Maynard James Keenan of Tool Wine

[keewee.livejournal.com]

A couple of months ago Maynard James Keenan came to the Whole Foods on River Street and signed bottles of his wine to many, many individuals who camped out in line for hours on end in the vain hope that he would emerge topless from the produce section belting "Lateralus". Anyway, I have a bottle of the 'Chupacabra' signed by MJK that I would like to sell before I move to Oakland. $35 OBO!

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Re: Whole Foods is evil!

[thespian.livejournal.com]

yeah; after Whole Foods went to the really high deductible plan with savings account, their insurance costs dropped about 15%. Except that a LOT of it was that their employees, who earn about $400 a week after taxes, could no longer afford to see a doctor for preventive care with that $1500 deductible before their health care kicked in. So they didn't. I don't shop there much, and I avoid the produce because I *know* that a Whole Foods employee doesn't see the doctor if they 'just' have the sniffles or a cough.

Re: Whole Foods is evil!

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is a good point. Now I have this image of snot on my fish, damn you!

Re: Whole Foods is evil!

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

i can't tell if you're being serious on the last bit or not.

i mean, you know if you work at a grocery store or some other minimum wage type paying job you probably will take as little time off as possible, insurance or no right? and, there's that whole part about the general public being allowed near the goods in a grocery store.

Re: Whole Foods is evil!

[thespian.livejournal.com]

taking time off, of course. i just mean taking basic care of yourself; ie, going to the doctor to make sure it's a cold and not swine flu (perfectly do-able around most retail hours). Whole Foods employees used to do that frequently; the CEO who has 'saved the company $14 million a year' has pretty much guaranteed that until you HAVE to go to the doctor, you won't. He instituted it about 5 years ago, 6 months after taking over as CEO. It's saved the company a ton, and their employees see the doctor 27% less frequently than they did before.

Re: Whole Foods is evil!

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Did you know that the CEO used to be a liberal Democrat when he was young and starting his company? Check Wiki...