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<blockquote data-quote="qdg2" data-source="post: 5717883" data-attributes="member: 100309">We are well. Thanks. You?No never.I&#039;m far too blunt and free thinking to be a politician. Example: Safety meetings......nuff said. Union meetings....nuff said. Those are two organizations that do not accept opposing views or even solutions. You see that sort of obtuse thinking right here on BC.Example: try to make any change at UPS/Union........the red tape and even just the pure hatred of mgt for hourlies prevents much of anything changing.Example: We moved into a new development with a common pool area. HOA. Went to the first HOA meeting. After a day at the pool. The pool: complete chaos.....kids swinging from the shower chains, kids riding bicycles inside the pool deck and into the water. Absolutely no oversight. I was a public pool lifeguard in my youth. This was a wildly stupid idea of self-regulation. I voiced my concern at the meeting.......Me: &quot;We need at least a lifeguard with authority....&quot; Them: &quot; No way. Way too expensive....&quot; I asked &quot;what happens if someone drowns?&quot;.........silence. This pool had any kid that stayed home and could physically get to the pool. Kids/folks that didn&#039;t even live there. See?What happened? Very soon after, a security guard was hired (not life saving trained)(too much liability)(if your kid drowned...oh well)....after thousands of dollars damage occurred. I suggested the pool be closed and permanently filled in.... We never went back to the pool and thankfully moved away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="qdg2, post: 5717883, member: 100309"] We are well. Thanks. You? No never. I'm far too blunt and free thinking to be a politician. Example: Safety meetings......nuff said. Union meetings....nuff said. Those are two organizations that do not accept opposing views or even solutions. You see that sort of obtuse thinking right here on BC. Example: try to make any change at UPS/Union........the red tape and even just the pure hatred of mgt for hourlies prevents much of anything changing. Example: We moved into a new development with a common pool area. HOA. Went to the first HOA meeting. After a day at the pool. The pool: complete chaos.....kids swinging from the shower chains, kids riding bicycles inside the pool deck and into the water. Absolutely no oversight. I was a public pool lifeguard in my youth. This was a wildly stupid idea of self-regulation. I voiced my concern at the meeting.......Me: "We need at least a lifeguard with authority...." Them: " No way. Way too expensive...." I asked "what happens if someone drowns?".........silence. This pool had any kid that stayed home and could physically get to the pool. Kids/folks that didn't even live there. See? What happened? Very soon after, a security guard was hired (not life saving trained)(too much liability)(if your kid drowned...oh well)....after thousands of dollars damage occurred. I suggested the pool be closed and permanently filled in.... We never went back to the pool and thankfully moved away. [/QUOTE]

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