| The CultBecoming a part of the Cult,
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| | occasionally to fit the position that I
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| consists of being recruited a member of
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| | held within the cult.The inclusiveness,
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| the cult, as a person that can be relied
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| | the confidentiality of different
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| on to assume responsibilities and
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| | situations became paramount to my
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| accomplish all or almost all things
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| | standing within the cult.If at any time,
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| requested.Depending upon the position you
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| | I became a maverick or bucked my
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| hold and the person that you are attached
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| | immediate supervisor I found that I would
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| to the most, any position can be engaging
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| | immediately pulled aside and put on
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| and can be so different from any other
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| | notice about my conduct and how I should
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| experience that you have had prior to
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| | go about repairing any damage I inflicted
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| Walmart in almost any retail sector that
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| | upon the cult. All of it was done in a
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| you feel you are being chosen for great
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| | very nurturing way and during this type
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| things.Along with morning meetings and
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| | of situation I was informed how I would
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| consistently being told how much you mean
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| | be now and always expected to conduct
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| as an individual to the company, by your
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| | myself in the future.It is when the
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| recruiter, management and the general
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| | situation becomes personal and changes
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| population you feel an inclusiveness that
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| | the actual way that a person views life,
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| is hard to describe. Before the end of
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| | that it simulates brainwashing.It is when
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| each meeting the feeling, gets closer to
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| | one person recruits another and has no
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| being accepted into a religious
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| | reason for doing it other than their
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| organization or sorority, and when you
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| | standing within the cult that it is not
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| are accepted, in some way you sincerely
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| | normal. When the only reward is the
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| begin to believe what you are being told
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| | person's standing within the cult will be
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| is that you belong to a new family. "The
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| | higher because the person knows what they
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| Walmart Family" You begin to believe that
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| | are doing what is right according to
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| "The Walmart Way" is the better way, the
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| | Walmart.
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| only way.I did not see it happening and I
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| | Once you have entered the status of
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| begin to correlate past experiences with
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| | truly being brain washed all situations
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| this new and empowered way of working. I
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| | that are accepted by the cult as
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| am sure I felt something then that most
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| | justifiable are accepted personally as
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| typical retail employees seldom if ever
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| | well.My personal experience has resulted
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| feel. A sense of power.
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| | with the inner conflict that occurs with
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| As the brainwashing continued, I found
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| | mentally trying to accept "The Walmart
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| myself accepting any number of practices
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| | Way" over biological family members and
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| that are not truly acceptable according
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| | numerous coworkers that have had
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| to written company policy but are known
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| | situations requiring one to take
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| to the members as unwritten rules that
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| | sides.All issues due to any number of
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| are to be followed by all without
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| | internal or external situations that
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| question or concern.I found myself
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| | present themselves seem to trigger an
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| accepting the unacceptable. Policies and
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| | automatic defense system. To do anything
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| procedures that were just plain common
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| | other than this would cause one to be
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| sense meant nothing soon. Even when I
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| | shunned by the cult and would cause
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| complained about something that was going
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| | members to inflict mental strain and
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| on or went to the office seeking
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| | stress on the person not conforming to
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| information, or asked why, eventually I
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| | what is considered to be a part of your
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| you would accept that it was the way it
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| | responsibility to the company as an
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| should be in the end and continued to
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| | associate.There is a psychological aspect
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| feel that someday I would get the
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| | to being a Walmart associate that truly
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| recognition and the position that I truly
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| | finds no special job code.Julie Pierce
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| did deserve.Depending on your view of
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| | has worked in the retail sector for more
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| what a job is you may find yourself
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| | than thirty years.
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| accepting and or doing things in order to
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| | She has been a union member of the UCFW
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| please the management that has been so
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| | Union and the afl-cio more than once and
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| good to you.I found that seldom if ever
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| | has worked for more than one large
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| did I say anything that would offend
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| | retailer during the course of her career.
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| anyone. Situations that would normally
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| | She attended Gulf Coast Community
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| be questionable to me, even according to
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| | College, Panama City Beach, Florida, in
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| Walmart company policy or my own moral
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| | the nineties in the pursuit of a degree
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| beliefs became acceptable.
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| | in Journalism and Mass
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| Things such as Gender discrimination or
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| | Communications.Some of her work has been
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| favoritism becomes acceptable and some
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| | published during the eighties and
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| how I knew inside bringing it up as
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| | nineties in various editorial pages of
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| unfair would label me as a problem.This
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| | newspapers in the state of New Jersey and
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| in turn would cause the person or manager
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| | Florida. She also did some work as a
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| who was so good to me, to be hurt and
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| | community reporter for a weekly newspaper
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| unhappy I would think or even suggest it
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| | in Panama City Florida. Other work
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| is what it is.I found it was not hard to
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| | includes an article in the Gulls Cry, the
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| accept and believe all of it was for my
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| | Gulf Coast Community College
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| own good. I started to believe the
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| | newspaper.She is the wife of TSgt William
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| company would never want to mistreat or
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| | F. Pierce Jr. (retired) USAF and the
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| discriminate against anyone even when it
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| | mother of three children and one
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| looked that way. I believed the reasons
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| | grandchild.Her experience with Walmart
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| or concerns I had, what ever they were,
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| | has taken her into three different
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| were being handled in a justifiable way
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| | regions and six districts within the
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| and it is was all for the good of the
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| | company. In over a six-year period has
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| family.Once I became a bona fide member,
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| | worked in ten Walmart stores for twelve
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| the procedure continued and changed
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| | Walmart Store Managers.
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