Shopaholic Reform: Thursday & Friday Damages (10/21

Friday, October 22

Thursday & Friday Damages (10/21 - 10/22)

Thursday

Friday

$17.60 - USPS (stamps...I know, try to contain your excitement)
$10.00 - Town of Natick (dog license)

On a totally unrelated note...I dislike dog haters. Actually, more like HATE.

A woman in the condo complex told me today on her way from her car to her building that "we don't really have dogs running around in the grass here hon ( I should note that calling me hon immediately incites anger and you will not get a nice response from me), that's where kids play." Clearly not a dog lover. All Maggie was doing was playing with a stick AND she was no where near this woman and was on a leash. I chose to ignore her. Well actually, first I asked her if she was serious and if she had looked around at the number of dogs that live here...and then turned around and continue to play with Maggie. She apparently went inside and immediately called property management on me.

John, the property manager, who clearly wasn't excited to relay this shrews message, came out (literally immediately) to talk to me. The conversation went something like this.

John: Do you live here?
Me: Yes, do you?
John: I'm the property manager. So, technically we don't allow dogs, and they shouldn't be on the green spaces.
Me: Seriously, you are aware that there are a ton of dogs living in this complex.
John: Yes, I know. I'm sorry. I have a golden retriever (you could see his annoyance at having to tell me to stop my dog from having fun at this point, but that wretched beast was probably peering out from behind her blinds watching him).
Me: Okay, so let me get this straight. As long as the dogs aren't in the "old peoples" way and have no fun in any way shape or form, we're good.
John: Yeah, pretty much.
Me: Fascinating and completely ridiculous. (Laughed and walked away as I talked to Maggie about going home to stare at the wall and stay out of the old peoples' way)

I ran into this problem at my condo complex in FL when I lived down there, over and over again. I have to say it wore on me, and towards the end it was literally outright war with some people. I don't see this ending well for this woman. Guess who's building we'll be walking Maggie around and around and around! Next time mind ya business lady.

Why do some older folk hate fun? Any and all theories are welcome.

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Something to Chew On...

The downside to Globalization

1. “The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. It is wonderful for managers and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”¹

2. Multinational corporations are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions (including slave labor wages and poor living and working conditions), as well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage.

3. Multinational corporations which were previously restricted to commercial activities are increasingly influencing political decisions. Many think there is a threat of corporations ruling the world because they are gaining power due to globalization.

4. Opponents say globalization makes it easier for rich companies to act with less accountability. They also claim that countries’ individual cultures are becoming overpowered by Americanization.

5. Anti-globalists also claim that globalization is not working for the majority of the world. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment, 1960 to 1998, inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources, while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.

6. Some experts think that globalization is also leading to the incursion of communicable diseases. Deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travelers to the remotest corners of the globe.

7. Globalization has led to exploitation of labor. Prisoners and child workers are used to work in inhumane conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap goods. There is also an increase in human trafficking.

8. Social welfare schemes or “safety nets” are under great pressure in developed countries because of deficits and other economic ramifications of globalization.

As manufacturing continues to decline, so does our ability to innovate. In the long term, this means fewer well-paid jobs, lower productivity, declining wages, declining living standards and low economic growth. Globalization is a big part of this decline and will affect all jobs and all sectors of the economy. From the point of view of multinational corporations and Wall Street investors, globalization is probably viewed as a wonderful phenomenon with many opportunities. But from the point of view of American manufacturers, manufacturing workers, the middle class, professional service workers and overall economic growth, I think the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages.

-Mike Collins, The Pros and Cons of Globalization (2010)