Comments | lureen_n_twist: FM Topic #38: Arch Nemesis

lureen_n_twist

FM Topic #38: Arch Nemesis

Sep 20, 2006 17:39

Never put much stock in enemies. If I ever made any, I can't say I'm aware of it. Now business is another thing. So I guess my greatest business adversary is Proudfoot Tractors, Inc. out a Fort Worth. They're a pretty big company an' growin', startin ta infringe on my sales. They're owned by one of them reds, an Indian, Native 'Merican, or whatever ( Read more... )

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jack_fing_twist September 20 2006, 22:51:05 UTC

Wull customers ought ta see that we're better than shouldnt they. Sides, your daddy already had a point, most people we sellin to dont want nothin ta do with an indian, see?

lureen_n_twist September 20 2006, 22:55:26 UTC

Yeah, well, they might be able ta look past the color of his skin if they can get cheaper maintenance, Jack. I know Gordon Beddingfield is buyin' from him now, an' that man used ta say some pretty awful things 'bout them Indians.

jack_fing_twist September 20 2006, 23:09:30 UTC

Wull mebbe we should do somethin bout that then, shouldnt we? You the business woman, Lureen, I jist sell shit.

lureen_n_twist September 20 2006, 23:11:49 UTC

I already said we need ta advertize in Fort Worth. You ever been a Forth Worth Jack? I gotta buy a billboard or somethin' there. Yellow pages best, I expect.

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Business sid401k September 20 2006, 23:45:57 UTC

Well, Lureen, what interests me is the maintenance workers Proudfoot hired after you fired them. Did they ask for references? "Lazy and incompetant" is pretty strong language, and I wouldn't think guys like that would last long anywhere. Maybe they work better for Proudfoot? Maybe he has them supervised more closely? Maybe getting fired from Newsome was a wake-up call and they decided to pull their socks up? Maybe they started out well for Proudfoot, but will soon be going back to their old ways? I dunno, I just started wondering...

Re: Business lureen_n_twist September 21 2006, 02:29:44 UTC

Nope, I gotta say I don't think old man Proudfoot or his HR person're checkin references too carefully, 'cause I sure didn't write any, though maybe they asked the bay manager. I gotta think Fred wouldn't'na written one either seein's how he was the one wanted them fired. I can't say it's good practice for Proudfoot, but I don't know for sure how they're workin' out for him. Don't much care.