On 7/18/2012 5:13, DAVE DRUM -> JOHN MASSEY wrote:   
    -=>> John Massey wrote to BOB KLAHN <=-   
      
    JM>>> Wow, Bet you think that's earth shattering news.   
      
    BK>>   Does that mean you don't understand the idea behind supplying   
    BK>>   replacement tools?   
      
    JM>> Example. I buy a new employe a $30.00 long china bristle professional   
    JM>> paint brush. Tell him it's his brush, and to take care of it. A week   
    JM>> later I tell him to paint something and he tells me he doesn't   
    DD> have the   
    JM>> paint brush because he didn't do a good job cleaning the brush and it   
    JM>> got hard.   
      
    JM>> He didn't buy it, doesn't care about it, this applies to cordless   
    JM>> drills, tape measures, levels, damn near every tool you give to SOME   
    JM>> employes.   
      
    JM>> In the case of the paint brush, I told the young man he could buy a   
    JM>> replacement, quit or be fired.   
      
    DD> Wait a minute here. You said a few days ago that you use contractors   
    DD> exclusively. Now you claim to have employees. Which is it?   
      
   I NEVER said I use contractors exclusively. Like a lot of your crap, you   
   pulled that one out of you ass.   
      
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