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Tom Sherman
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$kip wrote:
> "Mark Leuck" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>"Tom Sherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Are you happy for all the people in the US working for <$6/hour at
>>>crappy jobs where they are treated as disposable workers?
>>
>>If someone is working a $6 an hour job it's their fault for not trying to
>>improve themselves, you also seem to ignore the fact that personal income
>>has continued to climb not fall
>>
>>
>>>They can not afford recumbent bicycles, and they are likely working at
>>>two or three jobs, so they have no time to ride.
>>
>>They likely do not know what a recumbent bicycle is, most people don't
>>regardless of their personal income
>>
>>
>>>Yes, it is a great country for those born into the lower classes.
>>
>>You continue this rant about people in lower classes getting the screw as
>>if
>>they are totally helpless, instead you will find many who are now
>>considered
>>wealthy were once dirt poor (including many in my own family). They worked
>>for what they have.
>>
>>It must be painful to sit around feeling bitter all the time Tom
>>
>>
>
> Six months ago I had some fencing work done by a Big Box Store who
> subcontracted the job to another smaller company. The installation crew
> leader for the subcontractor was Mexican, in the USA a little over a year.
> In about 15 minutes of arriving at the job site he had uncovered all the Big
> Box Store sales guy's mistakes and sent one of his guys to exchange the
> wrong parts and get the right ones. I was favorably impressed by the way
> this guy ran the job.
>
> Fast forward nine months. This guy stops by to see me again, tells me he
> had started his own fencing business, and would like to have my future
> business. I told him I would be glad to consider him for future work. He
> asked if he could use me as a reference and I said sure. He then asked for
> the names of anyone I knew likely to need fencing work done. I didn't know
> anyone at the time, so he left his new business card and said we would stay
> in touch.
>
> The point I'm trying to make is that Tom doesn't seem to have the foggiest
> notion of this kind of thing or any appreciation of someone working towards
> ownership. Clearly it's outside his mindset.
Why are you dealing with people who business is selling stolen goods?
I could give a more serious reply on how the US system had made the
wrong choice by equating material possessions with quality of life, but
it would be like casting pearls before swine, I am afraid.
--
Tom Sherman - Earth
> "Mark Leuck" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>"Tom Sherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Are you happy for all the people in the US working for <$6/hour at
>>>crappy jobs where they are treated as disposable workers?
>>
>>If someone is working a $6 an hour job it's their fault for not trying to
>>improve themselves, you also seem to ignore the fact that personal income
>>has continued to climb not fall
>>
>>
>>>They can not afford recumbent bicycles, and they are likely working at
>>>two or three jobs, so they have no time to ride.
>>
>>They likely do not know what a recumbent bicycle is, most people don't
>>regardless of their personal income
>>
>>
>>>Yes, it is a great country for those born into the lower classes.
>>
>>You continue this rant about people in lower classes getting the screw as
>>if
>>they are totally helpless, instead you will find many who are now
>>considered
>>wealthy were once dirt poor (including many in my own family). They worked
>>for what they have.
>>
>>It must be painful to sit around feeling bitter all the time Tom
>>
>>
>
> Six months ago I had some fencing work done by a Big Box Store who
> subcontracted the job to another smaller company. The installation crew
> leader for the subcontractor was Mexican, in the USA a little over a year.
> In about 15 minutes of arriving at the job site he had uncovered all the Big
> Box Store sales guy's mistakes and sent one of his guys to exchange the
> wrong parts and get the right ones. I was favorably impressed by the way
> this guy ran the job.
>
> Fast forward nine months. This guy stops by to see me again, tells me he
> had started his own fencing business, and would like to have my future
> business. I told him I would be glad to consider him for future work. He
> asked if he could use me as a reference and I said sure. He then asked for
> the names of anyone I knew likely to need fencing work done. I didn't know
> anyone at the time, so he left his new business card and said we would stay
> in touch.
>
> The point I'm trying to make is that Tom doesn't seem to have the foggiest
> notion of this kind of thing or any appreciation of someone working towards
> ownership. Clearly it's outside his mindset.
Why are you dealing with people who business is selling stolen goods?
I could give a more serious reply on how the US system had made the
wrong choice by equating material possessions with quality of life, but
it would be like casting pearls before swine, I am afraid.
--
Tom Sherman - Earth