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Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 22:28:57 -0800, Scott in Aztlán
wrote: Interestingly, the machines breakdown quite a bit. Irrelevant. The customers could just as easily use the regular scanning stations if the store managers would allow them. I can self-check at the library also, but I don't call librarians unskilled labor. Absolutely not. Librarians typically have MLS degrees or better. Of course, they also do things like reference work, cataloging, classification, and other decidedly non-menial tasks. About the most mentally challenging thing a grocery store cashier does is count out her drawer at the end of her shift. When I was in middle school, I used to cashier for $3.35/hour. Creative job of clipping. I suspect adult checkers do much more than just cashiering too. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 01:24:44 -0500, Jon Walters
wrote: I am the original poster. I was responding to this post: The post you responded to did not appear in misc.kids where I am reading from the rant that most MKers are responding to was the following part of the post I saw as the OP. It was signed Jon. So I assume it was your post. And you are trolling MK. *********** (begin OP include) First of all -- the kids of this generation are spoiled and "do no wrong" in the eyes of their parents. They are right and you are wrong .... especially when a 13 year old wanted $40 to shovel the snow from my sidewalk recently. I told the kid I'll give him $10 and he walked away. Good. I'll wait until it melts before I pay that much. (end OP include) ************* -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 23:40:52 GMT, "Stephen!" wrote:
Nan wrote in : Interesting how Jon's dropped out of this thread... no answers on how deep the snow was, how long his walk is, and how he ended up getting it done. Interesting how this "do it for the children" bull**** keeps showing up on rec.motorcycles.... Your trolls, your problem. I never delete x-posts to other groups because I am never sure where the poster is posting from, but if you don't want to hear parents opinions on a matter, then don't x-post to parenting groups. mk gets plenty of trolls that say *don't have children* or *get your kids away from us* -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again
Stephen! wrote:
"Circe" wrote in news:GqILb.103804$pY.103656@fed1read04: As someone who got as far as starting her thesis, let me point out that there is a surfeit of PhDs who can't get a job in their own fields (because there are relatively few available in a lot of fields) and who therefore do all sorts of other things for a living. Some of them might do manual labor, for all I know. My uncle, PhD in Medeival Studies, sells cars. Not physical labor, but not exactly a job requiring an advanced degree, either... Which comes right around to my original point... Waste your time and money getting all those "advanced" degrees to end up cleaning the **** stains out of someone else's toilet... Good game plan there, fer-sher... I don't think that's anyone's "game plan". Life, however, is what happens when we're making other plans. I was working on a PhD in Classics. I have a Master's in the subject. I now work as an instructional designer for a software company. I very much enjoy my job, which is much like what I thought I would do with my PhD (write and teach), except that the subject matter is completely different. Point being that I didn't end up doing what I thought I would (being a college professor), but I still ended up doing something I enjoy. My education was hardly a waste. -- Be well, Barbara (Julian [6], Aurora [4], and Vernon's [22 mos.] mom) This week's special at the English Language Butcher Shop: "Call anywhere, any time...virtually from any phone" -- prepaid phone card dispenser Daddy: You're up with the chickens this morning. Aurora: No, I'm up with my dolls! All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are not those of my Internet Service Provider, its other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman |
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Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again
Stephen! wrote:
"Circe" wrote in news:gvILb.103807$pY.86860@fed1read04: Half the time, the self-serve lanes are not operational and half the time, when they are, something rings up incorrectly and you must get someone to fix it. So they only work properly one out of four times? Hell, I must have some real good luck. Maybe I should start buying lottery tickets that way. Maybe. All I can say is that I have had very little success with them. They are generally not turned on at all when I go into the store, and the one time I tried to use them, I had a problem with the scanner and so did another person who was using another machine. I pretty well gave up on them as a bigger waste of my time than standing in line to wait for a human checker. -- Be well, Barbara (Julian [6], Aurora [4], and Vernon's [22 mos.] mom) This week's special at the English Language Butcher Shop: "Call anywhere, any time...virtually from any phone" -- prepaid phone card dispenser Daddy: You're up with the chickens this morning. Aurora: No, I'm up with my dolls! All opinions expressed in this post are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are not those of my Internet Service Provider, its other subscribers or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itchin' for a fight. -- with apologies to Michael Feldman |
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Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again
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Scott in Aztl?n wrote: On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:05:25 GMT, "P. Tierney" wrote: I agree. But the poster seemed to think that the kid should've accepted his price without question, and that's what I disagree with. I don't understand how you and toto got that impression. To refresh our memories, here's the quote again: On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 01:05:03 -0500, Jon Walters wrote: First of all -- the kids of this generation are spoiled and "do no wrong" in the eyes of their parents. They are right and you are wrong .... especially when a 13 year old wanted $40 to shovel the snow from my sidewalk recently. I told the kid I'll give him $10 and he walked away. Good. I'll wait until it melts before I pay that much. To my mind, Jon is saying he felt the kid's asking price was too high, he made a counteroffer, and they could not come to terms so the kid left. Where's the "bitching?" Where's the "demand" that the kid shovel his walk, or that the kid accept his price? Frankly, I don't see any of this stuff. I see him calling the kids spoiled and his parents overindulgent because he walked away. It may not be a demand, but it is certainly critical of the boy's decision. meh -- Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care |
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Rant: Over indulgent parents strike again
Some teens are nice enough to shovel snow for free for those old
fellows they like...usually because they (the old fellows) are nice people. I've never known ANY teen (or anyone else of any age) to shovel snow for someone they disliked, or thought was a jerk. You might take a good look at yourself, and see which category you fall into. It's a good thing then that: 1. I ain't old 2. It don't snow here Thnk I'll go for a ride today and find some teens toward whom I can be an asshole. -- Mark Johnson, Fort Worth, Texas; IBA #?; CM #1; DoD #2021 2003 FJR1300 "E˛" "It's amazing how long we've been going to hell in a handbasket ,without ever getting there." Will Rodgers |
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