Plan B

In an effort to stay on top of the world of insurance and related matters, I do occasionally stray from my cave (as the wife refers to it) and actually venture out in the world. I keep trying to convince her that, thanks to Al Gore, we now have the internet to provide virtually all our needs.

The daily rag used to be delivered almost to my door, although it usually landed in the street, or on a windy day in my neighbors’ yard, and his neighbors’ yard, and his neighbors’ yard . . . and would bring me selected information on the outside world. Now I simply point & click and the news I want, when I want it appears before me.

Apparently there is a retail store where the common people can find mass quantities of no-name cheap goods. I have probably heard the name a few times but in keeping with my creed to refrain from maliciously attacking people just because they have no tastes for the good things in life, I will simply refer to this store as AllMart.

It seems this store has a reputation not only for cheap wares but also has created a stir in some communities because of their benefit package. As I understand, AllMart locates their stores in communities that have few, if any job opportunities for unskilled workers. AllMart then engages in the under-handed practice of hiring these unskilled laborers for menial jobs that pay a competitive wage and provide benefits including a 401(k), stock options and health insurance.

This appears to me to be overly generous but some will disagree. They claim the benefit package, in particular the health insurance, is not adequate to cover all the needs of the employees and their families. I do find it curious that those who complain about the health insurance are not employed by AllMart, but rather have mundane jobs in fields like social services, creative writing and art. Apparently there is something in their brain that is malfunctioning that causes them to be overly critical of “big business”. There seems to be a disconnect that prohibits them from realizing it were not for “big business” they would not have a paycheck. This must be why they were unable to receive a business degree in college and had to settle for something in the field of liberal arts . . . an appropriately named field I might add.

But I digress . . .

The latest news item about AllMart involves something referred to as Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill. This is a pill for those who are unable to think beyond their animal desires and fail to take measures to prevent contraception.

No doubt, many of these people are social workers, creative writers and artists.

Now that AllMart will be stocking the morning-after pill I imagine these same critics will now patronize the store after they sober up and realize the bum they picked up the night before might not have been such a good idea after all.

I believe this may be what some refer to as Karma.

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