COMMENTERRY--

Recently, I saw a group of Wal Mart employees assembled in a store aisle rewarding a manager-type person with scattered applause as she spewed the company line.

As I pondered what I was seeing, the manager-type then led these folks in a cheer—you know the kind we used to have in high school pep assemblies.

Egad!

I covered the chuckle on my face as I retreated from the spectacle, hoping to avoid embarrassing the employees who appeared to be forced to endure this daily ritual of sophomoric, corporate hype.