Dutch McDo's 'wrong' to fire worker over cheese slice...
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From: James Silverton on 28 Jan 2010 15:40 "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:hjsr1k0uv9(a)news5.newsguy.com > Earl Evleth wrote: >> On 28/01/10 18:23, in article >> coudnTiz16BlWvzWnZ2dnUVZ8oednZ2d(a)giganews.com, "John Rennie" >> <john-rennie(a)talktalk.net> wrote: >>> Yes he's dumb and the above comment proves it. But he is far >>> away from being the dumbest on this group. Peejay and jiggy are >>> dumber, much dumber, and even you at times can give him a contest. >> >> >> None of you guys mastered quantum mechanics, whereas ----. > > You remind me of a friend in Hollywood (I.Q. aprox. 165) who once > proposed to deal with temporary financial difficulties by allowing the > electric company to carry out its threat to shut down service. (Only > for the summer months "because it stays light fairly late, so we can > just go to bed early".) She was a bit startled when I pointed out > that she would not be able to use her electric typewriter, either. > (She worked at home, typing scripts for free-lance screen-writers!) Re that IQ, it sounds like reading Stephen Jay Gould's "The Mismeasurement of Man" woukld not come amiss. -- Jim Silverton Potomac, Maryland
From: tim.... on 28 Jan 2010 17:47 "Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:4B617CEE.4753424(a)yahoo.co.uk... > > > "tim...." wrote: >> >> "Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" >> <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:4B615319.B7603F52(a)yahoo.co.uk... >> > >> > >> > "tim...." wrote: >> >> >> >> "Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" >> >> <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> news:4B604C46.808AB2A7(a)yahoo.co.uk... >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> The situation is different where the individual's job is to >> >> >> "dispense" >> >> >> the >> >> >> food as they could have some influence on deciding what is to be >> >> >> thrown >> >> >> away. >> >> >> >> >> > If they want to fire someone for eating food, >> >> >> >> The charge is theft. >> >> >> > The problem is that if someone is going to be thrown away, then the >> > owner has abandoned it and *by definition* taking it cannot >> > logically be "theft". >> >> The "owner" is the company and they have made no such decision. >> > But the problem is that under the common law, abandoning something > should make it available to all. If you throw a five dollar bill to > the curb, and someone else picks it up, you shouldn't be able to > sue that he stole your money. But you can (at least where I live)! tim
From: Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) on 28 Jan 2010 09:56 "tim...." wrote: > > "Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" > <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:4B617CEE.4753424(a)yahoo.co.uk... > > > > > > "tim...." wrote: > >> > >> "Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" > >> <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > >> news:4B615319.B7603F52(a)yahoo.co.uk... > >> > > >> > > >> > "tim...." wrote: > >> >> > >> >> "Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously)" > >> >> <tribuyltinafpant(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > >> >> news:4B604C46.808AB2A7(a)yahoo.co.uk... > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> >> The situation is different where the individual's job is to > >> >> >> "dispense" > >> >> >> the > >> >> >> food as they could have some influence on deciding what is to be > >> >> >> thrown > >> >> >> away. > >> >> >> > >> >> > If they want to fire someone for eating food, > >> >> > >> >> The charge is theft. > >> >> > >> > The problem is that if someone is going to be thrown away, then the > >> > owner has abandoned it and *by definition* taking it cannot > >> > logically be "theft". > >> > >> The "owner" is the company and they have made no such decision. > >> > > But the problem is that under the common law, abandoning something > > should make it available to all. If you throw a five dollar bill to > > the curb, and someone else picks it up, you shouldn't be able to > > sue that he stole your money. > > But you can (at least where I live)! > Presumably you can sue someone for anything, but I mean win. -- "Gonna take a sedimental journey", what Old Man River actually said.
From: Earl Evleth on 29 Jan 2010 02:31 On 28/01/10 21:11, in article hjsr1k0uv9(a)news5.newsguy.com, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > She was a bit startled when I pointed out that > she would not be able to use her electric typewriter, either. (She > worked at home, typing scripts for free-lance screen-writers!) Reminds me, we still have ours. An IBM selectric, which had a correcting tape, a big thing at the time. It is down stairs in the cave. We had it with a French key board since generally the French keyboard is a bit more universal than the American. The only problem is that several of the letters are in different location, but when typing I can switch over from the English to the French sequence in a minute or so. I only type using the French sequence. Occasionally the Mac switches over without my noticing until I hit the "m" or "a", or whatever.
From: Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) on 29 Jan 2010 02:49
Earl Evleth wrote: > > On 28/01/10 21:11, in article hjsr1k0uv9(a)news5.newsguy.com, > "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > She was a bit startled when I pointed out that > > she would not be able to use her electric typewriter, either. (She > > worked at home, typing scripts for free-lance screen-writers!) > > Reminds me, we still have ours. An IBM selectric, which had a correcting > tape, a big thing at the time. It is down stairs in the cave. > I can see Earl under the Paris Opera House, floating about like Gollum on a lake, flitting from gloomy room to gloomy room, a stealthy apparition, a midnight shadow, a bat, one of the Nibelungen, a bit like this, a bit like that. -- "Gonna take a sedimental journey", what Old Man River actually said. |