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Wal-Mart's Terrible Nintendo Wii Knock-Offs
MaryAlan writes "Wal-Mart is now selling an electronic LCD game in the kid's section that resembles a Wiimote so closely that even Wal-Mart employees can't tell them apart in a picture. But the games — made by ToyQuest out of L.A. — are complete and utter crap, to the point of being unplayable. Their only redeeming feature is that they look like the Nintendo Wii, which means Wal-Mart is relying on brand confusion to sell any of these things to unsuspecting customers. There is a gallery of photos online, so you can take a look at side-by-side pictures with a true Wiimote, down to the fake speaker on the front. "
Says someone showing their absolute ignorance of capitalism in the U.S..
what magical country are you talking about? Japan is known for working their employees into the ground under all circumstances. It is considered standard to work your new employees to the bone and then not even let them collect overtime(which is supposedly guaranteed by the government). If you ask why, they tell you "the reason you have to work so hard is because you are too stupid at your job. after 2 or 3 years you can start claiming a little overtime because by then, maybe it's not your fault". of course, it is completely culturally accepted to be treated that way so maybe that is why so many americans think working conditions are actually good.
Japanese employees definitely get the short end of the stick. worse yet, most pay is based purely on seniority (like most unions in the US) meaning the skilled person at 25, even if twice as good as the 45 year old, gets far far less in comp. Hurray for unionism, keeping the most inept receiving paychecks and guarantying raises and jobs for even the most incompetent. I pity all my japanese friends when they tell me about their work and lots of them wish they could work for a foreign company(which I do).