On 2021-01-28 4:25 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 3:58:34 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:

>> My guess is that we're gonna need unions more than ever. We need
>> them more because of the every widening rift between the haves and
>> have-not. The greater the divide between the rich and the lower
>> classes, the more you need for instruments of equalization. My wife
>> likes to complain about her boss to me when she gets home every so
>> often. Some of it is pretty egregious. I always say that she should
>> go to her union - that's what they're around for. Mostly, workers
>> just want to be respected, and not abused. Is that too much to ask
>> for?
>
> No, of course not. All of my bosses have respected and not abused
> me. Even when I was a secretary, half a lifetime ago.
>

There is a butcher/deli about two miles down the road from us and the
owner has been nicknamed the Meat Nazi. A lot of people I know refuse to
shop there because the guy is so abusive to his staff. There were three
people working there one day when I went it. The boss came out of the
back room started yelling at them, each one in turn. The prick was
giving his staff shit in front of each other and in front of a customer.
Apparently he has done the same in front of other people. It is a
shame because the store is handy, has good meats and other other products.

I was lucky when in my job with the provincial government. I had one
boss who as a bit of a dick but he was easy to read. He was always
negative. Whenever we made suggestions he would opt for the opposite. He
was such a dolt that when there was something we wanted we would suggest
the opposite.