Putty Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2l7esgfMr1qmr448o1_r2_500.jpg LOL!!! Must watch Zombieland this weekend. Great flick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagner Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Another company that is having issues is AMF, we are doing a bunch of work on their restructing right now too. When Barry Grant went under I had to head up that project. They had way to much debt and just were not moving enough product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Yeah... this does seem like a "excuse" to just cut ties and take whatever money is left and run.... Fucked up part is that it was just the Baker's Union, 5000 employees, kill 18,000 jobs. Teamsters has 7500 members that are not bakers and they are miffed. Blame cannot be placed on one side or the other. It's a joint failure. Yes, the unions are right to point out that they are being asked to give up things they've worked hard for and were promised. Yes, upper-level salaries have increased disproportionately to lower level. While the company was mismanaged, one union (not all of them, i.e. Teamsters) failed to do what was needed to remain competitive, as did upper management. This is but a microcosm of what can potentially happen to the U.S. as a country. Everyone on all sides feels entitled, which is justified to an extent, but it times of hardship it us up to EVERYONE to make sacrifices, and to compromise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 80% of my zombie survival food choices now wiped out. This is bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BStowers023 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 All of the sudden, I kinda want a Twinkie now. No homo? Since I know the joke is coming lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderboy Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 All of the sudden, I kinda want a Twinkie now. No homo? Since I know the joke is coming lol. Knock knock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderboy Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Blame cannot be placed on one side or the other. It's a joint failure. Yes, the unions are right to point out that they are being asked to give up things they've worked hard for and were promised. Yes, upper-level salaries have increased disproportionately to lower level. While the company was mismanaged, one union (not all of them, i.e. Teamsters) failed to do what was needed to remain competitive, as did upper management. This is but a microcosm of what can potentially happen to the U.S. as a country. Everyone on all sides feels entitled, which is justified to an extent, but it times of hardship it us up to EVERYONE to make sacrifices, and to compromise. Dont come in here with logic and reason, aint nobody got time for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Mexico just called and said they have commissaries that are filled with workers ready to bake us bread and fill twinkies with cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Picked up two boxes on my lunch break today. It was the last two they had in the store. I ain't even mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Dont come in here with logic and reason, aint nobody got time for that! :lolguy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledhead36 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 The Plant is Silent... Sung to the tune of The Sound of Silence By Simon And Garfunkel Goodbye Ho-Hos my old friend, I’d like to snack on you again... In the darkness silently feeding, While my fat cells were breeding, And the visions that were planted in my brain of whole wheat grain, But now the plant, is silent... In frantic dreams I eat Fruit Pie... A single Twinkie try to buy... In desperate need of a Ding Dong, But the factory is closed and gone. When my mind was stabbed by the biggest loss of all No more Sno Balls Cause now the plant, is silent... And in the morning light I saw, 5,000 jobless, maybe more... People acting without thinking... People hearing but not listening... People carrying signs, that management never read... Hostess is dead. And Inside the plant, there’s silence... “Fools” they said, “You do not know, how to make our profits grow. Hear our words when we tell you We cant do it without help, from you...” But the words, like silent breadcrumbs fell... And echoed in a plant, that’s silent... And the workers bowed and prayed No more Wonder Bread to be made... And the Court sent out its warning, “Be back to work by morning,” And Court said “the words of the owners are written on the Courthouse walls And Union Halls.” And whispered in the plant, that’s silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 ^^ I'm dying laughing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Shit sucks, my Dad worked for Hostess maintaining their trucks. Got a call this morning about how he has to get his tools before they lock the doors. They had recently cut his pay by $1.50 an hour, apparently that wasn't enough. Just a shame how these things happen. Seems to me that if we as a country continue to allow people to live beyond their means, getting paid off the backs of others, then this type of scenario will continue to replay until there are far too few still out there earning a living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderboy Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Am I the only one who expected to see a pic of FSS hugging a Twinkie by now. Sons I am disappoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 LOL, I swung by the snack section at the store...... Twinkie shelf was EMPTY! Panic buying much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Oh noes no moar twinkies! Stupid people don't understand that there will be "Little Debbie" Twinkies. Or some other brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboNova Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 sad day....just a sad day http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/1972nova/twinkie.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russian rocket Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 my father inlaw is/was a sales rep for them. it definitely sucks, hes only 2 years away from 30 and out and now this. the company was horribly mismanaged with greedy ass executives. word has it though that frito-lay might try to buy hostess up again. apparently they tried a couple years ago but didnt work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky31186 Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Shit sucks, my Dad worked for Hostess maintaining their trucks. Got a call this morning about how he has to get his tools before they lock the doors. They had recently cut his pay by $1.50 an hour, apparently that wasn't enough. Just a shame how these things happen. Seems to me that if we as a country continue to allow people to live beyond their means, getting paid off the backs of others, then this type of scenario will continue to replay until there are far too few still out there earning a living. Sooooooo glad I declined the job offer for the fleet mechanic. Sucks that all those people lost their jobs.. But come on, it's not the end of the world (as far as twinkies and ding dongs go) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1TrueSS Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Just make your own! %5Bimg%5Dhttp%3A//www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=795&pictureid=6739[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky31186 Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Has anyone seen eBay? http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=200849076576&index=5&nav=SEARCH&nid=36801550803 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Has anyone seen eBay? http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=200849076576&index=5&nav=SEARCH&nid=36801550803 I'll provide a CR Discount as inventories thin :gabe: http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/147356827/original.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledhead36 Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 A pastry company out if Mexico (Bimbo) is looking at buying up the assets after bankruptcy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 I bet lots of companies are interested in buying "twinkies". Hostess is counting on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 A pastry company out if Mexico (Bimbo) is looking at buying up the assets after bankruptcy. called it. no doubt they'll be back once the union people are collecting checks from Obama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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