I remember my first childhood experience with a Hostess cupcake at the home of a friend having a birthday. I thought his mother was very cool… we had cake, punch and various Hostess products! I went for the Cream filled chocolate cupcake! YUM! I was in heaven.
Of course, heaven doesn’t last very long as a child. When I returned home I found all the usually waiting for me, including a great big bowl of carrots. The ‘line’ I received at home was always,”Hungry? then eat a carrot!” We’ve all met these women in our lives… flogging is too good for them!
Twinkies is certainly one of the greatest inventions on this earth. I stuck with the chocolate cakes though as I found Twinkies too compelling. It was like one was too many… and a million was not enough! Hostess Cupcakes are my sweet addiction… and like all wonderful things, I would ration them out over time. I am hoarding them now and they should keep me through the next zombie apocalypse… but they will be missed.
The great union organizer Samuel Gompers once said that unions should not have to support an inefficient marketplace; however, he faced companies with huge resources and not those teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, the growing burden of taxation and the widening economic depression ( DEFINITION: two or more quarters of recession) that we face today.
Cooperation and compromise have disappeared and the unintended consequences of arrogance and pride have lead us here today. On a personal note: proud of the Teamsters and having been one as they tried to keep the company alive!