Threats To Boycott Woolworths!

**ians** · 05-Sep-12, 06:16 PM

Woolies is not that stupid, they know white people will keep shopping its a status thing for white people to shop at woolies, none of the stores i shop at, have any white people employed, but we all keep shopping. There is no ways whites will boycot woolies.

**Nickolai Naydenov** · 05-Sep-12, 07:21 PM

That's just ridiculous OMW

**adrianh** · 05-Sep-12, 07:38 PM

I can't see why shopping at Foolworths is a status symbol, their products aren't any better than the Spar. Our local Spar has a stunning bakery and they have one token white packer too....

**AndyD** · 05-Sep-12, 09:08 PM

Woolworths hands are tied by the law. They have to fill quotas according to race otherwise they get large fines at the very least. If they were under the prescribed quota for black employees in the departments where they were filling the posts what choice do they have?

**wynn** · 06-Sep-12, 09:48 AM

Anyway what is the madam going to make for supper?

**ians** · 07-Sep-12, 07:32 AM

Spar doesnt have a card which can put you into debt for your food.

**Just Gone** · 06-Sep-12, 10:27 AM

There is simply no future for a young white person in this country. The only prospect that a young white person has in this country is to study hard and save for a plane ticket to go abroad.....

I'm sorry adrian - I do not agree with you on this one. Here is my reasoning ......
My wife owns a recruitment business .......... She has had the best two years of the business - there are plenty jobs out there for all colours. There are still a few companies that want BEE, but most companys want good QUALIFIED people. There is some shortage of good qualified people but that does not mean that there is no work out there !!

On the other hand she is finding it more and more that people just dont want to work. White children leave school and expect to earn big bucks -- they are not prepared to start at the bottom after perhaps getting a degree and then work there way up. You will not believe the problems she encounters with candidates looking for a job from not pitching for and interview with her company - to not pitching for the interview with the client - to arriving late - to saying its too far for them to work - to not being able to get hold of them on their cell phones to go for a second interview - to lying about their qualifications or their itc record - to ........ I could go on.

I am not generalising but this is happening more and more . Her problem is not finding clients - her problem is finding the right person for the job. Yes companies are getting more fussy about who they employ, but believe me when they find the right person they grab them.

My daughter recently qualified as an attorney last year - I have told her with no doubt that she must start at the bottom, gain experience, show your employer that you WANT to work and learn and slowly work her way up. Because of this she has already networked and been approached by law firms.

So yes there is perhaps less work out there than before ......... but there is plenty of opportunities for kids that are prepared to work - go out there - start with a lower salary to prove themselves and work your way up !

**Blurock** · 06-Sep-12, 11:41 AM

Kevin, I have the same experience.

Maybe its the way that we bring up our kids. Kids compete with branded clothes and accessories and never do a stitch of work to earn pocket money. They just live on the handouts from the parents who are too lazy to get involved any way. It is apparently easier to give the kids money to get lost and not trouble them over the weekends, than to get involved with the kids' hobbies, sports, activities and friends.

**tec0** · 06-Sep-12, 12:01 PM

I remember we had this argument before... The reality is you don’t get to start at the bottom you start at the top in the deep end of the shark pool AND you get paid as if you started from the bottom.

I say this because people are no longer interested in showing the new employee the ropes. They must jump in and perform as if they did the job for a 100 years or more. Now I can point at 7 companies that do this. Two of them massive industry giants.

It is a game they play and sometimes they end up facing the CCMA but most of the times they don’t. They get away with it. They always do... A good example is actually found on this forum. An apprentice being held liable for damages! If you ask them about the quality control and insurances they magically disappear or it is not relevant... That just highlights the facts as they are.

Other than that it is easy to say someone is lazy. Truth is you car need regular maintenance and your phone needs air time. Both are not provided for when you start a new crappy job. Thus making the job itself unaffordable. I remember we had a massive argument about this but the truth is your basic income must enable you to take care of the basics. Some cases they do others they don’t.

Now I am not saying you don’t get the lazy lot... You do but you also get those that are willing to work but the job is not worth it because they cannot afford it to work this is a real actual problem. Now if we had better public transport this may well change. If our basic living standards where cheaper this situation may well change.

**Blurock** · 06-Sep-12, 03:39 PM

tec0 does have a point. It costs a labourer up to 40% of his wages to get to work. It therefore does not pay for him to work half day, as the transport costs for a full day and a half day is the same.

I have had this argument with one of my manufacturing clients who insisted that staff come in on a Saturday morning (just to make up the weekly hours). Nothing much happened on a Saturday and they were given menial tasks to keep them busy.

We later agreed to work an additional hour from Monday to Friday and have Saturday off, which saved one day's transport cost. Needless to say, productivity increased immediately.