Subj : Re: A Crappy Sales Call
To   : Daryl Stout
From : George Pope
Date : Wed Aug 04 2021 18:37:13

 >   I have to wonder if they're mature enough to deal with running a BBS.
 > Most folks today can't or won't accept 2 facts:

Mjany weren't & just played host to fellow immature idiots, acting especially
toadish to those who unwittingly joined without knowing the lay of the land..

 > 1) Life is NOT "Fair". Fair is a call in baseball, a weather term, or
 > a carnival.

True 'nough!

"I started with nothing & still have most of it left."

I'll help anyone out until I see they're just trtakers (I try to reserve my
time for fellow givers)

Takers never know the blessed joy of "Receiving" only the "ho hum" of
"Getting"

 > 2) Life is NOT "Burger King". You can NOT always 'Have It Your Way'. Or,
 > as Borg Burgers notes, "We do it OUR WAY -- your way is irrelevant".

I point out: "Het, buddy, you didn't make the ryles, nor create the game
board"; play right or walk away.

 >   If folks spot glitches, and they let me know, they're more inclined to
 > stay in my good graces. The two recent glitches:

If I spot any, I go out of my way to ensure the sysop knows.

 >   I have, unfortunately. They tried to get me to come back, after I
 > had resigned, because of my health; and I apologized, saying "My
 > body won't let me do it anymore".

One job I had, paying 40% more than minimum wage was dangerous to the health,
so I gave my two weeks notice; he offered me 50% more than cvurrentot stay; I
pointed out that my mind was made up, but thanks for the respect.  He 
decideed to waive the two week's nmotice & even gave me a week's pay as a
sendoff (mutual respect works, plus I was his best producer in over 20 years
per the supervisors who'd been there 30 years)

Ourt of respect for his g iving me a job, I maintain loyalty by keeping his
secrets, even now, 22 years later!

 >   I still think of that story I told you of the textile business
 > in New England, run by a Jewish guy. A fire before Thanksgiving
 > heavily damaged the place, and the employees were looking at no
 > pay for the holidays and no work until spring. Yet, the insurance
 > settled quickly, and they rebuilt quickly. The owner still paid
 > them during the downtime, so when the place re-opened, they were
 > ready to kiss his feet. He was there when they needed him, so they
 > were ready to sacrifice and work extra to help him. I think the
 > only way one quit working there was if they medically could not,
 > or if they died. 

That's the way to do it!

I heard lots of fun stories from truckers during my hitchhiking years, like
the mill owner who gave a huge (2-months pay) bonus every Xmas to his 
workers, & paid better than any other mill of the type.

One year a union rep came in, riled up the workers & got them to signh up to
his union.  He declared a strrikem, to get more money, & the owner came out 
of his office, onto the catwalk, above the picketing workers to tear up a
bunch of cheques & to say, "That's the end of your Xmas bonuses, boys!"

Another generously-paid shop went union, shut him down by picketing & the
owner just packed up himself, his family, & his deep bank account & opened a
new shop a couple towns over. Supposedly the picketring was going on at the
old site for years after!

I've no real idea of the trueness of these stories, but they sound good &
bespeak of reasonable comeuppance, IMO.

I freaked out the shop foreman of a paper mill across from the fast food 
place I worked at for $5/hour in the late '80s when he offered me a job
starting at $16/hour, the next Monday morning. I asked if it was union; he
said "of course" & I said "No thanks, I'm happy enough here."; he was also
offering me to go from a 72-hour work week to 37.5 hours, but no thanks; I
worked only what I'd agreed to & was able to do. (& I had cute young gals for
coworkers at the restaurant vs sweaty old men at the mill)

I choose contentment(aka "enough") for my life, not "more"

I hated my job as a bowling alley union rep
They were always having strikes

The soviet union was doomed to fail.
The red flags were everywhere.

Did you hear the announcement from the Janitors' Union?
They proposed some sweeping changes.




 >   I love going into a business where you can clearly see that the
 > employees enjoy their job.

 >  GP> You did it right: if we all tayed at home (if not too dysfunctional)
 >  GP> until marrying, there'd be less divorce & children of broken homes.

 >   I think the empty nest syndrome kicked in, as my Mom and Dad were
 > originally against me getting married. I didn't invite them to the
 > wedding, although they found out when they saw the marriage license
 > request in the paper. Yet, they were amazed at how well I handled it.

 >  GP> Good times. I had fun, playing 100+ hands of cribbae a day (never for
 >  GP> $$), including crib solitaire! & when it ws slow(no cribbage 
players),
 >  GP> I handcoded BASIC programs that never got programmed into my Vic=20
 >  GP> back home in BC!

 >   The only games I play are on the BBS...I wish I had more time to do so.

 >  GP> Q: Why do spiders make the best programmers?
 >  GP> A: They're great at debugging & can recreate a web overnight

 >  GP> So you know the programming language C...
 >  GP> next is C++, or C2 since its the second one, then there's C# or C3
 >  GP> since the # symbol is just shift 3.

 >  GP> I can't wait for the next iteration, C4! I hear its gonna be... A
 >  GP> blast!

 >  GP> Q: What was Princess Leia's LEAST favorite programming language?
 >  GP> A: Jabbascript

 >  GP> My Dad dropped his phone in a cup of coffee...
 >  GP> After a stunned silence...

 >  GP> "At least it runs Java now."

 >   Wasn't there a deal to get rid of that, because of security issues??

 > Daryl

 > ... Newspaper Headline: "Crack Found on Governor's Daughter."
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Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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