Jim Stewart wrote:

Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus32681 wrote:

On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:53:17 -0600, williamhenry wrote:

when I was hired out of high school and had a wife and new baby on the way ,
the shop foreman told me that being on time was mandatory !!

well after a few weeks I had car trouble and came in about 45 minutes late ,
got called into H.R and was told in no uncertain terms that you only get to
come in late once

that the second occasion , regardless the reason you would be fired .....
now I knew why all the other guys arrived one half to three quarters of an
hour early every day

If I heard that, I would leave that f^&*(g place at the first
opportunity.

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If I heard that at an interview I'd get up and walk out the door
laughing my ass off. If it was sprung on my at a later point I'd get up
and walk out the door laughing my ass off.

Even with a wife and a new baby on the way?
Been there, done that, I'd be on time, at
least until I could get something else lined
up.

I don't have any dependents other than my cat and don't plan to have any
dependents any time soon, if ever.

Pete's law: "Don't buy anything that is expensive and high maintenance,
that you'll only get to use occasionally, when you can rent a better
one, for less money, when you'll actually get to use it and not have to
deal with any maintenance"

Applies to tools, women and just about everything else.

Pete C.



No job is worth that kind of BS regardless of pay and I've left far
better jobs like the part time one that paid me $24/hr to sit at a desk
and surf the 'net all day on Saturdays waiting for the phone to ring. I
could only take that boredom for so long (friggin' Maytag repair man
syndrome) and finally told them they needed to find some actual work to
keep me busy or find someone else.

Pete C.