Someone gifted my future SIL and DD a ‘like new”, Honda self propelled mower. The gifter bought it and promptly let it sit which is a sure way to gum up the carburetor. I got it to run but it wouldnt stay running. After a while and even after studying YouTube I admitted defeat and took it to “Toms” small engine repair shop. It was mid May and there must have been 100 mowers with tags on them sitting outside. The owner said clean or maybe new carb either way 4 weeks. The former owner of the daughter’s new house left them a nice push mower. The lawn however IMHO is too big for a push mower - the house next door has a nice tractor.
I asked Future SIL At the title transfer office “did you mow” and he said yes but it was a chore.
Yesterday we were out transferring DD title to the car and I said to the Mrs. lets stop by Tom’s. She said “its been 5 weeks”. Disturbingly I had called and No one answered and I expected the worse. So we drove over and I went in and after a few minutes It was clear no one had touched the mower. The owner a nice young fellow told me “Its in his pile but considering I fired him this morning.... I cant get decent help, no one is willing to work, and they all want a huge amount of money... Mr. RayinPenn all i can do is push you to the head of the pile on Monday” i said “thats fine”.
The the shop/manager comments brought to mind something the Mrs. said about DS “Cool Hand”. “The manager pulled him off the cash register because they dont want to lose him” CH has made no secret at his summer supermarket gig -he doesn’t like working as a cashier. I understand why it is the customers -some are just plain nasty. When he’s in produce shucking corn or stocking shelves no one bothers him. His manger’s williness to indulge him and the ease that he walked into a summer gig has me concluding they too cant get or keep good help.
CH went in yesterday to find he had been loaded up on hours. He sent a copy of his schedule to the Mrs and called “these people are killing me” Me I would have been happy for the hours. I explained to him the $1,500 or $2,000 spending money he saves during the summer (his skin in the game) help. It was when he came home that he said it “I dont know how people do these 40 hour weeks..”
I had quite a chuckle.. had me thinking of the countless times my 40 hour week was 60 or more and include being there at 2AM.
Cool Hand is 2 years away from graduation and some harsh reality...
I asked Future SIL At the title transfer office “did you mow” and he said yes but it was a chore.
Yesterday we were out transferring DD title to the car and I said to the Mrs. lets stop by Tom’s. She said “its been 5 weeks”. Disturbingly I had called and No one answered and I expected the worse. So we drove over and I went in and after a few minutes It was clear no one had touched the mower. The owner a nice young fellow told me “Its in his pile but considering I fired him this morning.... I cant get decent help, no one is willing to work, and they all want a huge amount of money... Mr. RayinPenn all i can do is push you to the head of the pile on Monday” i said “thats fine”.
The the shop/manager comments brought to mind something the Mrs. said about DS “Cool Hand”. “The manager pulled him off the cash register because they dont want to lose him” CH has made no secret at his summer supermarket gig -he doesn’t like working as a cashier. I understand why it is the customers -some are just plain nasty. When he’s in produce shucking corn or stocking shelves no one bothers him. His manger’s williness to indulge him and the ease that he walked into a summer gig has me concluding they too cant get or keep good help.
CH went in yesterday to find he had been loaded up on hours. He sent a copy of his schedule to the Mrs and called “these people are killing me” Me I would have been happy for the hours. I explained to him the $1,500 or $2,000 spending money he saves during the summer (his skin in the game) help. It was when he came home that he said it “I dont know how people do these 40 hour weeks..”
I had quite a chuckle.. had me thinking of the countless times my 40 hour week was 60 or more and include being there at 2AM.
Cool Hand is 2 years away from graduation and some harsh reality...
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