The Borg

[prometheus 0]

Is the Borg Wal-Mart? Are Wal-Mart stores big Borg Cubes made up of the sums of small towns? Are small communities being assimilated? If you work in Wal-Mart are you a drone? Tertiary adjunct of Food Isle 7, Section 4 Canned Meats???

 

I sometimes think that the Borg are an allegory of the modern age. Look at City Centres around 8.30am! Drones everywhere, beavering about, swarming to their sections, etc.

[Theunicornhunter 2]

I find it interesting that people always slam WalMart - if you work for one of those mom and pop's everyone says they are putting out of business - you get minimum wage and no benefits; that's no insurance or 401k and you're lucky if you get any paid holidays. WalMart on the other hand gets slammed for not paying enough insurance; and you get stock. So WalMart doesn't pay professional wages - neither does McDonalds or a myriad of other "entry level" jobs including those mom and pops.

 

And with the price of gas spiraling ever upwards - WalMart may be the only way some people can still afford to eat.

 

There are always people who refuse to shop at WalMart - as long as resistance isn't futile I guess the Borg analogy doesn't apply.

[ussvwbeetle 0]

That's what I saw!! I walked into a wal-mart by my house and saw what looked like assimilation tubes sticking out of a managers hand. But then, that was after watching the Best of Both worlds.

[SeeingEyeBorg 0]

Yes. Wal-Mart is the Borg. Excellent observation.

 

And the people who work there are definitely drones. If you don't believe it, then visit a Wal-mart during the overnight hours.

 

:borgqueen:

[Gummy 0]

I happen to like WalMart.

I don't mind going there and they usually have everything that I need to make my shopping trip a "one-stop" affair.

[prometheus 0]

I happen to like WalMart.

I don't mind going there and they usually have everything that I need to make my shopping trip a "one-stop" affair.

 

Yes but would you like working there? Its the 'everything you need' element that makes it an amalgataion of all the little shops.

[Kor37 9]

For some reason, just about every time I've gone to a WalMart, they do NOT have what I need. I usually go to KMart which almost always has just what I'm looking for.

[prometheus 0]

In the UK its ASDA (which is part of the WALLMART 'Family' now) and TESCO that dominate the supermarkets. Marks and Spencer have a food court which is where all the posh folk shop - hand crafted croutons made from the finest Italian Bistro Deluxe Parmesan and Stone baked Crusty Granary Wheat Free Bread, etc sorta thing...