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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostWhen you say you are against it what exactly does that mean? You would vote to ban Amazon? Vote for a higher minimum wage? or what?Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostWith augmented reality we could fill the warehouse floors with coins to pick up, shelves with stars and if their productivity falls below par the managers appear as Super Mario baddies.
Even I would do that job for minimum wage.
That sounds f***ing brilliant!Comment
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Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View PostSimple work people till they drop, and we the taxpayers ultimately pick up the tab.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostThat is a sweeping generalisation that has no meaning whatsoever. If they do not want to work for Amazon they do not have toAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postso what other alternatives are there for their skills & location?
• Selling homegrown vegetables or flowers
• Sewing, altering, and repairing clothing
• Piecework for manufacturers
• Baking and food preparation
• Quilting, crocheting, knitting; making macramé, pottery; other crafts
• Upholstering
• Bookkeeping, typing, home computer services
• Telephone answering service
• Hairdressing
• Taking in boarders
• Addressing and filling envelopes for advertisers
• Washing and waxing cars (customer brings car to your home)
• Pet grooming and exercising
• Lock repair and key making (workshop at home)
• Ads for much of this work can be placed free of charge or at low cost in weekend shopping news or on supermarket notice boards
Creating Work Outside the Home
• House-sitting (when people are on vacation and want their home to be looked after)
• Cleaning: stores; offices; homes and apartments after construction, after fires, after people move out; housework (in homes of others); windows (business and domestic)
• Repairs: appliances of all kinds (libraries contain easy-to-follow books on repairs)
• Handyman jobs: siding houses; building cabinets, doors, porches; painting; fencing; roofing
• Farm work: crops, picking fruit
• Interior landscaping and plant care at: offices, banks, shopping plazas and atriums, lobbies
• Property management: janitors, superintendent (sometimes includes free living quarters)
• Insurance, real estate
• Carpet installation, cleaning
• Newspaper routes (adults and children), other delivery services: ads, bills for municipalities
• Moving, storage
• Landscaping, tree trimming, lawn care, woodcutting
• School-bus driver
• Photography (portraits and public events)
• Bait for fishermen
• Swap work: barter car repairs for electrical work, sewing for plumbing, etc.
More at:
"What careers are there for dumb people? "
What careers are there for dumb people? - Yahoo AnswersComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postso what other alternatives are there for their skills & location?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postso what other alternatives are there for their skills & location?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post• Bait for fishermen
• Swap work: barter car repairs for electrical work, sewing for plumbing, etc.
More at:
"What careers are there for dumb people? "
What careers are there for dumb people? - Yahoo Answers
Bartering would be subject to taxation! (Yeah I thought it was cheeky)
Must I pay tax on bartered services? - FT.com
yes all these can be done, however if they took a job at Amazon then they probably aren't budding businessmen.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post£6 an hour is then subsidised by WTC so we all pay for the big firms profits.Comment
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