[ale] Way OT - the death of Twinkies

[Jim Kinney]

Too true!
Maybe Hostess should've jumped on the fundraiser bandwagon like to doughnut
place.
Their original target market, middle class white people, has changed their
diet. If the made sushi biscuits...
On Nov 22, 2012 9:11 AM, <simontek at gmail.com> wrote:

> To those who say america is eating healthier.
> Krispy Kreme.
>
> Also hello from ATL for once.
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Potter <michael at potter.name>
> Sender: ale-bounces at ale.org
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:19:57
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<ale at ale.org>
> Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Way OT - the death of Twinkies
>
> Perhaps the problem is that they make things people do not want to buy.
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11/20/2012 03:27 PM, Sparr wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Interestingly their main union had actually signed a contract and it
> was
> >>> a lesser union that went on strike.   A co-worker of mine said that he
> had
> >>> heard or read that other union did it because they decided they'd make
> more
> >>> money on unemployment than with the new contract with all the
> concessions it
> >>> had.
> >>
> >> Obvious fix for this would be to not give unemployment to them in this
> >> situation. How is "strike until the company collapses" any different
> >> from "quit voluntarily" in terms of unemployment eligibility?
> >
> >
> > The striking employees have zero decision ability as to the continuation
> of
> > the business. Only management can make that decision. The strikers want
> XYZ
> > and the managers decide to fire them all by shutting down the business.
> The
> > striking employees did not choose to become unemployed, they chose to
> > strike. Their unemployment benefit is based on their last 90 days pay
> > average. If they were striking for 89 of them, they are totally screwed.
> I'm
> > not clear if strike pay counts towards the employment pay used to
> calculate
> > unemployment rate. I do know that strike pay is (typically far) less than
> > regular working pay (but better than unemployment).
> >
> > No matter it's looked at, it's bad for far more people than benefit from
> > this.
> >
> >>
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> > James P. Kinney III
> >
> > Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
> gain
> > at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own
> tail.
> > It won't fatten the dog.
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