DEAR FELLOW RADIO LISTENER,
JUST A LITTLE MORE CAVEAT EMPTOR, THIS TIME ABOUT "WINNING
PRIZES ON RADIO SHOWS,,,
MY PARENTS WERE IN THEIR 70'S AND LISTENING TO A POP RADIO STATION ONE OF THE 4 KIDS LEFT ON THE KITCHEN RADIO,,,WHEN S.F. BAY AREA RADIO STATION 101.3 FM ANNOUNCED THEY WERE GIVING
AWAY A JACUZZI SPA TO THE SOME NUMBER CALLER TO PHONE IN,,,SO MY MOM, THE LESS CONSERVATIVE , PHONED IN AND WON,,,AMAZING,,,
WHAT LUCK,,,SHE ALMOST NEVER ENTERS "FREE" CONTESTS,,,AND SHE WON A BIG NEW HOTTUB,,,WOW,,,
THAT WAS UNTIL SHE TRIED TO COLLECT HER SO CALLED "PRIZE",,,
THE RADIO STATION HAD CONTRACTED WITH ONE OF ITS ADVERTISERS SWAPPING AIR ADVERT TIME FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOTTUBS TO GIVE AWAY, TO INCREASE THEIR AUDIENCE,,,HAPPENS ALL THE TIME,,,
WELL, THE COMPANY THAT HAD "PAID" IN HOTTUBS FOR RADIO ADVERTISING ON 101.3FM WAS NOT VERY REPUTABLE,,,IN FACT, WAS ABOUT TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS, IN EMERYVILLE,,,NO MORE HOTTUBS,,,
SO MY ELDERLY PARENTS WENT THRU THE HASSLE OF GOING OVER TO THIS SLEAZOID BUSINESS OF HOTTUBS IN EMERYVILLE AND TRIED TO PICK UP ONE OF THEIR LAST HOTTUBS,,,AMAZINGLY, THEY GOT ONE OF THE LAST ONES,,,AND HAD IT PLACED IN THEIR BACK YARD , ON A BIG SLAB OF CONCRETE THEY HAD TO HAVE POURED,,,NOW SOME WOULD SAY THEY MADE OUT LIKE BANDITS, SO FAR,,
BUT AS I SAID , THIS WAS NOT A GREAT, OR GOOD, OR EVEN AVERAGE QUALITY AND REPUTATION HOTTUB COMPANY, SO THE HOTTUB THEY GOT WAS A NON-STANDARD BRAND,,,AND BROKE DOWN
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,,,SO MY FOLK MAY HAVE FIRST THOUGHT THEY HAD WON, BUT THEN REALIZED THEY HAD ACTUALLY LOST, WHEN A QUALITY HOTTUB REPAIR COMPANY TOLD THEM WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK
THEY HAD "WON" AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR, BESIDES THE COST OF THE CONCRETE PAD ALREADY PAID FOR,,,
SOME OF YOU COCKEYED OPTIMISTS ARE PROBABLY STILL, STILL SAYING, HEY DUDE THEY WON,,,WHELL, NOT REALLY,,,AS THE HOTTUB
BROKE DOWN AGAIN,,,AND AGAIN,,,AND AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR OF USE, NOW JUST TAKES UP SPACE IN THE BACKYARD,AS A PIECE OF LOW QUALITY CRAP THAT SOME BIG FAMOUS RADIO STATION PAWNED OFF ON ITS UNSUSPECTING LISTENERS,,,I HAVE OFFERED TO TAKE IT OUT FOR FREE,, , AND EVEN BUY ONE OF THE TOP QUALITY BRANDS TO REPLACE IT, AS MY DAD NEEDS WEEKLY CHIROPRACTIC MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR A PULLED BACK MUSCLE NOW,,,BUT THEY SAY NO,,,AS WHY BOTHER WITH ANOTHER "FREE" HOT TUB THAT MAY BRING WITH IN ALL KINDS OF ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AND REPAIRS,,,
I KNOW THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN AMERICAN CORPORATE LIFE. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS OK. SINCE MOST OF US TAKE TV DOSES FOR REALITY, BE IT COP DRAMAS INSTEAD OF THE REAL THING, OR COURT DRAMAS, OR MILITARY DRAMAS THAT HAVE LITTLE OR NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REAL INTERNAL CULTURE OF THAT SEGMENT OF OUR WORLD.
OH, AND THERE ARE OTHER RADIO STATIONS THAT DO THE SAME OR WORSE. ONE BIG SOUTH BAY/SILCON VALLEY FAMOUS ROCK RADIO STATION DOES THE SAME ADVERT SWAP WITH A LIMO COMPANY THE OLD LIMO DISPATCHER TOLD ME ALSO SOLD ILLEGAL DRUGS. BUT THE BIG FAMOUS ROCK RADIO STATION DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE COMPANIES THAT ADVERTISE ON ITS STATION NOR DO THEY CARE THEY SAID ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE LIMO COMPANY "PRIZES" THEY REGULARLY GIVE AWAY. IT IS JUST BIZ.
MY WEAKNESS IS THE "WEST WING". PRESIDENT BARTLET IS SUCH A GOOD PRESIDENT , PERSON, AND FATHER !!! BUT SAM SEABORN RECENTLY SAID ON ONE OF THE SHOWS THAT MOST SMALL BUSINESS FAIL BECAUSE OF EMPLOYEE THEFT. AND THAT SKEWED STAT CERTAINLY NEEDS CLARIFICATION. IMAGINE A LOWLY EMPLOYEE STEALING PENS AND PENCILS WITH THE COMPANY NAME ON THEM THAT GET RECIRCULATED OUT IN THE MARKET. OR MAYBE THE EMPLOYEE USED THE COMPANY CAR TO GET LUNCH, AS I HAVE DONE MANY TIMES, SINCE SO MANY OF THE COMPANIES I HAVE WORKED FOR FEEL THEY DON'T NEED TO GIVE EMPLOYEES TOILET BREAKS OR A MEAL BREAK IN 8-18 HOURS.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT ENRON AND WORLDCOM. AS SAM SAID, THESE WERE SUITS STEALING, AND TOP MANAGEMENT SUITS. ALSO MAY I REFER YOU TO THE NOW AMERICAN CORPORATE FORGOTTEN S+L SCANDAL, WHERE HUNDREDS OF FEDERALLY GUARANTEED S+L s WERE BOLDLY FLEECED AND ROBBED BY MANAGEMENT SUITS. LOCALLY, I USE TO USE A MECHANIC RECOMMENDED BY "CONSUMER CHECKBOOK" UNTIL THE 3RD VISIT WHEN THE GARAGE OWNER ON N. LINCOLN AVENUE SAID THEY HAD AGAIN FORGOTTEN TO KEEP MY REPLACED PARTS,LIKE AN EXPENSIVE TIMING BELT AND FILTERS, SO I COULD NOT ONLY SEE THE WEAR BUT MAKE SURE THEY REPLACED THE OLD "WORN OUT PARTS" LIKE SPARK PLUGS. ANOTHER LOCAL SF BAY AREA EXAMPLE IS A LIMO COMPANY THAT WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY "VALUE STAR", AND AS AN EMPLOYEE I KNEW THEY TREATED THEIR WEDDING AND FAMOUS CLIENTS LIKE DIRT AND MADE A TON OF MONEY IN THE PROCESS. CAVEAT SUIT EMPTOR. THE LIMO COMPANY OWNER REGULARLY WOULD SWITCH THE STRETCH'S COLOR ON BRIDES, SO THAT ASIAN BRIDES WOULD GET WHITE STRETCHES AND CAUCASIAN BRIDES WOULD GET BLACK STRETCHES. I WOULD OBJECT BUT SHOW UP ON TIME AT THE CHURCH OR HOME IN THE DEFINITELY WRONG COLOR STRETCH LIMOUSINE, AND THE BRIDE AND MOTHER WOULD BE IN TEARS AND THE FATHER WOULD BE STEAMING MAD. I WOULD ASK IF THEY PAID BY CREDIT CARD AND PUT THE COLOR REQUESTED AND "LESS THAN 3 YRS OLD" AND SIZE SINCE A "6 PACK" ONLY COMFORTABLY SEATS 4 AND A "10 PACK" MAY ONLY COMFORTABLY SEAT 7,,,AND THEY WOULD USUALLY SAY "NO, WE PAID BY CHECK". AMERICAN CORPORATE SCREWED, AS USUAL, WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND, THE OWNER MADE HIS HUGE PROFIT THO HE WAS NOT FOLLOWING STATE LAW IN PAYING HIS DRIVERS OVERTIME, JUST AS MOST LIMO AND CHARTER/TOUR BUS COMPANIES DONT LEGALLY OBEY THE LAW BUT PUT REGULAR STRAIGHT HOURS IN THE TIME AND A HALF OVERTIME BOX AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LETS THOUSANDS OF COMPANY OWNERS, NOT LOWLY HOURLY SLAVES LIKE ME, STEAL BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE WORKING POOR AND DECLINING MIDDLE INCOME CLASS IN CALIFORNIA ALONE. SO SAD THAT WE ALLOW OWNERS AND MANAGERS AND MANAGEMENT TO STEAL FROM EMPLOYEES AND FROM AMERICAN CONSUMERS, AND THEN TO TOP IT OFF WE LET THEM DECLARE AN OFFSHORE TAX HAVEN SO THEY DON'T PAY ANY FEDERAL TAXES,AS IF THIS WAS THE ONLY WAS AMERICAN COMPANIES COULD SUCCEED AND PROFIT, BY OUTRIGHT LAWBREAKING, FRAUD, AND THEFT. OUR CULTURAL ELITE WILL STEAL.
SO REGARDLESS OF THIS LIE TOLD IN BUSINESS SCHOOLS AND ON OUR "REALITY" FANTASY TV, IT IS THE SUITS THAT HAVE ALWAYS,OFTEN WITH THE HELP OF GOVERNMENT, STOLEN MORE AND CAUSED MORE BUSINESSES TO FAIL, THAN THE LOWLY HOURLY EMPLOYEE. OH, SO MANY EXAMPLES, BUT HERE IS JUST ONE MORE,,,I WAS IN "MISAD" FAMOUS MUFFLER SHOPS ,BUT FOR BRAKE DISC PADS, AND I HEARD A COUNTER GUY TELL A HOUSEWIFE WITH A STATIONWAGON THAT "MISAD" COULD NOT LET HER LEAVE WITHOUT ALL NEW 4 BRAKES AS HERS WERE SO WORN AS TO BE UNSAFE...!!!,,,HA,,,SHE BOT IT,,,AND DO YOU THINK CORPORATE "MISAD" OR CALIFORNIA STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY DID ANYTHING CORRECTIVE ABOUT IT, ,,YOU ARE IN FANTASY LAND.
