tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post1980730485962186303..comments2023-10-23T09:23:05.584-05:00Comments on Live Oaks: When the Investigator CallsBrian Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06604845862020723068noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post-79719547459286130332010-07-16T10:29:33.696-05:002010-07-16T10:29:33.696-05:00Mr. Moderate--
How are the rights of my employees ...Mr. Moderate--<br />How are the rights of my employees and customers in danger if I don't have a sign on my door? Rights can only be violated by physical coercion, and that certainly doesn't apply to the absence of a sign on my door.<br /><br />Facts can sometimes get in the way of pre-conceived notions. The only employee of my business is my wife. She sits about 15 feet from the door that she uses multiple times a day. I have customers come to my office 2 or 3 times a year, and when they do they are seldom out of sight of the door they used to enter the office. <br /><br />Personally, I think better of both my wife and my customers than to believe that they are so stupid they couldn't find the door.Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604845862020723068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post-61732027011263022792010-07-16T07:46:28.257-05:002010-07-16T07:46:28.257-05:00Congratulations, you are paying for the idiotic de...Congratulations, you are paying for the idiotic decisions made by business owners who didn't properly post the exits, resulting in in customer or employee deaths during a fire or other emergency. Without the occupancy permit process, a portion of business owners would refuse to do the right thing in terms of life safety. They wouldn't pay for fire extinguishers, would lock doors to keep employees or customers from sneaking out, would put merchandise in front of fire exits, block stairwells,etc. Many of these issues are not obvious to employees and customers. Absent the inspections, the rights of your employees and customers would be in danger. so, the permits and inspections are a way of protecting the rights of those who work for or patronize your business.<br /><br />As for the idiots in the City office, I approach that situation a couple of ways. First, I tell them to quit wasting my time gabbing about last nights TV. If that upsets them, then we have a discussion with their supervisor, and if necessary, their manager. I do not put up with crap from government employees, including police. They work for us, not the other way around.Mr. Moderatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post-87382290255434972722010-07-14T10:02:02.094-05:002010-07-14T10:02:02.094-05:00I think that most people understand that governmen...I think that most people understand that government policies are contradictory. But they regard government mandates as metaphysical facts and passively accept them.Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604845862020723068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post-20286791459122088192010-07-14T06:18:59.668-05:002010-07-14T06:18:59.668-05:00LOL, but still... sigh. Getting rid of the whole p...LOL, but still... sigh. Getting rid of the whole permit process, along with the fees it generates, is likely to prove an uphill battle if taken head on. Or should that be head/ass on? <br /><br />It's all part & parcel of the view that by demanding people ask for permission, somehow mistakes and mishaps will be avoided. However, the contradictory nature of government regulations, put together piecemeal and unintegrated as they are, could be used to start the process of unravelling the concept of governmental supremacy. <br /><br />People hold the view that government OUGHT to be involved in every aspect of people's lives, because they have been taught that "people" (i.e., other people not themselves of course) are incapable of acting rationally. However, the government is also staffed with people. Perhaps that could be used to negate their basic premise? <br /><br />My point is - I'm trying to figure out how best to demonstrate to people how and why altruism doesn't work and can't work. I think the example of the contradictory regulations regarding occupancy permits provides another nugget of proof. <br /><br />As for Shamu and co., I tend to forget how horribly unhelpful most people who work in government actually are, since I do make such an effort to be helpful in my job and am always being profusely thanked for it - I work for/with Judges in Superior Court. <br /><br />Anyway, long comment I know - but you've got yourself a new fan, Mr. Phillips.AMAIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060366419694280372noreply@blogger.com