The Real Catchword

 

1. I’m ‘unexpectedly’ surprised that the trade gap ‘unexpectedly’ widened.

   I expect to be ‘unexpectedly’ surprised when the ‘experts’ are ‘surprised’ again when the July figures are released. The ‘experts’ are always surprised.

   I like surprises. I just don’t like ‘unexpected’ surprises.

   Is it just me? Or am I actually smarter than these ‘experts’? I can almost always call this sort of stuff. It usually matches the growth of my net worth. Maybe I should promote myself as an ‘expert’ and get paid to appear on TV idiot shows? No. Most of these so-called ‘experts’ are promoting a political agenda.

   Economics is really very simple. Anyone who has read Aristotle’s Economics knows that economics is simply managing a household. In Aristotle’s day, the household produced everything it needed, with some leftover to sell (export). All you have to do is expand the family to the Federal level.

   Just manage the household! Quit promoting your pet agendas.

   Posted by Christopher       08/11/2011  at  02:32 PM  



2. To be repeatedly surprised, by an ongoing pattern shows either a level of intentional corruption so deep that these analysts should be hung, drawn, and quartered, or a level of stupidity so horrific that they should all be fired, and put to work in McDonalds Restaurants, in the hope that they might actually be able to learn something tangible about retail and the market.

   Their cries of “unexpectedly” ring about as true as saying that qassam rockets were “unexpectedly” fired into Israel by Hamas, or saying that (hurray deceased!) Ted Kennedy was “unexpectedly” drunk in the senate, or that water is “unexpectedly” wet.

   Posted by Argentium G. Tiger       08/11/2011  at  10:08 PM  



3. Ted Kennedy was “unexpectedly” drunk in the senate

   Bwah!Hahaha! But please, don’t malign McDonald’s workers. That was my second job ever. McDonald’s workers are at least working. Unlike, say, most of Britain’s rioters.

   Posted by Christopher       08/12/2011  at  06:20 AM  



4. Christopher:  No slight to McDonalds intended, far from it!

   I wanted to use them as a example of a company where practically anyone can start at the bottom rung, and if they’re willing to put in the time and effort learning and working, they can make a success of themselves.  McDonalds uses a “promote from within” employment model and it serves them (and their employees who are willing to work) very well.

   What I was saying is that exposure to McDonalds from the employee side of the counter might open these stupid analysts’ eyes and teach them a thing or two about how business really works.

   Posted by Argentium G. Tiger       08/12/2011  at  07:40 AM  



5. Sorry Argentium, I misread your comment. They were to learn from McDonald’s. The slur was on the ‘analysts’. Accent on the ‘anal’ part of ‘analyst’. Got it now. Good advice.

   I worked there for six months in my senior year of high school. Closing shift. Trust me, working the closing shift, getting up for school, and still doing your homework was rough. But I earned enough money for graduation. I could afford to rent a tux, and take my date out after the graduation ceremonies. (ultimately, we ended up watching the sun rise while sitting in my barn. Those were the days, my friend…)

   Frankly, since I’m currently unemployed, I’m thinking about going back… to McDonald’s. Not sure I want to do that. Unlike in the 70s, MacD is now a 24/7 concern. I at least worked on the closing shift. 24/7? Well…if push comes to shove, I’ll do it. It will pay the bills. Thank God I’ve no mortgage anymore. Paid that off three months ago.

   Posted by Christopher       08/12/2011  at  08:51 AM  



6. Ha, you stuck it out longer than I did. I got a job at Mikey D’s, I wanted to work to the front counter, but they wanted me to be a cook on breakfast shift. So I came my first day, put on the paper hat and the awful shirt, and sat in the basement watching training films while eating my free hamburger. I thought things were Ok until the manager told me I had to be in at 4am.

   “4am??”
   “Yep, that’s when breakfast shift starts. Got a problem with that?”
   “Not yet, but I will by tomorrow morning!”

   I never went back. They mailed me my check for 4 hours at minimum wage.

   Posted by Drew458       08/12/2011  at  08:36 PM  



7. Ha, you stuck it out longer than I did.

   Yeah. But I had that goal. So I had to stick it out. Once I had the money, I didn’t give notice. I called about 5 minutes before I was due on-shift and said ‘I quit!’

   Posted by Christopher       08/13/2011  at  07:58 AM  

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