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Newps wrote:
Are you kidding? At least around here Home Depot and Lowe's hires plumbers for the plumbing department and electricians for the electrical and lighting departments, etc. Go to the Mom and Pop shops like Ace and Hardware Hank and if you don't get the owner you'll get some high school kid and you'll be lucky if he knows where the plumbing aisle is. If I know what I want I'll go to Ace, because it's closer. And I'll pay more by the way. If I need help I'll stick with Lowe's and HD. I brought up HD because I used to work for their ad dept. You've seen Homer? I used to draw him. I have stock in HD and appreciate every dime you spend there, thank you. HD and Lowes will hire ex-contractors if at all possible, but it isn't possible in every market, for a variety of reasons. The number of pros they need to staff the stores isn't always available. I brought up this issue long ago and was pooh-poohed by management. They have since found out the reality. The stores in my area, here in Atlanta, _home_ of HD, were more often than not, staffed by some part-time high school kid. Part lack of qualified pros, part deliberate attempt to keep down salaries and have a work force that was willing to work all hours. Try to staff a store with pros 24 hours. Ace and Harware Hank are chains and not what I mean by mom and pop stores. I mean the _real_ no name stores. -- Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino "Cartoons with a Touch of Magic" http://www.wizardofdraws.com http://www.cartoonclipart.com |
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******Why not go the extra step in the opposite direction and have more of
the good stuff? I find it hard to believe that providing good coffee for your clients is a ball-busting expense.******* Has nothing to do with expense. A King Air 200 with nine passengers and two crew loaded to the hilt with baggage and whatever gets carried on has no extra room for more coffee. The approved container only holds so much. Karl Fortunately, out of that business now. |
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Wizard of Draws wrote: Ace and Harware Hank are chains and not what I mean by mom and pop stores. I mean the _real_ no name stores. The ones that keep their nails in bins and scoop out however many pounds you need. George Patterson They say that nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is, death doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session. Will Rogers |
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... Wizard of Draws wrote: Ace and Harware Hank are chains and not what I mean by mom and pop stores. I mean the _real_ no name stores. The ones that keep their nails in bins and scoop out however many pounds you need. Home Depot and Lowe's do that (at least in my town). |
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("Tom S." wrote)
snip I notice that Microsoft and Wal-Mart don't have oppulent trappings in their corporate HQ, and 220 of the 1990 Fortune 500 aren't there anymore. I wonder how many of those 1990 Fortune 500 companies went belly up vs. how many were purchased, or mergers, etc? -- Montblack |
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"Montblack" wrote in message .. . ("Tom S." wrote) snip I notice that Microsoft and Wal-Mart don't have oppulent trappings in their corporate HQ, and 220 of the 1990 Fortune 500 aren't there anymore. I wonder how many of those 1990 Fortune 500 companies went belly up vs. how many were purchased, or mergers, etc? Mergers and purchases are typically "distress" sales. Just going out and buying a Fortune 500 company isn't a common practice. |
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