THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Wake up and smell the fuego! What if that bubble you live in was to suddenly burst? Who you gonna call?”
Not long ago, Dell Computers laid off 200 Okies and sent them to the barn. The major catch here is the same day they did this, the shut down division, reopened in a place called El Salvador in Central America. Of course, the mayor, comes on television and claims that they did this because “of the national economy” and that was the prime reason he proffered. I always love it when the “explain it off” and cover their tracks.
What a dumb—.
We get kicked in the teeth all the time, and never seem to learn. We build them the buildings, give them the lease dirt cheap, sell them the floor space at below market share, it works for awhile, and then they always do this very same thing. Ship the jobs out of the country. I just hate it when the American worker takes it in the shorts like that, something that seems to be very much the norm anymore. Guess I am just wound too tight for my own good these days.
My frustration seems to be apparent when I am behind the wheel of my truck, I need to learn to calm down. Some Texas Tagged Jerk-wad cut me off today and gave me Road Rage. The surprising thing about it was, “I knew he was going to do this, and I allowed it. Then I get mad. Pretty dumb.” Didn’t take me long to calm down afterwards.
Like I said, what really surprised me is that I had figured out he was going to do what he did beforehand, and then I get all bent out of shape when it actually occurs. This was stupid, I can do better. I need to learn how to “go with the flow” as my Dad used to say … “roll with the punches.”
Think about it.
Friday morning in the Big Town.
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