12/15/13 2:08pm

      Nah, you just get a piece of paper printed via dot matrix printer and signed by your store manager!

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      clipperCletus Van Damme
      12/15/13 3:13pm

      Not for nothing Cletus, but you seem AWFULLY familiar with the trappings of Wal-Mart Employee of the Month.

      What were the month and year of your reign? And retroactive congratulations to you!

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    seeyaMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 2:19pm

    The headline is weird. Like they both won.

    Also Deerfield Beach=really gross, stupid people.

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      MuckaBluckaseeya
      12/15/13 3:40pm

      Yeah, it bugged me too. But the language is changing...

      Usage note from the New Oxford American Dictionary: 1 The word they (with its counterparts them, their, and themselves) as a singular pronoun to refer to a person of unspecified sex has been used since at least the 16th century. In the late 20th century, as the traditional use of he to refer to a person of either sex came under scrutiny on the grounds of sexism, this use of they has become more common. It is now generally accepted in contexts where it follows an indefinite pronoun such as anyone, no one, someone, or a person: anyone can join if they are a resident; each to their own. In other contexts, coming after singular nouns, the use of they is now common, although less widely accepted, especially in formal contexts. Sentences such as ask a friend if they could help are still criticized for being ungrammatical. Nevertheless, in view of the growing acceptance of they and its obvious practical advantages, they is used in this dictionary in many cases where he would have been used formerly. See also he (usage) and she. 2 Don’t confuse their, they’re, and there. Their is a possessive pronoun: I like their new car. They’re is a contraction of ‘they are’: they’re parking the car. There is an adverb meaning ‘at that place’: park the car over there.

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      seeyaMuckaBlucka
      12/15/13 6:40pm

      I don't like change!!!!!!

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    toothpetardMax Rivlin-Nadler
    12/15/13 1:59pm

    Second Amendment Man Saves Us From Tyranny, Again

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      The Ghost of ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ AKA BabyStepsMax Rivlin-Nadler
      12/15/13 1:42pm

      Somehow I don't believe that was covered in the employee handbook.

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