> > Probably won't happen to that degree of
> > course, he said, slipping off the rose-tinted glasses, but consider
> > the work force now compared to that of the Victorian or Tudor
> > period.
> 
> I'd say the work force is at least as ignorant today.
> 
> Have you seen this story? 
> http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html 
> Verizon's employee don't know the difference of a rate of 0.002 cents/kB and 
> 0.002 dollars/kB.  The recordings available could have been an Abbot and 
> Costello skit.  These are people in white collar jobs. 
> 

Yeah, that's nothing. Google for "mcdonalds strip search"

-Denny


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