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Date: Tue Oct 04 2005 - 12:51:50 EDT
So true Roger.
I have both a small manufacturing business and a restaurant/bar.
In the manufacturing business your figure of 1/6 is my experience too.
The dead heads don't want to work, they show up when they feel like it,
they cheat on their attendance times, some steal, they have no pride in
their work. Somewhere along the line in the last 40 years the government
unemployment assistance and socialist like support organizations have
developed an attitude that they have a right to be supported. I deplore the
degradation of the entrepreneurship attitude that was the foundation of this
country.
And when it comes to bar tenders and waitresses, cooks etc., the percentage
is far worse. I'm lucky to get one good employee in 10 to 15 I've employed.
The dilemma is that their ability is inversely proportional to their good
looks. One girl we have at the moment, quit school to become a beauty
queen. She is gucking fourgeous but DDUUUUMMMBBB! She literally can't
count, can't add or subtract, won't make the effort to greet customers,
won't restock, won't clean, ugh! But she fills the bar with ogling guys -
talk about a rock and a soft place.
Sorry, I'll get of my soap box.
On the positive side, we've come to an arrangement with Defender for
marketing our marine products after our West Marine marketing contract
expired and prospects looked dim for a while.
Regards,
Andina Marie Foster,
----- Original Message -----
From: "RLESLIE" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: your risk, not mine
> Judy,
>
>
> >Doesn't society have some obligation to care for those unable to
> >care for themselves? Those who can barely afford basic living cannot
afford
> >to pay any form of insurance.
> >
>
> Aren't you talking about two different things: 1) those that truly can
> not help themselves 2) Those who choose not to help themselves and
> live in poverty
>
> I own a small manufacturing business and have found that I must usually
> go though 5-6 bad employees to find one good one. For the vast majority
> (but not all), poverty is a conscious choice.
>
> Roger
>
>SNIP
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