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PoindexterOglethorpe

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27. Similarly, I use a brand name cleaning service

Mon May 24, 2021, 01:02 AM

May 2021

to clean my small home every other week.

I HATE cleaning. I'm not good at it. I do a terrible job. It took me far too long to hire this company, but I finally did. Now my home is clean, and I can let people in and not be ashamed. Nor to I have to frantically clean (very badly) when anticipating visitors. Heck, when my sister was here earlier this year, after a health issue with me, the day my home was cleaned she was on the phone with someone and said, "Poindexter's home now sparkles." She got it right.

What I spend for the cleaning is the best money I have ever spend. Oh, and I provide employment.

I honestly think that recognizing your limitations is important. Hire out those things that you really cannot do yourself.

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I guess I was not clear enough in my previous post. [View all] MineralMan May 2021 OP

They got rid of middle managers. Those jobs and incomes for the community applegrove May 2021 #1

And yet, Amazon has a distribution center near where I live. MineralMan May 2021 #5

That must be a local rate. Ms. Toad May 2021 #16

Could be a local rate. However, we are pushing for a $15 minimum wage. MineralMan May 2021 #29

Further, Amazon distribution centers also have middle managers, MineralMan May 2021 #8

link? Kali May 2021 #2

I agree, you did right. padfun May 2021 #3

I was perplexed on why your previous OP Niagara May 2021 #4

That doesn't matter. MineralMan May 2021 #9

I don't think you were too subtle at all. HUAJIAO May 2021 #15

If you really think about it... padfun May 2021 #6

Each transaction generates a different set of cash flows, wages and benefits, profit destinations bucolic_frolic May 2021 #7

as I do too !! very well put bud ! monkeyman1 May 2021 #10

A dairy company expanded into my town and won the school district bid and hired me. brewens May 2021 #11

I was in my "local" Home Depot yesterday, ready to drop a pretty good sized order OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #12

Yeah. That's pretty common. Most big box stores these days don't deliver MineralMan May 2021 #30

Tax free works us the problem JT45242 May 2021 #13

Ding! We have a winner! druidity33 May 2021 #20

Warehouse and distribution center work is very hard work. MineralMan May 2021 #35

How can we blame them. I mean, Dark n Stormy Knight May 2021 #25

As much as I don't like Walmart and while most people claim the opposite, but... marble falls May 2021 #14

Why do you think people suddenly stop shopping at small businesses? HUAJIAO May 2021 #17

Its the centralization of the jobs, come on we know they add but who wants all that in a few ... uponit7771 May 2021 #18

It's also the economy of scale. MineralMan May 2021 #31

All true, I just don't like the centralization of distribution/selling because a lack of oversight uponit7771 May 2021 #36

Economics. It's all balanced by that. MineralMan May 2021 #37

Free market forces don't work good enough for oversight, look at healthcare in America uponit7771 May 2021 #39

Mineral Man; your post are always good friend of m and j May 2021 #19

That's very kind of you to say! MineralMan May 2021 #38

There was an issue with your earlier post??? I understood exactly what you meant, even before niyad May 2021 #21

Yet nobody has responded with the word MONOPOLY ... aggiesal May 2021 #22

When that comes close to happening, let's address it. Until then, we shop at Amazon and Walmart.... George II May 2021 #24

They've already done it in some regions. n/t aggiesal May 2021 #26

I agree. Too many are too quick to criticize if you don't shop at the local merchant, thinking.... George II May 2021 #23

Similarly, I use a brand name cleaning service PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #27

All I know is Amazon is getting better with their employees Tree Lady May 2021 #28

More specifically, there is really no such thing as a "local" appliance dealer... brooklynite May 2021 #32

Here in the Twin Cities metro area, there are a few. MineralMan May 2021 #33

Delivery and instillation are around to stay. RegularJam May 2021 #34

It has been around since my parents' days. Treefrog May 2021 #40