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Re: So I guess you're for tort reform (Reply to this comment)
by AinsleyJo
I'm definitely for lawsuits when there's a basis for one--such as what happened to Brenda when she was lied to about her eyes (Caramel Apple Memories)--but just against those ones that seem to be going after companies with "deep pockets" when they're doing things that are perfectly legal, such as selling food.
As for security being more attentive to shoplifting if only they were paid more...I think that, when you take on a job, you're in there to do your best at it.
You know what you're going to be paid when you take the job, so you've made a promise to do your best to deliver at that price.
Anyway, that's just how I look at it.
But I totally agree that, at the other end of things, big business shouldn't be able to scare John & Jane Q Public with lawsuits for whistle-blowing.
Lots of things need to be changed about laws!
Don't even get me started...
Blessings!
AJ :o)
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Dec 24 '04
10:41 am PST
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So I guess you're for tort reform (Reply to this comment)
by AliventiAsylum
I am not. Most of the frivilous suits come from corporations suing people trying to shut them up from expressing their views - whether it's people protesting a scrap metal yard in their neighborhood, drug-rehab places that have instead become crack dens, or pharmaceutical companies who push the FDA (and sometimes get their own people appointed there) just so they can put a new and not thoroughly tested drug on the market, the lawsuits have to be allowed to protect the consumer from the unscrupulous nature of corporations. They do not do anything altruistically. The only reason we now have kids pajamas which are fire-retardant is because people sued. Remember the Pinto? How many people died before Ford admitted a design flaw?
Oh, and one of the provisions of a drafted medical tort reform law doesn't allow family members nor the injured party to sue if their loved one is in an extended-care or nursing home and is raped. Because we just trust their employee screeneing so much... right...
While I have no sympathy for people who eat themselves to oblivion (check out my comment on Sue's review of "Super Size Me"), I do have a little for the woman who sued McDonalds. Yes, she was very stupid to put the coffee between her legs. The details of the case, though, showed that McDonald's kept it's coffee 60 degrees hotter than most other places because they had a free-refill policy and this way people would usually not be able to finish their coffee while dining in.
I would have probably awarded her $100,000 if I were on the jury - not millions. And that's the third thing. Juries have to get real. I got a jury questionaire and I know I won't be picked. Why? Because I'm too smart and look at things from too many different angles. Lawyers don't like that - they want people they can manipulate, on either side.
The industry I think should have a good, hard look taken at it is the insurance industry. How come HMO profits went up 52% last year and yet people are worried about lawsuits shutting down doctors? How come my car insurance company can take my money for so many years and yet the minute I have an accident I get a letter about being dropped? How come their employees are getting $30,000 bonuses and trips to the caribbean while the people they are sucking money from struggle to pay the bills?
Maybe if the CEOs of "Box Mart" and other places decided to give their employees a fifty-cent an hour raise or show their appreciation with $100 gift-checks at Christmas, security would put more effort into staving off shoplifters, rather than not caring when they hear about the CEO's $9 million bonus.
Patti
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Dec 24 '04
6:35 am PST
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Re: What we fail to see (Reply to this comment)
by AinsleyJo
Best wishes with your business!!!
I know where you're coming from, because I'm part-owner of a couple of land-development companies, but, at this time, they're mostly on paper and in dreams.
Like you, I believe that 2005 will actually produce more tangible results!
Keep me posted!
Hugs & Prayers!
AJ :o)
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Dec 23 '04
6:16 am PST
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What we fail to see (Reply to this comment)
by BARNZ
That story could easily be about any of us. Even the more wealthy among us. Most people are one paycheck away from poverty.
I left my high paying job that was an hour away from me to take a job that was 15 minutes away from my house. I took at 20 thousand dollar pay cut and now we are suffering financially for that. Thankfully my side business is picking up the slack, but it's been a rough 2004. 2005 is looking better, but when the wife and I analyzed the impact of me losing 20 thousand, before I did it, we did not really know what the real impact would be. Now that we know, I'm looking for another job, but really hoping I can make my business into a full time job, because it would pay more in the end.
Happy holidays and good luck to everyone.
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Dec 23 '04
6:08 am PST
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by AinsleyJo
And, in the story I wrote about, it was greed that led her and the kids to this place--not her greed. Not even greed coming from the "big business" chain-store where she had been working.
Instead, the greed coming from those who are always suing "big" businesses for no good reason such as, "Your food made me fat!" "Your coffee burned me!" "My daughter committed suicide using a gun bought at your place!"
And people shop-lift.
I'm not even talking about needy people. I'm talking about those who could afford to buy what they're stealing but just kinda like the idea of getting away with not having to pay for something put out by a "rich corporation."
This kind of behavior has, time and again, put companies either completely out-of-business or else has made it necessary to close several of their stores.
These stores have employees--now, these former employees are out-of-work.
Sure! Some will find other jobs.
But there will be others who don't--and, of those others, there will be people finding themselves to be among the homeless!
It's time that we quit being so short-sighted and look at the bigger picture!
Blessings!
AJ :o)
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Dec 22 '04
1:28 pm PST
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