By gosh, here's what is right with America: Guaranteed.

[printdust]

http://www.newson6.com/story/15116980/owasso-restaurant-under-renovation

Damned if most CEOs would do this in their companies.

These people deserve mad props.

 

[printdust]

This was medication for my stomach after seeing the thread about the $50,000 playhouse by some corporate slime.

 

[Football_Bat]

There was probably a nice tax write-off involved with the franchisees, but I won't spoil a good story.

 

[poindexter]

There was probably a nice tax write-off involved with the franchisees, but I won't spoil a good story.

Of course you are pissing on it, but a 'write off' doesn't mean they get a dollar for dollar credit. I 'write off' is just a reduction of taxable income.

Its a great story despite you pissing on it.

You don't even know what a write off is - Seinfeld

 

[poindexter]

from the story: Rich says about a third of their employees have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities.

-interesting

 

[spikechiquet]

from the story: Rich says about a third of their employees have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities.

-interesting

...which shows what's wrong with America. Lazy, just lazy.

 

[qtlaw]

Damn great story. Thanks.

 

[Dick Whitman]

from the story: Rich says about a third of their employees have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities.

-interesting

...which shows what's wrong with America. Lazy, just lazy.

Or busy, just busy.

I think 1/3 is a pretty decent rate of participation.

 

[YankeeFan]

There was probably a nice tax write-off involved with the franchisees, but I won't spoil a good story.

Of course you are pissing on it, but a 'write off' doesn't mean they get a dollar for dollar credit. I 'write off' is just a reduction of taxable income.

Its a great story despite you pissing on it.

You don't even know what a write off is - Seinfeld

Thank you.

People really don't understand "tax write offs".

 

[spikechiquet]

from the story: Rich says about a third of their employees have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities.

-interesting

...which shows what's wrong with America. Lazy, just lazy.

Or busy, just busy.

I think 1/3 is a pretty decent rate of participation.

If they are out of work for the summer and their boss offers to pay for them to volunteer, how are they busy?

 

[Dick Whitman]

from the story: Rich says about a third of their employees have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities.

-interesting

...which shows what's wrong with America. Lazy, just lazy.

Or busy, just busy.

I think 1/3 is a pretty decent rate of participation.

If they are out of work for the summer and their boss offers to pay for them to volunteer, how are they busy?

Do you have children? Nephews? Nieces?

I get what you're saying. I don't think there's really an excuse for not volunteering. I think most people think they are busier than they really are. But I think that's what they would tell you: Too busy.

 

[spikechiquet]

So you agree with me.
You just said that people are making excuses by saying their busy when they probably really are not. So....that means they are being lazy.

And no kids, 1 niece and a full-time job. Still I have volunteered at least at 1 place everywhere I have worked except for here (just moved, looking for a place still).

 

[Dick Whitman]

So you agree with me.
You just said that people are making excuses by saying their busy when they probably really are not. So....that means they are being lazy.

And no kids, 1 niece and a full-time job. Still I have volunteered at least at 1 place everywhere I have worked except for here (just moved, looking for a place still).

I think that if you give a lot of people an inch to be able to get even "busier" with running their children around, they'll take it. No one thinks they have enough time to parent. They will be as busy parenting as they have time to be.

 

[JC]

Actually, if they would have been otherwise employed what real excuse do they have?

 

[Dick Whitman]

Actually, if they would have been otherwise employed what real excuse do they have?

As soon as something is not technically required, people are going to opt for toting their kids around. Or whatever else they would rather do. Every time.

 

[JC]

Actually, if they would have been otherwise employed what real excuse do they have?

As soon as something is not technically required, people are going to opt for toting their kids around. Or whatever else they would rather do. Every time.

One pays the other doesn't.

Every time? Must be nice to be able to speak for everybody

 

[Dick Whitman]

Actually, if they would have been otherwise employed what real excuse do they have?

As soon as something is not technically required, people are going to opt for toting their kids around. Or whatever else they would rather do. Every time.

One pays the other doesn't.

Every time? Must be nice to be able to speak for everybody

Please don't parse. I'm hyperbolizing to make a point. You know that.

 

[Freelance Hack]

from the story: Rich says about a third of their employees have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities.

-interesting

...which shows what's wrong with America. Lazy, just lazy.

Depends. Maybe they left Mickey D's and found a job somewhere else. Not necessarily lazy and not everyone is interested in community service work.

 

[Dick Whitman]

from the story: Rich says about a third of their employees have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities.

-interesting

...which shows what's wrong with America. Lazy, just lazy.

Depends. Maybe they left Mickey D's and found a job somewhere else. Not necessarily lazy and not everyone is interested in community service work.

This is what I'm trying to get at. When many people have an opportunity to spend time with their family, for example, which many people think they do not get enough time to do, many people will jump at that opportunity. I think it would be just as easy to criticize them for volunteering at the expense of family time as it is to do the converse.

 

[printdust]

from the story: Rich says about a third of their employees have taken advantage of the volunteer opportunities.

-interesting

...which shows what's wrong with America. Lazy, just lazy.

Depends. Maybe they left Mickey D's and found a job somewhere else. Not necessarily lazy and not everyone is interested in community service work.

Yeah but the story isn't in what the workers were doing but the owners, who could have pocketed the money regardless of the tax advantage. Tell me one newspaper company that would pull this act of grace.