[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by Patty55

As a former small business owner I loved that I had the freedom of working any 168 hours a week I chose.

As far as the minimum wage group, sad to say that most of them aren't even worth that much. A lot of the workers today are terrible. I paid above the minimum wage to barely adequate workers, the problem with that is they begin to think they are worth it and THEY JUST DON'T GET IT.

At Christmas I gave everyone a weeks pay for a bonus and never even received so much as a card in return-one girl wrote "Thank you" when she endorsed the check.

As a "greedy owner", I made the most money when I started out, as I grew the headaches became overwhelming and after matching their FICA and all the assorted BS I actually kept less money for myself.

I provided free health insurance and had one guy complain because we didn't do eyeglass coverage, so he threatened to dump our coverage and move his family onto his wife's company plan...THEY JUST DON'T GET IT.

I found these people begrudged my success, my toys and my lifestyle, yet they would never have chosen the sacrifices that I did to get there.

Think about the stupid people you have to deal with on a daily basis. Look at Comcast (IMO, their Christmas party must be like a stupidity convention), I'm sure their people make over the minimum and get benefits. Has it raised the level of competence?

That post makes sense. I will reconsider my position. Thanks for a direct response with such honesty.