I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.

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I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.


With Christmas falling on a Sunday why was today not a paid time off holiday
for them?

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I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.

The staff at my Canadian publisher's got the 23, 24, 25, and 26 off for
the holiday. The 23rd and 26th were both paid, "stat" (legal) holidays.
Ebeneezer Scrooge would have been apoplectic, with Bob Cratchitt
picking his pocket *twice*! :-)

Back to business as usual tomorrow. All the stores will be hyping "only
363 days until next Christmas!"

I read an interesting theory about how Christmas giving actually has a
negative impact on the economy. The theorist postulated that while
there is no doubt that a lot more money is spent during the Holiday
season, the nature of the items purchased is frequently of much lower
actual worth or intrinsic value. We tend to pay far more, for far less,
when we shop for gifts and there is some negative impact associated
with the distortion from the normal price/value relationships that we
adhere to when we shop during the rest of the year. How many of us
would spend $75 for six oranges, three apples, a half dozen mediocre
chocolates, a cardboard box, and some fancy paper 11 months out of the
year? Not many, I'm sure, but tens of millions of these "gift boxes"
and similar values are sold every December.

This whole week is a holiday for em. I went into work, not them.
Their screw up was last week.

Harry Krause wrote:
JimH wrote:

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I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.


With Christmas falling on a Sunday why was today not a paid time off
holiday for them?



Most decent employers give all or most of their employees off the day
after Christmas if the holiday falls on a Sunday. Retail is different,
but retail isn't really decent employment.

Back in the dark ages, when I worked for The AP, we got triple time if
we worked a legal holiday. I signed up for as many as I could.

Retail isn't decent employment? Imagine if all of the welfare
recipients had a job at a retail store, like West Marine.

Dan

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Dan Krueger wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
JimH wrote:

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I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.

With Christmas falling on a Sunday why was today not a paid time off
holiday for them?


Most decent employers give all or most of their employees off the day
after Christmas if the holiday falls on a Sunday. Retail is different,
but retail isn't really decent employment.

Back in the dark ages, when I worked for The AP, we got triple time if
we worked a legal holiday. I signed up for as many as I could.

Retail isn't decent employment? Imagine if all of the welfare recipients
had a job at a retail store, like West Marine.

Dan

Decent employment pays wages sufficient enough to completely support a
person or perhaps half of a family, along with health care insurance, a
decent pension plan, and other benefits.

Want decent employment? Get a decent education or learn a decent trade.

The world owes no one a decent living. You have to want it, work for it and
earn it.

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I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.

The staff at my Canadian publisher's got the 23, 24, 25, and 26 off for
the holiday. The 23rd and 26th were both paid, "stat" (legal) holidays.
Ebeneezer Scrooge would have been apoplectic, with Bob Cratchitt
picking his pocket *twice*! :-)

Back to business as usual tomorrow. All the stores will be hyping "only
363 days until next Christmas!"

I read an interesting theory about how Christmas giving actually has a
negative impact on the economy. The theorist postulated that while
there is no doubt that a lot more money is spent during the Holiday
season, the nature of the items purchased is frequently of much lower
actual worth or intrinsic value. We tend to pay far more, for far less,
when we shop for gifts and there is some negative impact associated
with the distortion from the normal price/value relationships that we
adhere to when we shop during the rest of the year. How many of us
would spend $75 for six oranges, three apples, a half dozen mediocre
chocolates, a cardboard box, and some fancy paper 11 months out of the
year? Not many, I'm sure, but tens of millions of these "gift boxes"
and similar values are sold every December.


And the huge discounts. Bought the wife her anniversery gift before
Christmas. 70% of on a diamond bracelet. Normally you would only find a
50% sale during the year.

The thread has turned into politics so end it. I did go to my boat
today to do some work. I also went by the lab first and oddly about
half of my people were there. I reminded them they did not have to be
there and i was leaving after a few minutes but they all wanted to get
stuff done. Some may have screwed up last week but I have done worse
and they are all self motivated so I cannot complain. We are trying to
plan a Parallax Research, Inc. "Water Day" where I will have one 28'
sailboat, a sailboard, a canoe, an inflatable kayak, and two 12'
MiniCup sailboats. Maybe some time in March.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Bill McKee wrote:
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wrote:
I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.
The staff at my Canadian publisher's got the 23, 24, 25, and 26 off for
the holiday. The 23rd and 26th were both paid, "stat" (legal) holidays.
Ebeneezer Scrooge would have been apoplectic, with Bob Cratchitt
picking his pocket *twice*! :-)

Back to business as usual tomorrow. All the stores will be hyping "only
363 days until next Christmas!"

I read an interesting theory about how Christmas giving actually has a
negative impact on the economy. The theorist postulated that while
there is no doubt that a lot more money is spent during the Holiday
season, the nature of the items purchased is frequently of much lower
actual worth or intrinsic value. We tend to pay far more, for far less,
when we shop for gifts and there is some negative impact associated
with the distortion from the normal price/value relationships that we
adhere to when we shop during the rest of the year. How many of us
would spend $75 for six oranges, three apples, a half dozen mediocre
chocolates, a cardboard box, and some fancy paper 11 months out of the
year? Not many, I'm sure, but tens of millions of these "gift boxes"
and similar values are sold every December.


And the huge discounts. Bought the wife her anniversery gift before
Christmas. 70% of on a diamond bracelet. Normally you would only find a
50% sale during the year.




I'm sure you are happy with your purchase, but...

There's really no such thing as a retail price on most jewelry, especially
manufactured jewelry, such as earrings, pins, bracelets, et cetera. The
store is still making its profit whether you buy at "50%" off or "70%"
off.

Jewelry is fairly unique in this regard. There's very little relationship
between what a store pays and what you pay.

Now, if you want to buy a unique piece, head to NYC and buy some certified
stones at "wholesale"* from one of the Hasidic houses, and then take those
stones to a jewelry artist who will make up a nice piece for you and your
wife. If you know your stuff, you'll end up with something truly yours for
no more than you'd pay a local jeweler.





* this is not the real wholesale wholesale, but the best you as someone
not in the biz will be able to do.

I actually have connections at the jewelry wholesale house in San Francisco,
but for a nice tennis bracelet, a major store can get a good deal, and then
70% makes it very close to wholesale, and I do not have to go to SF and go
shopping. For really special jewelry gifts, I use a local jeweler who is a
manufacturer of custom works that are fantastic. A long time ago, I use to
make really nice jewelry as a hobby.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:18:32 GMT, "Bill McKee" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Bill McKee wrote:
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I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.
The staff at my Canadian publisher's got the 23, 24, 25, and 26 off for
the holiday. The 23rd and 26th were both paid, "stat" (legal) holidays.
Ebeneezer Scrooge would have been apoplectic, with Bob Cratchitt
picking his pocket *twice*! :-)

Back to business as usual tomorrow. All the stores will be hyping "only
363 days until next Christmas!"

I read an interesting theory about how Christmas giving actually has a
negative impact on the economy. The theorist postulated that while
there is no doubt that a lot more money is spent during the Holiday
season, the nature of the items purchased is frequently of much lower
actual worth or intrinsic value. We tend to pay far more, for far less,
when we shop for gifts and there is some negative impact associated
with the distortion from the normal price/value relationships that we
adhere to when we shop during the rest of the year. How many of us
would spend $75 for six oranges, three apples, a half dozen mediocre
chocolates, a cardboard box, and some fancy paper 11 months out of the
year? Not many, I'm sure, but tens of millions of these "gift boxes"
and similar values are sold every December.


And the huge discounts. Bought the wife her anniversery gift before
Christmas. 70% of on a diamond bracelet. Normally you would only find a
50% sale during the year.




I'm sure you are happy with your purchase, but...

There's really no such thing as a retail price on most jewelry, especially
manufactured jewelry, such as earrings, pins, bracelets, et cetera. The
store is still making its profit whether you buy at "50%" off or "70%"
off.

Jewelry is fairly unique in this regard. There's very little relationship
between what a store pays and what you pay.

Now, if you want to buy a unique piece, head to NYC and buy some certified
stones at "wholesale"* from one of the Hasidic houses, and then take those
stones to a jewelry artist who will make up a nice piece for you and your
wife. If you know your stuff, you'll end up with something truly yours for
no more than you'd pay a local jeweler.





* this is not the real wholesale wholesale, but the best you as someone
not in the biz will be able to do.

I actually have connections at the jewelry wholesale house in San Francisco,
but for a nice tennis bracelet, a major store can get a good deal, and then
70% makes it very close to wholesale, and I do not have to go to SF and go
shopping. For really special jewelry gifts, I use a local jeweler who is a
manufacturer of custom works that are fantastic. A long time ago, I use to
make really nice jewelry as a hobby.


Sounds like a good idea, Bill. Which store did you use? I ask because you sound as
though you may know something about it.
--
John H

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