Work & Business · 2026-11-05
The profiteer and philosopher
The profiteer and philosopher
A woman walks into Walmart and confronts the manager training new employees.
Woman: You must be a profiteer.
Manager: I guess but how did you know?
Woman: Well, you learned about the immense problem of unemployment and apparently thought wow, a cheap source of labor I can use to cut costs!
Manager: Fair enough. You must be a philosopher then.
Woman: Yes! How did you know?
Manager: Well because unemployment has been around for ages and appears intractable and you've been unable to make any real change and yet when I offer an alternative to their current state, and some take it, its somehow my fault!
A woman walks into Walmart and confronts the manager training new employees.
Woman: You must be a profiteer.
Manager: I guess but how did you know?
Woman: Well, you learned about the immense problem of unemployment and apparently thought wow, a cheap source of labor I can use to cut costs!
Manager: Fair enough. You must be a philosopher then.
Woman: Yes! How did you know?
Manager: Well because unemployment has been around for ages and appears intractable and you've been unable to make any real change and yet when I offer an alternative to their current state, and some take it, its somehow my fault!
Source: Reddit.