On 10/14/2013 3:44 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
I gave up on corporate America in the early 1980's due to Affirmative
Action where women and minorities were promoted all around me and they
couldn't do the job but I could. They didn't want to pay for my skills
so I went out on my own and they had to call me when the morons couldn't
make anything work. I did take an overseas job for The SDI program but
that wasn't permanent. I do a lot of contract labor when I can but I
don't have to tolerate ANY male bovine droppings. I can fire customers
and have done so when they become troublesome and start to believe I'm
their employee. Me and JH will often be the last people called in to fix
a problem and when we ask, "Why didn't you call us first?" the answer is
often, "You charge too much." I suppose the lack of math comprehension
is due to government school education where management will pay three
different companies $65/hr for a service call who can't fix it right
rather than call us for $85/hr to fix it right the first trip. I know a
guy who spent $100.00, $10.00 at a time trying to get an inkjet
cartridge refilled rather than pay $30.00 for a remanufactured
cartridge. The lack of understanding of simple math among the citizenry
drives me nuts. o_O

TDD

I'm on that list, sadly. I wanted a pressure washer. Electric plug in,
for cleaning stuff at work. Bought one from Ebay, $50, which arrived and
find out it was missing tips. The Sears guys didn't even admit there was
a Craftsman electric pressure washer. Bought a wand and tips at Lowe's
for about $65. Came with hose. Find out the pressure switch on unit 1
was defective. Red Sears, Craftsman. So, I bought a blue Campbell
Hausfield. That was maybe $60 or so. The high pressure housing cracked
after a couple jobs. Plastic!

Went to shop around. Home Depot had one with metal housing, and I've
been using it since. $98 plus tax. So now, I've got about $400 invested
in a $98 pressure washer.

Idiot, reporting, sir!

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