I'm having some problems with my employees

[SoCalDem]

These people did everything but slip me cash under the table to get me to hire them.

They showed me references out the wa-zoo

They said they knew how to DO the job.. in fact had lots of experience

They knew that the job required some researching and involved a learning curve

They assured me they were willing to do what it took to do the work

They knew that I would be watching how they progressed, and now they act all pissed off whenever I mention something to them that would help them do their job the right way

Now I learn that they are having outsiders do their work for them

They write themselves checks for pay raises without my permission

They have bought excellent medical benefits with MY money, and have canceled MY health care

They are taking bribes and doing favors for their friends, with MY assets

They are lying and covering up their misdeeds

They rarely work...instead take off weeks at a time, and go gallivanting around the world..and send ME the bills for their travel

They're sneaking around behind my back, cutting deals with my competitors and GIVING them MY equipment

I want to fire them all, but apparently they have a contract and I have to wait until then, and have to have my friends go with me and kick them out.

They will not go willingly ...I may need LOTS of Help.... What say you grab a torch and join me ?

[Nickster]

1. Just been waiting to light up a good torch.....:-)

[RedOnce]

2. Well done! Interesting perspective.

[bluerum]

3. Lets go get the lying pos bastards. eom

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Can we bring pitchforks, too?

[madokie]

6. Hell yeah, pitchforks sound good

[kainah]

67. Torches and Pitchforks, absolutely!

My sister and I originally planned to take two signs to Washington, DC last September -- one a pitchfork, the other a torch.

Maybe we can should organize a torches and pitchforks vigil rather than the standard old candlelight variety.

Pick a date. I'll be responsible for organizing a Laramie, Wyoming event.

:patriot:

[TahitiNut]

75. I've had my torch and pitchfork ready to go since December 2000.

Every once in a while I go out into the street with them hoping someone will join me. I've never had anyone join up yet. Isn't it about time? Maybe I should post a personal ad:

Man with torch and pitchfork seeks woman with tar and feathers.
Objective: Populist regime change.

[SoCalDem]

76. That would make an interesting bumper sticker

:)

[TahitiNut]

77. (Hmmm?) Gee. Do you think I could "get lucky"?

:evilgrin: (Perish the thought.)

[ellenfl]

5. do you mind is i pass this around? eom

[SoCalDem]

8. Be my guest

:)

[CrispyQ]

7. Count me in!!

SoCalDem, this is so excellent! Do you mind if I forward it to everyone I know?

[SoCalDem]

10. go right ahead

:)

[Skidmore]

9. Need some tar and feathers too, and

a railroad to ride them out of town on.

Let's go!!

[AzDar]

11. I'm right behind y'all ! Look at the protests in India...let's get our

OUTRAGE on!

[mopinko]

12. lighting torches here in illinois 6th

hope everybody out there is working in their own primaries. if you are already represented by someone good, look to the next district over. take back the people's house!!!

[Jim Warren]

13. Or woman

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. My torch has been burnin' since 2000.

Let's go get the rat bastards.

[SoCalDem]

16. That's when mine was lit, as well

Until then, I was rather complacent.. It was the "in-your-face" sense on entitlement *² had, that just got to me. I was not really enraptured with Gore, but I sure did NOT wan junior to grab the brass ring.. :grr:

[fooj]

29. Woo hoo!

Count me in!

Peace.

[EstimatedProphet]

15. Well put

It's about time Americans woke up and realized that these jerks work FOR us, not the other way around.

[DavidDvorkin]

17. Well said

You could add:

They call themselves my leaders.

[Digit]

18. Boink!

Excellent post!

[Gregorian]

19. Sorry, but you can't fire them without the permission of the board.

And the board members are all drunk.

I'm affraid the customers are going to have to be the ones to step in. You know, the ones from outside the country.



Great way of presenting the reality of the sitch, SoCalDem.

[RedOnce]

20. Kick!

[nmliberal]

21. I LOVE how you put that nt

[Career Prole]

22. I'll bring a pitchfork.

It's possible they're not all afraid of fire... :evilgrin:

[Auntie Bush]

56. Hell, I'll bring two.

And two friends with two!

[SoCalDem]

57. and a few cattle prods & a stun gun

pitch forks might not be quite enough..

remember this old cartoon?

[mdmc]

23. with employees like that who needs elected officials?

:kick:

[file83]

24. My torch is lit!!!

[Armstead]

25. Maybe they broke the terms of the contract....

If so they could be fired prematrurely for "just cause."

My impression is that if they keep up with this behavior, you may even find that your competitors would want to help you give them the boot.

[Vincardog]

26. Can I bring my Pitch Fork? When do you want to throw them out?

[BigBearJohn]

27. Can you imagine a 10 milliion car caravan to Washington DC?

Trains, planes, buses, boats, whatever!

[Cleita]

37. I've been thinking about that for a long time.

Starting from the West Coast and meeting along towns along the way. The caravan gets bigger and bigger as we head east. By the time we get to Washington we will have all the highways clogged. They won't be able to stop us unless they drop a bomb on us.

[SoCalDem]

45. I've always thought that a good plan would be

to go to the polling stations on election day and then just not leave..

Can you imagine the press coverage if every democrat who showed up to vote, just stayed at the polling place so they could PROVE who voted and until their votes were counted and proven valid.:)

No violence..just a white handkerchief..no dangerous balsa-wood stick...

on the hankie....(hankies come in blue, don't they?)

You WILL count me AND my vote THIS time

[ms liberty]

65. I love that idea. That would be the ultimate message...n/t

[Burried News]

28. Don't think that gleam in your eye fools us - why do you hate Murca?

Also, we ask you to be patient and please bear in mind that your employees now belong to the Unitary Executive and will need your house for turning tricks for three more years. When commnicating with your employees by phone we ask that you speak up and periodically supply your Social Insecurity number. For your convenience we will shortly tattoo this number on your right forearm so that you may more efficiently serve the empire.

The Empire where We Do People First.

[negativenihil]

30. Great post! n/t

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

31. Nicely said!

K&R!

[WillyT]

32. I've Gotta Torch For Ya !!!

Got one of these babies too!



And I definitely join with you!

:kick::bounce::kick:

[Sydnie]

33. That first picture is fantastic!

It looks like it could have been taken on September 11, 2001. The sky is so clear just as it was that day.

Hey, let me ask you a question? Did you ever live in Cambridge Ma? I used to know someone named WillyT that lived there so I wondered ....

[WillyT]

43. Naw... Been A Northern Californian All My Life !!!

Been to Boston once though. Went straight to the JFK Presidential Library and had a good cry.

Peace...

:hi:

[Sydnie]

48. Well, if you ever come again ... I'll bring the tissues and meet you

there.

Just goes to show ... some names just have good "karma", don't they? :hug:

[Sydnie]

34. I have a match! Let's go! n/t

[Cleita]

35. I was thinking of putting up a post about demanding that they

resign. Our Congress isn't going to go for impeachment, so the only thing I can think of is that, we the people, do a letter writing campaign demanding that Bush, Cheney and his whole cabinet resign as unelected frauds.

When that is accomplished we need a special election. I think everything they have changed during their tenure should be rolled back to the year 2000 including the Supreme Court appointments. The unelected fraud has no legal and legitimate right to appoint the judges.

There has got to be a way to do this and to make them understand that they have to resign because there will be civil war if they don't. These Katrina revelations and lack of solutions for what is still going on today are going to have real repercussions once the victims come out of the shock they are still in over what happened to them.

[SoCalDem]

39. Greedy bastards feel no shame..

There are deals to make, money to make, bribes to make AND to take..

They are playing "Monopoly-The Reality Version".. the tokens are REAL and so is the cash..

[stlsaxman]

71. It's Time To Overturn Bush v. Gore!

and put President Gore back in his rightful place!

[Synnical]

36. AbFab - SoCalDem

Nicely done.

:yourock:

[GoneOffShore]

38. Can I send this around?

This is the best thing I've seen in a long time.

I think it would get a lot of Republicans thinking. They seem to forget that the government is our employee.

[SoCalDem]

47. Sure you can

:)

[Frank Cannon]

40. Fact is, if GWB ever had to find a real job, he'd be unhirable

There are lots of sites that display this guy's pathetic resume. He's simply failed at every business/opportunity/office he's ever been in his entire life. And at the same time, every position he's ever been in has been HANDED to him. He's never had to prove himself at anything.

If George W. Bush ever had to do what WE ALL have to do to scramble to find a job or work, he'd starve to death. He has no skills or accomplishments on file whatsoever. He wouldn't make it past even the lowest level human resources check for the lowest-level worker imaginable. He'd just be found one day lying in the gutter with a half-empty bottle of Jim Beam in his bony hand.

[Cleita]

41. I don't think he'd even do a good job mopping a floor. n/t

[SoCalDem]

42. He'd fake a slip n fall, and sue his employer..n/t

[Inland]

44. Hmmm.... Have you caught any of them getting blow jobs at work?

Because I've heard that's the only way to fire an employee.

[SoCalDem]

46. Bastards changed the locks and put paper on the windows

They claim they are celibate :)

:evilgrin:

[NNN0LHI]

49. Pretty damn good...as usual n/t

[SoCalDem]

54. Thanks, Don..

:hi:

[NNN0LHI]

55. You had one the other night even better but I was busy as heck...

...and didn't post to it and then I lost it. Take care and see you later.

Don

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

50. I would consult a lawyer specializing in contract/employment law.

They will be able to tell you how your contract with them limits you and how it does not.

[Minnesota Libra]

51. I want the whole dam bunch fired nt

[stlsaxman]

52. i'm slow... i said to myself "damn, what kind of business is she running?"

and after reading the post again along with some replies it occured to me...

THEY'RE MY EMPLOYEES TOO!

Damned right I'll grab a tourch and fire them with you!

Great piece, SoCalDem!

[SoCalDem]

53. Isn't that the pisser?? They pretend to want to serve man

and it's always ....a cookbook :scared:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

58. Props To You SoCalDem! That's The Creativity I Love To See On DU!!!

:yourock:

Loved it. Absolutely Loved It.

:toast:

[SoCalDem]

68. Thanks

:loveya:

[we can do it]

59. I'll Bring a Torch and My Loud Mouth, Too

[Ilsa]

60. Cool letter! Every newspaper should publish this one! eom

[SoCalDem]

74. Feel free to send it in to yours.. Our paper is a Freeper Paper

and usually only prints letters praising fearless-leader:(

[w8liftinglady]

61. what an excellent,well thought out piece...

you are right...and we are all getting our torches!

[banana republican]

62. Fire their asses

there is no reason for theft....

I have seen too many small business go down the tubes due to employee theft.

1) get an employment attorney.

2) Ask if you can fire their asses for cause.

3) put out a help wanted add to get "reliable help (use an employment agency if necessary) (you can sue the employment agency if they don't do due diligence)

4) once you have the new employees lined up; fire the frauds for cause (e.g. they get no unemployment, your unemployment rates don't increase)

5) I've had this happen to me in the past. Do it sooner not later. remember you are paying these sob's for an honest day's work at an honest wage, DO NOT LET THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR SITUATION.

Good night & good luck.

On Edit:

This could be a RICO case if there is a pattern or a conspiracy to run your business into the ground and/or take the business elsewhere.

I have seen in the past where individuals deliberately run a business into the ground and then try to pick up the peices in their own name. (believe me it happpens;)

You may also want to run background checks on those individuals to see if they are ex-convicts. I beleive in giving an ex-con a chance but it sound as if these guys have blown it....

[gunsaximbo]

63. Now you know why I support the Second Amendment

[ms liberty]

64. I happen to have a torch in my hand right now...

Let me just put away this valuable document I'm carrying, and I'll be ready!



edit: I'm so excited I forgot how to spell!

[NMMNG]

66. I'm with you

Let's take out the trash! :evilgrin:

[Freedom_Aflaim]

69. A company gets the employees they deserve

Thats true with real companys, or metaphorical ones.

[autorank]

70. Just terrific! Recommended. Got torch? n/t

[leveymg]

72. I would only add: When I called the police to have them arrested after

their creepy friends killed a bunch of my neighbors, they started bugging my phones and threatening to kidnap and torture me if I didn't keep quiet while they cleared out the company bank accounts.

[SoCalDem]

73. Good one..

:)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

78. Employee owned businesses do have their drawbacks.

You forgot to mention that their "contract" is renewable infinitely because, in the fine print, you have only two choices "real bad employees" or "not quite as bad employees" that are available for hire.

[SoCalDem]

79. Isn't THAT the truth.. not-so or real bad.. what a choice

:cry: