Walk a mile in their $1.25, made in China, discount sneakers and perhaps you can see why they are angry and dissatisfied. What could it be that is pestering them - the teems of equally angry people who shop there, sacrificing good sense and environmental responsibility for the cheapest deal in town. Or perhaps it is the fact that they can barely support a family on their meager income. Or maybe it is just because they work at WalMart…

A corporation who signed off their employees benefit package to sell you groceries at basement discount prices. A corporation who employs as few workers as possible, for as cheap as possible, to barely cover the minimum staffing requirements, which in turn whips customers into a heated frenzy that they can find someone to help them. You are blaming the workers rather than examining who is really to blame.

We all are. The company will continue to underpay, under staff and neglect their responsibility as environmental stewards until we decide that we can forgo our need for more, more, more and look for local - responsible ways to support our lifestyles.