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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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It's assembly. It doesn't matter if you're putting together burgers, F150s, or fighter jets, it's all basically the same. You're working on a known product, using a set of instructions, with parts hung on queue. You're a warm body. Don't glorify it.
Just like your job, not. I know nothing about what you do on your job, you know nothing about what I do on mine.

Don't glorify yourself. You wouldn't last 35 days on my job. I could do your job with ease.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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Stealth, thanks for taking pride in your work, 'cause if one of those things comes apart flying over my state I could be in deep pooh! Calculating altitude and speed, if it came apart in another state, I could be in deep pooh too!
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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Just like your job, not. I know nothing about what you do on your job, you know nothing about what I do on mine.

Don't glorify yourself. You wouldn't last 35 days on my job. I could do your job with ease.
I've yet to mention what I do for a living in this thread, and I've yet to compare it to your job. I'm not the one who smugly said "I handcraft state of the art stealth fighters."

You're working with a known product, set instructions, with assemblies going together on queue. Somehow, I seriously doubt it's that difficult. I'm sure there's a learning curve involved, but I bet it's about as flat as Texas is big. And with Big Momma Union covering for me if/when I screw up, I think I'd do okay short of burning the building to the ground.

And given enough time, money, dedication, and a little (or maybe a lot of) trial and error, we all can be replaced.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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The union threads are the best.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:15 PM
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The union threads are the best.
Ain't they though?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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And given enough time, money, dedication, and a little (or maybe a lot of) trial and error, we all can be replaced.[/QUOTE]

Much can be accomplished with time and money. I am trying to train a monkey to do my job. No luck yet. But then, I am not a monkey trainer.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Quintin
I've yet to mention what I do for a living in this thread, and I've yet to compare it to your job. I'm not the one who smugly said "I handcraft state of the art stealth fighters."

You're working with a known product, set instructions, with assemblies going together on queue. Somehow, I seriously doubt it's that difficult. I'm sure there's a learning curve involved, but I bet it's about as flat as Texas is big. And with Big Momma Union covering for me if/when I screw up, I think I'd do okay short of burning the building to the ground.

And given enough time, money, dedication, and a little (or maybe a lot of) trial and error, we all can be replaced.
Your assumption of what I do is incorrect. You union bashers are all the same.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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Your assumption of what I do is incorrect. You union bashers are all the same.
And here you go again. Instead of setting the record straight, it's "you union bashers are all the same."

It's a never ending cycle, ain't it?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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And here you go again. Instead of setting the record straight, it's "you union bashers are all the same."

It's a never ending cycle, ain't it?
It is with you, anyway.

What else do you know about what I do on my job? Maybe I can learn something.

I won't ask about your job, everyone knows what auto mechanics do.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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Stealth, please... how does a company benefit by hiring union represented workers?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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I don't know if I could live with myself, doing a job repetitively that's akin to assembling Big Macs at McDonald's.

Part "A" into slot "B." Over, and over, and over, and...
Sir: Would you like fries with your Stealth?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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Stealth, please... how does a company benefit by hiring union represented workers?
You want my opinion which anyone can rebuke or some cut/paste backed up story that anyone can rebuke?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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Okay, you win, I've had enough fun this time around. I guess I'll never be worthy of understanding the Brotherhood of the Union Greatness. It's beyond my vision. I am not worthy, for every question us lowly non-union serfs ask, we do not deserve an answer, because we'll never understand, no matter what, so we shall continue in our union bashing since no union members will ever try to set us straight. I bow in your mightiness.



 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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You want my opinion which anyone can rebuke or some cut/paste backed up story that anyone can rebuke?
No, I'd like to know why you feel a company benefits by hiring union represented workers.

Take what you know. You're in manufacturing, so am I (automated manufacturing engineer). You work for a large US company, I work for a global company. In my sector, unions would do nothing but harm us and the company itself.

I'm just curious what you feel in order to make that statement.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Okay, you win, I've had enough fun this time around. I guess I'll never be worthy of understanding the Brotherhood of the Union Greatness. It's beyond my vision. I am not worthy, for every question us lowly non-union serfs ask, we do not deserve an answer, because we'll never understand, no matter what, so we shall continue in our union bashing since no union members will ever try to set us straight. I bow in your mightiness.



I'll respect you in the morning.
 
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