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The
Rubbermaid Story
You all know the Rubbermaid
company and its products. It had been around
since the 1920s,
making its first big consumer splash with
a red
rubber dustpan. By the 50s and 60s it was
making all manner of consumer goods like
plastic garbage cans and water skis.
Fast-forward to the 1990s and plastic prices
have skyrocketed. When Rubbermaid informed
Walmart, which was responsible for at least
20% of its revenues, that it would have
to raise prices
Walmart dumped them for a look-alike
company. Sales suffered so much that Rubbermaid
closed 9 plants and was eventually acquired
by a huge conglomerate in 1999. Rubbermaid
is still with us today but it's just a
name in a
portfolio.
Fuck Walmart.
=Lefty=
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Google
Chow (Eat hearty, little Google-bots!)
Pardon me. I asked for a job
application and you geve me forms
for Medicare, food stamps, public
assistance and SNAP.
Walmart human resources guy:
Look, do you wanna work here
or dontcha?
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