It’s amazing the people you meet during a morning rush hour canvass… It’s great to know that people who are rushing to get to work on time still have a few minutes to stop and listen to what we have to say.

This morning we woke up bright and early and hit Center City Philadelphia armed with sign-up sheets, flyers and our tour bus “Smiley.” We spread out in the shadow of City Hall to reach as many morning commuters as possible and ultimately passed out more than 3,500 flyers.

The very first person I met had seen our television ad last night and thanked us for coming to the city of brotherly love. She said it makes her sick that so many Wal-Mart employees are forced (and many times encouraged by Wal-Mart) to sign up for government health care… and she should know. She works in the local Medicaid office.

After about an hour of signing people up on clip boards I met a woman whose sister works at Wal-Mart. She told me a story I’ve heard far too many times. Her sister works long hours (though not enough to be considered full time)… she struggles from pay check to pay check but every day she shows up on time to do her job. And, in reward, Wal-Mart doesn’t even pay her enough to live above the poverty line.

I could probably go on and on talking about the people we met today… their stories only embolden our commitment to bring change to Wal-Mart and America.

If you have a story, be sure to go to share it with us in the comments. We’re on the bus right now heading to Baltimore and we’d love to know what you think.