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Can I not buy a mop to mop the floor or do I have to hire the Janitor so as not to put him out of business. How many people work on there own cars. How many companies work on their own vehicles to save money. It is called capitalism and a free society. We may not like it but there is nothing we can do about it. I shut my business down because I could not compete without growing larger than I wanted to. I now work for a large commercial shop and for now we are very busy. Should that change, I may need to pound nails for a living. We have no guarantees in life except taxes and death. We are not entitled to make a living as sign guys or pinstripers. We do live in a free society where we have the choice to try and make a living at it, but that doesn't mean there won't be roadblocks and walls thrown in front of us. We sometimes have to re-invent ourselves to compete and even then it doesn't work. Hate to sound so cold but it is reality.
-------------------- Rob Larkham Sign Techniques Inc. Chicopee, Ma Posts: 607 | From: Chester, Ma. | Registered: Apr 2002
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Bruce, I think we're talking about different things here.
I have no problem helping people learn. Key word: helping. As in they have taken the initiative to learn themselves & are asking for assistance, not someone who wants you to tell them step-by-step everything they need to do because they don't want to have to put in any of the effort themselves or forbid, actually learn something along the way.
The guy I'm referring to (and the way I took Amy's phone call) both wanted the same thing: Tell me exactly what I want to know, where to buy, etc. so I don't have to do any research on my own. They weren't asking for advice or input, they were asking for me to just freely give them all my hard-earned knowledge at once while they sat on the lazyboy. Had the question been "I'm looking at so-and-so plotter, what do you think?" My answer would have been totally different because they had already put something into it themselves.
Helping is 1 thing, doing everything for someone is a totally different story. I won't help someone who refuses to try to help themselves.
-------------------- Chris Welker Wildfire Signs Indiana, Pa Posts: 4254 | From: Indiana, PA | Registered: Mar 2001
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That's exactly how I feel. I'm not against anyone starting whatever business they want. I've helped fellow sign folks when I could. Many people helped me get started. John Smith helped me a lot.
However, don't call me when you don't even know me from Adam and ask me to teach you how to route signs which in turn potentially take money from my pocket. That's just a no brainer for me!!
I'm over this whole thing. It's old news now. I'm waiting for a tropical storm in my pajamas while eating ice cream.
Time to let this topic die guys!!
-------------------- Amy Brown Life Skills 101 Private Address Posts: 3502 | From: Lake Helen, FL, USA | Registered: Feb 2001
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