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Old 11-16-2008, 09:33 PM   #1
richlevy
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Spam

Quite frankly, I'm speechless.

From here

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AUSTIN, Minn. — The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all the overtime they want.
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Through war and recession, Americans have turned to the glistening canned product from Hormel as a way to save money while still putting something that resembles meat on the table. Now, in a sign of the times, it is happening again, and Hormel is cranking out as much Spam as its workers can produce.
In a factory that abuts Interstate 90, two shifts of workers have been making Spam seven days a week since July, and they have been told that the relentless work schedule will continue indefinitely.
Oh the humanity.....

The company I used to work for had a contract with Hormel and one of our programmers got sent to Austin, MN. They loaned him a car with a picture of a pig on it and he had to convince everyone he met that he wasn't a hog buyer.
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