Comments on: Interbay Whole Foods to open in one week

By: GBurton

GBurton — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:23:31 +0000

WF pays 100% of the employee premium and after so many service hours they pay 100% of the spouse's premium. Not to mention they give you a $1300 flex card for all out of pocket expense for you and your spouse. They also pay a decent wage and give a generous amount of paid time off.

By: KB_Soberdog

KB_Soberdog — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:50:36 +0000

like hearing yourself talk docha?

By: Ballard Dude

Ballard Dude — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:14:31 +0000

Go back to giggling at pile of dog poop with a former President's picture sticking out it. That explains a lot.

You are the one that spouted off about the Gate's Foundation without having ANY knowledge about it. So quit whining when you are called out on it.

And I did get a rise out of you, thus your little tirade above.

This forum is full of people who spout off things they have no idea about, and then complain when people call them out. You make comments, people comment back. That is the nature of a forum.

By: Ballard Dude

Ballard Dude — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:08:42 +0000

Whole Foods pays for their employees health insurance.

Their benefits plan is one of the best there is in the industry, and they are constantly ranked as one of the best companies to work for.

Some of you people have such tunnel vision its unbelievable.

By: KB_Soberdog

KB_Soberdog — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:53:19 +0000

Wow, Ballard Dude, "shut your pie hole" huh? Clearly you are a
literate, clever, upstanding individual with a lot of good things to
say! Oh wait, that would be someone else. You are making yourself look
like an ass on here, but that's great,
you must have a reason for doing so. Low self esteem need stoking?
Well, that's ok, you won't get a rise out of me.
obviously you like spending your time researching millionaire's
doings, and spewing garbage out of your own mouth
and/or fingers at people on this board, and most likely everywhere
else in your life. Too bad. See, this is why
I rarely ever even READ this board, let alone post on it, because
when I do, no matter what it is I say or how i say
it, I get slammed by bored, angry folks like you. So sad, but oh well,
guess I'll just go back to ignoring the award
winning My Ballard. Sorry Geeky Swedes! You do a good job yourselves
but there's no accounting for the people
who like to lurk and spew on here. Bye bye!

By: SPG

SPG — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:46:39 +0000

Let's ratchet down the name calling please.
On the subject of who's giving more let's look beyond total dollars. If Bill Gates makes $1.5 billion and gives away a billion he still has half a billion dollars to live off of. That's a lot of money to live on. If someone like KB who doesn't earn as much, let's say $50,000 and spends $45,000 a year just to make rent, eat, pay taxes, health insurance, keep their car running, put a little something away for retirement and then donates $3,000 to charities I'd say it's way more of an impact on their lifestyle than Bill Gates giving away billions.
I'm not saying one is better than the other, just that the numbers can play in either direction so don't go jumping all over each other just to try to win a petty argument.

By: Ballard Dude

Ballard Dude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:55:46 +0000

True about the contractor thing, though they did change that policy after they were sued. I admit that MSFT did/does some shrewd business practices that takes the shine off…

By: Ballard Dude

Ballard Dude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:48:26 +0000

No, your still an idiot. You posted this garbage:

…well Bill Gates is nice to donate money, in fact it's awesome, even though it is a very tiny fraction of what he “earns” (percentage-wise, I probably donate more to charities than he does)……

you said its a very tiny fraction, when in fact its about 1/3 – 1/2 of his total net worth (depending upon MSFT stock price at any given time).. So unless you donate 1/3 to 1/2 of what you have, you should shut your pie hole.

By: KB_Soberdog

KB_Soberdog — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:31:04 +0000

I'm not an idiot, but you are for calling me one. I didn't say he
didn't donate a ton of money,
I KNOW that he does. However it IS still a drop in the bucket for him.
Fact. I did say how awesome
it was that he does donate, or did you skip over that part. I was
merely making the point that
some people donate money and no one knows about it. YOU do not know
what Steve Jobs does
money wise, and neither do I, and it's a moot point anyway. What
someone does with their
money is not an indication of how good or bad their products are. And
yes it's difficult to not
make headlines when you are Bill Gates. Happy now?

By: Edog

Edog — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:03:26 +0000

Touche;)

By: Mondoman

Mondoman — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:48:51 +0000

By contrast, for me his ideas sounded pretty good, and made me want to try shopping at WF.
:)

By: SPG

SPG — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:13:22 +0000

Then go there and buy whatever you like. For those of us who are either pro union or who believe that everyone should be able to get decent health care that they can afford, we're less inclined to shop there and work against those interests.

By: SPG

SPG — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:11:23 +0000

I do like that Bill has a foundation and that he and his wife are trying to do some good with it. Bravo. Seriously.

The one thing that bugs me is that he gained a lot of that money from business practices that are constantly being criticized, like the use of contract workers to get around having to offer benefits. It just takes a little of the shine off the good deeds.

By: SPG

SPG — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:56:45 +0000

“whack job far left wingers”

Not sure where to begin as no matter where we start we'd end up in the same place…nowhere.

By: Bark more, Wag Less

Bark more, Wag Less — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:38:52 +0000

“why would you not make a choice?”

Maybe because WF doesn't work against my interests….

By: Bark more, Wag Less

Bark more, Wag Less — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:36:57 +0000

It was the whack job far left wingers who started comparing WF to Mussolini….

By: SPG

SPG — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:29:52 +0000

I believe the point is that we have options and some people choose to exercise that option when they don't like where their money goes. If you have the choice between giving a portion of your dollars spent to someone who actively works against your interests or someone who supports your community while getting essentially the same goods, why would you not make a choice?

By: SPG

SPG — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:25:18 +0000

Do you roll through every comment thread and shake your fist and call everyone a socialist?

Isn't there a town hall forum somewhere for you to shout down?

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:30:34 +0000

So now we are boycotting all of the businesses that have laid workers off?

Umm, okay.

By: Ballard Dude

Ballard Dude — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:22:29 +0000

You idiot. You have no idea what you are talking about. Bill Gates donates a tiny percentage? He has donated over $30 billion to his foundation, making it the largest in the world. He plans to leave 99% of his estate to his foundation as well. His foundation is so well thought of that Warren Buffet is donating his wealth to it as well. Its hard to run the largest and most successful foundation in the world without making headlines, would you agree?

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:07:58 +0000

Okay, whatevs. I'll shop at Whole Foods only if I'm over there anyway. Like on my way home from the Shanty Cafe.

By: Cougar Bob

Cougar Bob — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:26:33 +0000

I can't decide who I want to boycott more or with more vehemence….the oil companies or Whole Foods or Fred Meyer or the Ballard Bridge or Starbucks or The Gap or Salmon Bay Gravel or Seattle School District or Glenn Beck or David Letterman or Warren Haynes filling for Jerry Garcia in the latest live incarnation of “The Dead” last summer…..

By: LBB

LBB — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:24:33 +0000

Well that's boring.

By: TTTCOTTH

TTTCOTTH — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:09:56 +0000

Personally I will be buying the yummy food and laughing my ass off at the turds with nothing better to do then talk about boycotts. Enjoy the evening in your hovel.

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:04:05 +0000

I personally will be boycotting! After reading the public letter in the New York Times from the CEO that we don't need insurance reform- we need to shop at Whole Foods, I was angry. Today, my dear friend, who has been in training for the opening at Interbay- thrilled with countless others to be working, was informed along with 19 others reporting for duty in uniforms they had to purchase, that the were all laid off due to budget cuts! “Please leave your chef coats and time out” were the managers final words! No thanks!

By: luluseattle

luluseattle — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:02:55 +0000

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:28:23 +0000

Maybe I just bring out the creepy in Safeway checkers. But I will state Trader Joe's rocks. That is affordable grocery shopping at it's very best.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:21:20 +0000

Ha, ha! Snort! They'd never let me in again, SPG. :-)

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:19:25 +0000

Oh, you know they always forget to send the memo to the one who actually needs to read it. ;-)

By: Bark more, Wag Less

Bark more, Wag Less — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:08:14 +0000

So you use an abacus no doubt…