[ale] OT: H1B: PLEASE DISREGARD EARLIER POSTS

[Sergio Chaves]

Yeah, right....

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:

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>Things aren't always so simple.
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>On Thursday 30 December 2004 08:32 am, Sergio Chaves wrote:
>| I'm with you 100%.
>| 
>| Now please, would the person who hired the  $20.00/hr Professional Lawn 
>| Service Co. over the $8.50/hr spanish who can get the job done in the 
>| same professional way raise you hand?
>
>Well, actually, I got a battery-powered lawnmower and weed whacker and
>do my own. The savings more than paid for the cost of equipment in the
>first year.
>
>| Also please, would the person who hired the  $2,500.00 Professional 
>| Carpet Co. over the $1,700.00 spanish/latino who can get the job done in 
>| the same professional way raise you hand?
>
>We needed some carpet put down. Went with an established company, which
>used documented Hispanic laborers. Both spoke English and the company
>was bonded, insured and had been in business for more than 25 years.
>The point here is that if someone bungles the lawn mowing job, the grass
>will grow back. If someone mangles the carpet installation and you had
>it done on the cheap, getting satisfaction/restitution may be difficult.
> 
>| And how about that brick laying job you need done? Would you choose 
>| "Mike Stevenson" at $30.00/hr or "Jose FromMexico" at $7.50/hr?
>
>This one is easy. If the work is structural I am going to hire the
>masons who are insured and bonded and have a long standing business
>address. If I want to build an outdoor barbeque pit, I'll probably
>hire Jose -- after looking at samples of his work.
>
>The second point that I think needs to be made is that most of the
>time you get what you pay for.
>An example:
>   Last week on a very cold morning my wife went to the corner CVS
>to get a prescription filled. Got out of her car and went splat
>on the asphalt because some IDIOT have left the sprinkler system on
>and that corner of the parking lot was a sheet of ice. My wife went in
>to get some help and advise the manager that the sprinkler system 
>needed to be turned OFF for the winter and that some salt needed to
>be spread on the ice rink ASAP.  The "manager" on duty was a Hispanic
>woman with limited English skills and not a single clue as to what
>needed to be done. She'd probably had never dealt with ice in her life.
>She didn't offer to patch up my wife's bleeding arm; all she did was
>stand there and say in halting English: " I don't know what to do."
>My wife pointed out the nearby hardware store and came home.
>
>Obviously CVS is getting all of the quality in a store manager it is
>willing to pay for. Which isn't much. We aren't going to call a
>lawyer and sue the stupid jerks, but if the same thing had happened
>to one of my elderly Jewish neighbors, CVS wouldn't be hearing the
>end of this story for a long time.
>
>Sean
>
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