Hey everyone, just want to share with you a piece of my not done yet work. Thank you in advance for your comments.

Although, I agree with Sebastian Mallaby that Wal-Mart should make sure it secures profit for its shareholders and that low income families benefit from the company’s low prices on food and first necessity goods, I support Karen Olsson’s point of view.People might still rush at Wal-Mart’s doors when they open a new store to look for a job, because they need to work; and so far this company is the one that is offering them one. Still, it is unacceptable to me that, in America, people get treated this way. America is the leader of democracy and there is a strong discrepancy between the values of the “promised land” and the Wal-Mart’s working conditions. How come that people are still working in an environment that can be described as slavery? Also let’s remind everyone that we are talking here about the world’s largest retailer with $220 billion in sales and the biggest private employer in America (Olsson, “Up Against Wal-Mart”). Wal-Mart’s employees themselves described their working conditions to Karen Olsson. “I was asked to work off the clock, sometimes by the store manager, sometimes by the assistant manager” says Liberty Morales Serna, a former employee in Houston just to explain how he was made to work without been paid for that time; a fact that goes against the labor law.

My name is Mariama , I grew up in a working class family in West Africa.

Whether I should work or not has never being a question for me when I was growing up.

I got my first job in America six(6) years ago at JFK airport as a costumer service representative for an airline company. It is a very fun, and prestigious job I do part-time as I am married with two (2) children.

I've made a big deal of friends since I am working there, and a lot of growing since since 6 years.

I have to mention that, this is a very stressful environment to work in with all the variety of people to deal with, and more importantly the security measures to respect.

Anyway, after watching the movie The High Price of Low Prices in class, I just saw myself and all my colleagues as front line agent, and one more time I became more dedicated to pursuing my dream of working in the medical field; both my parents are doctors in Guinea (if I forgot to mention it). My job offer good medical, travel and retirement benefits also the pay is not that good but the schedule is what disturb me the must.

As a mother and wife, helping my children with their homework, and spending some time with my family is just crutial.

Also, I think that people should really take education seriously cause all these problems we are looking at in class are just related to education. When you are educated and apply for a high ranked job guys, noone will request a drug and alcohol test from you. What do you think ?