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Subject:Re: Other Clients from Hell From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:Scottie Lover <iluvscotties -at- mindspring -dot- com> Date:Fri, 09 Jun 2000 20:23:59 -0400
Scottie Lover wrote:
>
> I once worked for a major department store which was the victim of a
> hostile takeover
> (read VERY hostile; this was a Jewish company taken over by
> anti-Semites). The new owners wanted to have the company publicly traded,
> and then sell it for a hefty profit. Accordingly, their only goals were
> VERY short-term.
>
<snip>
What is your reputation, self esteem and ability to face yourself when
you shave worth.
Andrew's answer while pithy as usual, is not one that I agree with.
Besides, I would think that their actions might very well be labeled
FRAUDULENT.
--
Peter
"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a
minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's
longer than any hour. That's relativity," - Einstein-
