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[Bird]

Wroughtn_harv seems to think kids should be the responsibility of HD clerks.

Oh, I think we all know that the kids should be the responsibility of their parents, but does that mean the rest of us should not also care about the kids and what becomes of them? And the HD clerks weren't the ones who made the law; they just have to abide by it.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

/pine you are correct, my post was directed at the previous post that I quoted. Wroughtn_harv seems to think kids should be the responsibility of HD clerks.

Not at all.

Ole Wroughtn one just knows how the world works.

Let's say you're a wheel at HD. You understand that ninety percent of your employees will do right. But when that one doesn't at just the wrong time HD can be held liable for a lot of dollars and bad publicity.

Your interest is to make sure that incident can't happen. If it does happen HD has to have shown they've done everything possible to insure it wouldn't.

You also have to weigh the costs of training employees and maintaining that training versus the cost of having a one time charge for programing in a failsafe method of insuring the employee does their job.

So it's not about your freedoms, you can shop where you want when you want. It's not about taking care of other people's kids. And surprise surprise, it isn't about you.

It's about business taking care of business.

 

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It's about business taking care of business.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: And there you have it in a nut shell, business comes before anything.

I'm pretty sure most of the cashiers at HD don't want children sniffing glue. I'm sure that most adults don't want a bunch of kids running around sniffing glue. I'm also 100% positive IDing my gray balding aging butt didn't do squat to stop a kid from sniffing glue. So please explain how wasting my time with a stupid law{probably not HD's} is helping anyone from substance abuse? I still stand my ground, forcing assinine laws on the innocent is a bash to our freedoms and does absolutely nothing to help anyone or anything. Folks keep saying don't buy their product go elsewhere that's your freedom. Well if it is a law{for the city} and I did need the product I'd imagine I'd be harassed no matter which store I went to.

 

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Oh, I think we all know that the kids should be the responsibility of their parents, but does that mean the rest of us should not also care about the kids and what becomes of them? And the HD clerks weren't the ones who made the law; they just have to abide by it.

I agree Bird, I was just answering the way the post was directed to my post. Like I said I have nothing against the cashier nor the place of business. What I'm against are the busy body politicians that keep writting assinine laws to look good for next election. What I'd like to see is something that would solve an issue not just keep adding more while screwing with the innocent and taking freedoms in the process.


Is everyone happy that we can be spied on at anytime? Is everyone happy that their picture can be taken 100's of times during the day? Is everyone happy that all phone calls are monitored? Is everyone happy to be paying carreer politicians to basically do nothing? Is everyone happy to know that those that decide our fate with insurance, taxes, etc... have non of those same worrys? Is everyone happy that joe politician can get fired but still receive a full paycheck? The list goes on and on but I hope this explains better why I get mad EVEN at the petty/dumb little stuff.

 

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No shoes, no shirt, long hair, long time since shower, we{US} say no service........ this would be the regulation today at most businesses? Would this protect us from anything? Wonder what Jesus would have to say about these policies, or as far as that goes how about our ancestors that fought for the right for us to make up such stupid laws/policies/inconviences?

 

[Sigarms]

So please explain how wasting my time with a stupid law{probably not HD's} is helping anyone from substance abuse?

I never realized that locking people up in jail for years for victimless drug offenses helped them with their substance abuse.

Wonder what Jesus would have to say about these policies, or as far as that goes how about our ancestors that fought for the right for us to make up such stupid laws/policies/inconviences?

"And He said unto them, render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's"

Personally, I don't thin Jesus would give a rats butt about getting carded at a big box store

or as far as that goes how about our ancestors that fought for the right for us to make up such stupid laws/policies/inconviences?

And what was the population back then?

Here is a fact which I'm certain of but have no proof of. During ANY TIME of the history of our nation, we've had stupid laws/policies and inconveniences to deal with.

We all have the freedom to move away from it all, where some people in this world do not.

 

[Bird]

I'm sure many of you are too young to remember when there were no laws prohibiting the selling of glues, glue sniffing, etc. I don't know when such laws came into existence in your part of the world, but in 1967-68 when I was a young police officer, I can remember the many complaints I responded to about the kids sniffing that stuff and getting high, and there was really nothing we could do about it because it was not illegal at the time.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I'm sure many of you are too young to remember when there were no laws prohibiting the selling of glues, glue sniffing, etc. I don't know when such laws came into existence in your part of the world, but in 1967-68 when I was a young police officer, I can remember the many complaints I responded to about the kids sniffing that stuff and getting high, and there was really nothing we could do about it because it was not illegal at the time.

All laws are about a real or perceived problem.

Back then we didn't have laws because it wasn't considered a problem, or at least much of one. We didn't know that sniffing glue would destroy the immature brain. The abusers of inhalants were few and far between so most of us didn't have someone we cared about affected by it. The stuff was just as toxic and the final outcome just as tragic, we were just too stupid to understand. The laws aren't about their ignorance as they are about ours.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: And there you have it in a nut shell, business comes before anything.

I'm pretty sure most of the cashiers at HD don't want children sniffing glue. I'm sure that most adults don't want a bunch of kids running around sniffing glue. I'm also 100% positive IDing my gray balding aging butt didn't do squat to stop a kid from sniffing glue. So please explain how wasting my time with a stupid law{probably not HD's} is helping anyone from substance abuse? I still stand my ground, forcing assinine laws on the innocent is a bash to our freedoms and does absolutely nothing to help anyone or anything. Folks keep saying don't buy their product go elsewhere that's your freedom. Well if it is a law{for the city} and I did need the product I'd imagine I'd be harassed no matter which store I went to.

Don't shop at Home Depot. That's freedom in action. That's voting with your feet/checkbook.

Be sure and explain to everyone why. LOL

 

[rekees4300]

Don't shop at Home Depot. That's freedom in action. That's voting with your feet/checkbook.

Be sure and explain to everyone why. LOL

If it's a HD "law" then I'd agree, don't shop at HD. On the other hand if it's a real law then that's entirely another matter. Another example of our emerging nanny state where every problem must be solved by some local/state/federal government decree.