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Old 04-02-14, 09:18 PM
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That's drope the hamer you *%#!ing ?!$$ gobbler.
...I'm sorry, I've been out of Cat 6 racing for a while and the language is always in flux.
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You should be. But apology accepted.
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1. I am not a liberal. Clearly I am a hardcore capitalist, non?
That's exactly the point I am making.

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It's none of your damn business. Even if I did give you numbers you would have no way of getting past your myopic world view and understanding what that meant in context.
And yet you are eager to reveal their vacation time and benefits. But when it comes to revealing their wages, you resort to angry deflection.
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I've never even been in P&R before. But I may follow this thread there. Have I mentioned that my job requires me to use a weapon and thanks to HR218/LEOSA I can carry in all 50 states?
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Have I mentioned that my job requires me to use a weapon
...so is it like a monthly quota of people you have to shoot, or some kinda seasonal bag limit ?
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That's exactly the point I am making.



And yet you are eager to reveal their vacation time and benefits. But when it comes to revealing their wages, you resort to angry deflection.
Would you like to see our accounts receivable as well? Troll all you want, it ain't gonna happen.

This is our staff. You can see the repression in their eyes. We are very proud at how badly we have crushed them before exploiting them. Note the youngest one in the front. His tiny hands insert each bearing into every hub we sell.

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Originally Posted by 3alarmer
...so is it like a monthly quota of people you have to shoot, or some kinda seasonal bag limit ?
There's a minimum and a maximum. So both a quota and a bag limit.
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Originally Posted by Bob Dopolina
Look at the hipster haircut on the one guy back right. That's just cruel to make him do that.
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Look at the hipster haircut on the one guy back right. That's just cruel to make him do that.
Humiliation is just one tool we use to break their spirit and destroy their sense of self worth.
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Humiliation is just one tool we use to break their spirit and destroy their sense of self worth.
I'm not even allowed to do that. You are so lucky to own your own sweat shop.
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This thread needs to die. No offense to you guys with your now pointless arguing. The informative content of this thread disappeared about 15 pages ago. Good info at first, then good entertainment, now I don't even know anymore. (yet I can't stop reading).
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I'm not even allowed to do that. You are so lucky to own your own sweat shop.
I decided, in 2007, that I was never going to work for another arsehole ever again. Instead, I opened my own company with the belief that if every company is run by an arsehole then I was going to be that arsehole.

Using the techniques I have seen perfected in the various sweat shops I had visited in the industry I set to work to hire and exploit my staff to the best of my ability. I am proud to say that I must be one of the biggest arseholes in the industry as we have had ZERO staff turnover to date.
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This thread needs to die. No offense to you guys with your now pointless arguing. The informative content of this thread disappeared about 15 pages ago. Good info at first, then good entertainment, now I don't even know anymore. (yet I can't stop reading).
It's the new ADDICTION sans PCADDY.
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I decided, in 2007, that I was never going to work for another arsehole ever again. Instead, I opened my own company with the belief that if every company is run by an arsehole then I was going to be that arsehole.

Using the techniques I have seen perfected in the various sweat shops I had visited in the industry I set to work to hire and exploit my staff to the best of my ability. I am proud to say that I must be one of the biggest arseholes in the industry as we have had ZERO staff turnover to date.
I work for Gov. Cuomo. You got nothing on him.
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Originally Posted by jdowdy411
This thread needs to die. No offense to you guys with your now pointless arguing. The informative content of this thread disappeared about 15 pages ago. Good info at first, then good entertainment, now I don't even know anymore. (yet I can't stop reading).
Don't make me drope the hamer on you...
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Are you the man in this scene?.......
Nope.

Ever ride 100 miles?
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The informative content of this thread disappeared about 15 pages ago.
...there was some informative content ? Really ? In yet another Brifters vs DT thread ? #flabbergasted
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Don't make me drope the hamer on you...



...for some reason as yet inexplicable, drope the hamer brings to mind mott the hoople.
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Originally Posted by rebel1916
There's a minimum and a maximum. So both a quota and a bag limit.
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Originally Posted by 3alarmer


...for some reason as yet inexplicable, drope the hamer brings to mind mott the hoople.
All the young dudes - hey dudes
Look like cat twos - I'll race ya
Aero wheel dudes - sprint and come on
Look like cat twos...
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Would you like to see our accounts receivable as well? Troll all you want, it ain't gonna happen.
If I were you, I would not tell us how much you pay them either.

Congratulations. Now you know how business owners feel when liberals demand that they pay their employees $15 per hour.
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If I were you, I would not tell us how much you pay them either.

Congratulations. Now you know how business owners feel when liberals demand that they pay their employees $15 per hour.
You. Have. No. Clue.


Stop watching FOX news.
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Originally Posted by Bob Dopolina
You. Have. No. Clue.
.........How. Much. You. Pay. Your. Employees.

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It's none of your damn business.
Good for you for admitting that people have no right to know how much businesses pay their employees. Other than calling me a T-bagger, you have demonstrated very conservative values.

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Stop watching FOX news.
Is SF Gate liberal enough for you?........
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/joega...ew-5321206.php

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Gee thanks, ring leader. You look like Fred Rodriguez by the way.
I am secure in my Fredliness. Chicks dig my tricycle.

I have decided that you're for real. That's a scary thought.

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You look Mexican in your avatar. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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