# Salvation army... Five years down the drain **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 11, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501 "2016-08-11T23:10:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/81 "2016-08-16T01:01:25Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Claude Leaves But you could only tell by the footprints appearing in the snow. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/82 "2016-08-16T01:12:02Z")
**Claude’s** thread remains. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/83 "2016-08-16T02:52:20Z")
Clawed, Re-manes ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/84 "2016-08-17T02:05:39Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > But you could only tell by the footprints appearing in the snow. 40,000 posts. What does this mean? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/85 "2016-08-17T02:07:42Z")
Really? 40,000 Posts? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/86 "2016-08-17T02:36:39Z")
Damn son, you must more to say than QED…Go ahead now. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/87 "2016-08-17T02:43:23Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > 40,000 posts. What does this mean? 6.87 a day. What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/88 "2016-08-17T03:06:57Z")
It means that post count Trumps giving a shit about other posters. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/89 "2016-08-17T03:12:49Z")
But just one post in this thread. Try harder. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/90 "2016-08-17T03:34:09Z")
I don’t wanna try harder. I just wanna move on. Once again,Thanks to all who where supportive. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/91 "2016-08-17T03:41:16Z")
Clod Vanishes ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/92 "2016-08-17T04:47:48Z")
Blank slate indeed. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/93 "2016-08-17T05:15:59Z")
Anagram time! **Caramel Undies** ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/94 "2016-08-17T09:03:34Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > 40,000 posts. What does this mean? Claude Raines played the invisible man. If he’s leaving, the only way you can tell is the footprints in the snow leading away from you. (unless I’m being whooshed and you just wanted to get a dig in) ---
**Author:** ![Lurking\_Quahog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lurking_quahog/32/21274_2.png) [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/95 "2016-08-17T20:28:38Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > frank… I was told that someone I reported for shoplifting came back and made complaints about several employees. > > The customer is always right? > > I have a new mortgage and a kid in College. Wait, people shoplift from Salvation Army?! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/96 "2016-08-17T20:32:37Z")
> [@Lurking\_Quahog](#): > > Wait, people shoplift from Salvation Army?! They wouldn’t tolerate that in the Salvation Navy. They’d hang the thief from the yardarm at dawn. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/97 "2016-08-17T20:33:30Z")
> [@Lurking\_Quahog](#): > > Wait, people shoplift from Salvation Army?! For some shoplifters it’s the thrill of committing the crime, not any monetary gain. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/98 "2016-08-18T15:40:26Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > 40,000 posts. What does this mean? What? Are you saying you have a life outside of this board? Like a job and family and friends and hobbies? What are you some kind of lizard alien? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/99 "2016-08-19T20:59:28Z")
Is “fighting ignorance” exempt here in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Lucky\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501/100 "2016-08-19T23:40:08Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > Not necessarily, in many places in the country there is intense competition for even minimum wage jobs, especially ones with a convenient commute (commute that doesn’t eat up most of the wages). If the OP had a reasonably pleasant working situation. Co-workers he got along with who pulled their weigh and a cheap commute, he has every right to be mad as hell because the company preferred to believe the potential shoplifter over the employee with 5 years experience. Sound like they were looking for reasons to get rid of employees with experience (and hence slightly higher hourly wages). A lot places in the minimum wage world do this. I just wanted to come back and say after reading BigT’s and your response again, i want to apologize to the OP. My post was, what i thought at the time, insightful, but it was just douchey. I don’t know what you were going through when this happened and the PIT is here for rants. Sorry you lost your job and sorry jerks like me piled on. I will do better and be smarter next time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvation-army-five-years-down-the-drain/762501.md?page=6)