here are some references http://www.usna.edu/Users/polisci/purkitt/behavioraltraps.ppt http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/soc_psych/platt_soc_trap.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Superimposed_schedules
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 'behavioral trap'? > > When I was unemployed, do you think it would have been better for me > and my family to purchase more expensive goods from places that were > not Wal-Mart? > > What you call a 'behavioral trap', I call common sense. If you do not > have a whole lot of money to play with, you need to be frugal. The > best place for me to do that around here is Wal-Mart. > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> and that in a nutshell is why so many manufacturing jobs are going offshore. >> >> Its a classic behavioral trap, the short term positive consequences >> outweigh the long term negative ones. >> >> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> To be honest, in this economy, I don't give a shit. >>> >>> I, like a lot of people, need to get the most out of each and every >>> dollar I spend. The best place for that, in my opinion, is Wal-Mart. >>> >>> When the economy turns around, and I am no longer afraid that it may >>> effect my job, then I can go back to supporting local businesses, >>> until then, I need to do what is best for my family. >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> With Walmart however its not just the employees they like to screw >>>> around, its the small and medium businesses that are the suppliers for >>>> the company. >>>> >>>> What happens is that the contracts allow for a renegotiation every >>>> year. Year 1 no problem, the supplier typically gives a reasonable >>>> price which Walmart accepts. Year 2 Walmart comes back and tells the >>>> supplier to knock 5% off the price. If not Walmart will go overseas to >>>> a Chinese supplier who can meet that price. That's not so bad so the >>>> supplier usually complies. Unfortunately Walmart then does it on year >>>> 3 and 4. Quite rapidly the supplier finds that his margin has >>>> disappeared and they either have to let the Walmart contract go (which >>>> has its own problems) or they have to go overseas themselves to meet >>>> the new price. In the end the supplier and the people working for that >>>> supplier in the US lose out. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Didn't you use that example last week and didn't Jerry shoot it down? >>>>> They don't raise prices and they create as many new business as the >>>>> ones they replace. >>>>> >>>>> I must've missed it. I missed a lot of the list last week. It was a busy >>>>> week. I'll have to go hunt through the archives. >>>>> >>>>>>Also, WalMart, like most retail jobs pay around minimum wage and >>>>> employee college kids, housewives and retirees. If you are working >>>>> there as a career they do have management opportunities but not that >>>>> many. >>>>> >>>>> That's what they'd like. The truth of the matter is that an awful lot of >>>>> people depend on full time Wal-Mart jobs to pay the bills. I know >>>>> several of them and they make more than minimum wage (not that they're >>>>> well paid by any stretch, but it's not minimum wage). Admittedly most of >>>>> them are high school graduates or people who such useful majors as >>>>> philosophy or, but that doesn't change the fact that they work full time >>>>> at Wal-Mart. One in particular actually has a business degree but stays >>>>> at Wal-Mart because she's getting by just fine (and, I think, is scared >>>>> of change). The last several years Wal-Mart corporate has been bending >>>>> over backwards to make their lives miserable because it costs them a >>>>> hell of a lot less to fill the schedule with college kids, housewives, >>>>> and retirees who don't qualify for full time benefits. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
