Brookstone is a mail-order store from which you can buy many very cool (and very expensive) items. Anyway, they have a warehouse in my town. I heard they were hiring seasonal employees for the big Christmas season, so I applied and was interviewed, hired, and trained on a type of forklift called a dockstocker. I felt I was a good employee, until a few months later, I was fired for coming in late.
The only reason I came in late was because I had to call in the day before due to the fact that I had a doctor's appointment and didn't know that we were supposed to work a nine hour shift. That meant I was supposed to come in at 6am rather than the normal time, 7am. I walked in an hour late, i knew i would be in trouble. Later, I was told that my supervisor wanted to see me in her office. I go to her office and she tells me that I am being terminated.
My point is, they have outrageous prices on items that most people don't even need, yet they pay their employees just above minimum wage. Every thing they seel is made in China, so they aren't paying anywhere near the same price per you as the consumer is. They are a multi-billion dollar company... They can afford to pay their employees better wages.
