WAL-MART TAKES A STAND: USE YOUR OWN BAT, DAMMIT!

In New Haven on Tuesday, a Wal-Mart employee who had been reprimanded for poor performance grabbed a baseball bat and repeatedly hit an assistant manager, injuring him seriously (no joke). According to the store's general manager, Fred Stimson, it is likely that the employee's actions will have a negative impact on his next performance appraisal. "His overall rating is probably going to drop from 'Needs Improvement' to 'Poor'. It's one thing to spit at your supervisor, or even urinate on him, but it's something else entirely to assault your boss in a way that could render the item that was used as a weapon unsuitable for sale. Such behavior is unacceptable."