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22 minutes ago, immamac said:

LFG Pete. What a bamf. baff.

Fixed

19 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

I would ask if anyone really believes any savings in labor costs and efficiency would actually be passed on to the consumer? Every publicly traded company I've worked for is laughing in dividends.

Savings doesn't come to consumer by the Port Foreman dictating the retail price on Walmart's database.  Savings comes from Walmart shipping products it to a port thats cheaper than the one used by Target, and now they have room to undercut Target's price or else they lose sales.

Dividend comes from cash. If Target doesnt generate enough cash, they dont have any to pay out as dividends.

Did the company you work for hold such a monopoly that they could dictate how much cash they get (besides from borrowing)?

 

20 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

I would ask if anyone really believes any savings in labor costs and efficiency would actually be passed on to the consumer? Every publicly traded company I've worked for is laughing in dividends.

Yeah but as a white man that's aging, I love dividends and won't stop annoying my wife talking about them.

I should start wearing sandals with my flip flops. 

9 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

What is the guarantee the strike wont continue in January?  

I think this was a litmus test from the shipping companies to see where the Biden admin stood - if he would crush this strike like he did the rail workers on behalf of the rail lines. Now that they know which way the wind is blowing, they're probably less likely to let their labor contract lapse without a plan

4 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I think this was a litmus test from the shipping companies to see where the Biden admin stood - if he would crush this strike like he did the rail workers on behalf of the rail lines. Now that they know which way the wind is blowing, they're probably less likely to let their labor contract lapse without a plan

Sounds promising but not over. 
 

I assume they will use this time to lock in a finalized deal before the deadline and if they cant they strike in January?

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59 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

What is the guarantee the strike wont continue in January?  

You got the Union's word on it and their word is their bond.

16 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

Save Me a Roll”… Understanding Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in the Midst  of COVID-19 | Poole Thought Leadership

Too late!

If I saw someone pushing that cart out in the parking lot of Costco it would take every fiber of my being not to go up and push that whole fucking stack onto the ground 

 

57 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

Save Me a Roll”… Understanding Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in the Midst  of COVID-19 | Poole Thought Leadership

Too late!

This dude needs to drink more water and more fiber to his diet.

Just now, F250 said:

This dude needs to drink more water and more fiber to his diet.

Looks like the problem is too much fiber. It’s like he has a constant drip of Metamucil going.

18 minutes ago, royiv said:

Looks like the problem is too much fiber. It’s like he has a constant drip of Metamucil going.

That is a recipe for constipation. He must be cycling through Metamucil and Ex-Lax resulting in mountain size dumps after periods of being constipated.

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3 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Did the company you work for hold such a monopoly that they could dictate how much cash they get (besides from borrowing)?

 

Yes. When times are good they make plenty of money regardless of how incompetent the company is. 

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

 

Save Me a Roll”… Understanding Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in the Midst  of COVID-19 | Poole Thought Leadership

Too late!

 

1 hour ago, RPM said:

You got the Union's word on it and their word is their bond.

Maybe he is playing 4 D chess for January 

maybe he's the father of 5 girls who use a metric shitload of toilet paper weekly.

7 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

maybe he's the father of 5 girls who use a metric shitload of toilet paper weekly.

It is quite obvious that he needs to invest in several bidets, and stop having to wipe his ass like a Philistine.

CHIEF

There's a Kimberly Clark plant that makes TP in a suburb south of Tulsa. Why would a dock strike cause a TP shortage?

Just now, 'stache said:

There's a Kimberly Clark plant that makes TP in a suburb south of Tulsa. Why would a dock strike cause a TP shortage?

imported pulp

Well that's dumb, but okay. Didn't know the US couldn't produce it's own pulp, lol.

3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

Save Me a Roll”… Understanding Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in the Midst  of COVID-19 | Poole Thought Leadership

Too late!

Obviously not a Surly 1%er, very weak bidet game. 
 

CHIEF

4 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

What is the guarantee the strike wont continue in January?  

The Fair....And Christmas....Them motherfuckers will be broke by January  

3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

Save Me a Roll”… Understanding Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in the Midst  of COVID-19 | Poole Thought Leadership

Too late!

It was the Chinese!!!!! 

4 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

Save Me a Roll”… Understanding Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in the Midst  of COVID-19 | Poole Thought Leadership

Too late!

Maybe he's sending it to hurricane victims?

1 hour ago, Deej said:

Maybe he's sending it to hurricane victims?

Horrible shooting form, then

3 hours ago, 'stache said:

There's a Kimberly Clark plant that makes TP in a suburb south of Tulsa. Why would a dock strike cause a TP shortage?

Been there. Also worked at the KC plant near Augusta that also made TP among other things. 

3 hours ago, elfenix said:

imported pulp

This doesn’t sound right based on the pulp mills I’ve been at. 

3 hours ago, 'stache said:

Well that's dumb, but okay. Didn't know the US couldn't produce it's own pulp, lol.

 

Edited by UT_OB1

27 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

Been there. Also worked at the KC plant near Augusta that also made TP among other things. 

This doesn’t sound right based on the pulp mills I’ve been at. 

 

 

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While more than 99% of tissue products used by Americans are produced in the U.S., manufacturers rely heavily on eucalyptus pulp imported from Brazil. Eucalyptus pulp contains short fibers that make toilet paper soft and absorbent.

https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2024/10/port-strike-toilet-paper-shortage/#:~:text=While more than 99% of,toilet paper soft and absorbent.

 

 

6 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Or maybe his family has a restaurant or gas station and buys in bulk to supply it. 

 

Yesterday evening in Georgetown, toilet paper only section. The paper towel section looked similar. 

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On 10/3/2024 at 5:18 PM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

Just become a waffle stomper.  

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22 minutes ago, SurlyBDR said:

 

Yesterday evening in Georgetown, toilet paper only section. The paper towel section looked similar. 

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That the new HEB?  Hadn’t gone when I moved. I bought some at Costco on Tuesday and the pallet stack was normal sized, and I didn’t see anyone with a garden cart stacked with paper products. 

11 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

That the new HEB?  Hadn’t gone when I moved. I bought some at Costco on Tuesday and the pallet stack was normal sized, and I didn’t see anyone with a garden cart stacked with paper products. 

Its the old one on Williams Dr. Luckily, I had bought my normal replenishment last week so I didn't need any. It just so happens butter and yogurt are on the same aisle, so I snapped a pic. 

1 hour ago, SurlyBDR said:

 

Yesterday evening in Georgetown, toilet paper only section. The paper towel section looked similar. 

 

sorry you have the olds

1 hour ago, SurlyBDR said:

 

Yesterday evening in Georgetown, toilet paper only section. The paper towel section looked similar. 

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You know how those WilCo people can be, they tend to get excited pretty easily whenever the talky talk people on TV say they should be

7 minutes ago, elfenix said:

sorry you have the olds

Thursday evening after work when it's nearly empty and devoid of blue hairs? Sign me up. 

6 hours ago, elfenix said:

imported pulp

We kept buckets of watery pulp in the utilidors under Epcot for Innoventions where we had a "make your own paper" station. You'd put the wet pulp on a screen, shake the water out, put it in an easy bake oven, and boom you have yourself some shitty paper that kids absolutely gave zero shits about. I think that closed down near the end of the Obama years. This country just doesn't do buckets of pulp like it used to, thanks a lot DEMONcrats. 

Oh wait is this why fucking Sams of all places was completely out of diapers? Fuck, man

10 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

Save Me a Roll”… Understanding Consumer Purchasing Behaviors in the Midst  of COVID-19 | Poole Thought Leadership

Too late!

Hes really going to hate himself, and the port strikers for picking up all of that shitty Kirkland brand TP 

18 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Yes. When times are good they make plenty of money regardless of how incompetent the company is. 

Can you give us the public ticker so we can partake in the profit sharing ?

On 10/2/2024 at 3:47 PM, F250 said:

Probably the hurricane thread but it does speak to your point about the need for unions.

How is that?  If I’m paying your mandatory show up time, you’re coming in for those 4 hours.  No show is back to the hall (ie house, filing for unemployment again) 

46 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

How is that?  If I’m paying your mandatory show up time, you’re coming in for those 4 hours.  No show is back to the hall (ie house, filing for unemployment again) 

There's a more appropriate thread to talk about unions and wether or not you think your employees have a personal right to safety, but it's probably not in DT because that's somehow an inherently political discussion

4 minutes ago, Captainant said:

There's a more appropriate thread to talk about unions and wether or not you think your employees have a personal right to safety, but it's probably not in DT because that's somehow an inherently political discussion

This is literally a reply to a post that was a reply to your post in a subject. Was there not an apropos thread at that time? 

1 hour ago, fattyflattie said:

This is literally a reply to a post that was a reply to your post in a subject. Was there not an apropos thread at that time? 

That was three days ago, before the strike had been resolved thanks to the leadership from the secretary of transportation. The thread has moved on but if you want to pick a fight over a three day old post, that's a no for me dawg

1 hour ago, Captainant said:

That was three days ago, before the strike had been resolved thanks to the leadership from the secretary of transportation. The thread has moved on but if you want to pick a fight over a three day old post, that's a no for me dawg

Strike might be resolved in January.  Let’s see what the mob wants by then. 

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