I can't complain but sometimes I still do
Today's Check it Out.
Regular bloggees will recognize the bulk of this from my rambling "Pretty in Pink" post that nobody read. However, it has been shortened, tightened and cleaned up for official publication. This transformation is something us writers like to call "the creative process." Think of the blog as my demo and the paper as my album.
posted by Steve Hyden @ 11:30 AM
I can't complain but sometimes I still do
My name is Steve and I'm a newspaper reporter and writer living in northeast Wisconsin, which is just below the armpit created by the bulk of the state and the peninsula. I don't live in the actual armpit, which is Green Bay, which is a place where fat people sit on their porches and watch traffic go by when the Packers aren't in season. I live in Appleton, a place where slightly less fat people do slightly more interesting things, like watch NASCAR, which is traffic with better camera work. I like living here 79 percent of the time. I fancy myself a deep thinker, an iconoclast, a man who can enjoy both high and low culture. Think Chuck Klosterman with a dose of Jack Nicholson from "Five Easy Pieces." However, I suspect I am not nearly as cool as I think I am. I may in fact be a dork. For example, look at how I described myself a few sentences earlier. What can I say? I'm the guy who started listening to the Clash when he was 13 not because he was reacting against the repressive Republican regime he had lived under most of his life, but because John Cusack wore a Clash T-shirt in "Say Anything..."
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While Steve was paying $16 for his four DVDs, some Wal-Mart employee was applying for Medicaid, a third world teenager was finishing up her 14 hour shift, two locally owned mom & pop shops filed for bankruptcy, and an entire town had its soul sucked dry.
But way to go, Steve. Way to buy that shitty movie for cheap.
The employee on medicaid finally had the opportunity to get his/her GED
Higher REACH Scholarship - Up to $2,000 per year
Scholarships Available To Associates of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.:
Students out of high school 1 year
OR have GED equivalency (see application for details)
Employed by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. at least 1 continuous year as of January 20
Meet/Exceed Expectations on most recent Associate Evaluation
Can prove financial need by required documentation
The third world teenager was able to avoid being turned into a prostitute since she had a job
The mom and pop store were buying from the same aforementioned teenager, but the community was tired of being gouged by their 210% mark up.
Wal-Mart created 125K new jobs last year...
Way to go Steve, for helping people to work, get educated, and save third world people from prostitution.
While Steve was paying $16 for his four DVDs, some Wal-Mart employee was applying for Medicaid, a third world teenager was finishing up her 14 hour shift, two locally owned mom & pop shops filed for bankruptcy, and an entire town had its soul sucked dry.
But way to go, Steve. Way to buy that shitty movie for cheap.
steve,
i think it's lame when you post your column here before you run it in the paper. you've gotta give the people SOME reason to buy the p-c. yeah?
l.
I think you touched a nerve here stevie boy. I did not know Walmart handed such generous scholarships. Let's see $30,000 (cost of college) divided by $2,000 is 15 years. Wow looks like something I should look into. I would love to go to school for 15 years. 120 credits divided by 15 is....uh that's 1 multiply by 15, subtract from 12 gives me 3, bring down the 0, divide by 15 again, that gives me 3. Ok stay with me here, I got both my shoes off. 13 credits divided by 2 semesteres per year is...um...damn I hate when it don't come out even. Well never mind, it's to get ready for work. I are a photo tech for Willy Mart. By By ya'll.
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