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     Cyberpope wrote --   
      
   > I doubt it gets shovedover to someone else; most of what's dropped is   
   > bloat/markup, not actual costs of operations/staff.    
       
      I think it falls into the catch-all "business expenses", the same   
   category a lot of stuff falls into such as stationary, etc.   
      
   >  >   (I like to joke that I'm the last person to admit I'm wrong about   
   >  > something).   
   >    
   > I thought I was wrong once. . . but I was mistaken    
      
     Same here.  :)   
      
   >>   At one time, don't know if its still done, a portion of a persons wages   
   could be taken, by law, to pay a debt by garnishment.   
   >    
   > Depends on jurisdiction; AFAIK, most require a court order,   
      
     Usually its the creditors lawyers who goes to court for the order.   
     Creditors already usually have all the information they need (bank   
   account number, address, etc) and sort of semi-automatically done.   
     One gets a letter X amount will be taken from ones pay cheque on a given   
   day each month.  So it is written, so it is done to coin a phrase.   
      
   >>   I wrote a manual,    
       
     --snip--    
      
   > Internet Rule 3 *LOL*) is think on your feet & shield your boss from   
   annoyances you can handle yourself.   
      
     I try and teach the basics of the job, then give them the freedom to make   
   their own decisions.   
     I will also tell them while the manual says X about something, there   
   could be times its done differently, depending on the circumstances.   
     Example: all cars parked on a non-cash pay lot (meters, pay garage, etc)   
   need a permit which is visible. But at times they are partly covered for any   
   number of reasons.  Provided one is able to tell the permit is valid for   
   that area and not expired, that's    
     I.E., use a little common sense.   
       
   > Fair enough.  A local giant's (our first self earned billionaire) old used   
   car dealership hads a policy; the worst salesman eac month wAs fired, each &   
   every month.     
      
     In the mid-70s I worked for a new/used car dealer.   
     There was a policy if a salesman sold a car to someone they "owned" the   
   entire family.  If they sold a car to someone in 1950 they sold to every one   
   in that family forever.     
     The salesmen took turns on pouncing on, uh, assisting, perspective   
   customers.  At times some hot prospect would walk unto the lot and the old   
   timers   
   would say "That's my customer, I sold his fifth cousin, three times removed,   
   a car in 1951" and take off aft   
     Thus it was rough on newbies to make a living.   
     (I liked selling used cars over new cars.  The main reason being with a   
   new car the customer would want a different colour, different options, etc   
   and time would be spent either trying to find a car like that and lots of time   
   on the phone with other dealers   
     (With a used car it was "There it is, take it or leave it".)  :)   
        
   > If you add more & more responsibilities to a person's position, eventually   
   you'll overwhelm them   
      
     That is when (where possible) delegation comes into the picture.   
      
   > If I'm at my Peter mark, I'll contentedly train people to be promoted past   
   me, so this normal ebb & flow isn't disrupted by my stopping where I am.   
      
     I am what I like to call "the sweet spot".  I have rank and seniority and   
   being retired I still have that on a post but none of the responsibility.    
   :)   
       
   > Children should fail often & sometimes miserably!   
      
     Failure is part of life and the learning process.   
     The only time someone really fails is if when they fall they just lay   
   there and not get up, dust themselves off, and start over again.   
       
   > If you've never failed, you've never tried    
      
     Totally agree!   
     Joe   
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