Saturday, February 21, 2009

The devil is coming after me part #2

Alright, something is really up. I was caught up in another conundrum. I think I acted appropriately but the temptation always exists.

I went to play pool with some friends at the local pub. We had a few drinks before we even picked up a queue. We went to a pool table put in our money and had a fun game of pool. It came my turn to pay so I dropped in $1.25. The balls didn't come loose.

I put in another $1.25 and they didn't come loose again. I went to the manager and told him about the problem. He couldn't fix it so he said pool is on the house. I played 2 more games (these games I played for). Then when it came to the third game I started to feel uncomfortable about the situation.

The owner/manager was nice to offer us free pool but he is being forced to offer a service to keep us drinking and from going to another place. But the owner shouldn't lose out. For my 3rd game I still put in $1.25. The devil almost had me again. If I hadn't paid I would have been taken advantage of another persons situation. I should be benefiting from someone elses misery.

Although I didn't tell him that we were still paying I'm sure he will appreciate finding a little extra money in the machine.

Note: My friends didn't follow my path in paying for there pool. It was easier for me to do because I payed for 2 games ahead of time. I couldn't convince them to pay even after saying it was the right thing to do. I wish I was more convincing.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Survey for all the teachers out there

Me and a friend got into a bit of a scuffle a while ago. My friend does not like the idea of universal tests for certain subjects and grades in school. These are tests administered by the government to ensure that students have a minimum level of education and that no student gets left behind.

It turns out that schools get funding based on the scores from these tests. This forces teaches to teach the requirements for these tests.

Although this all sounds like fries and gravy it really isn't. Apparently many teachers feel obligated to teach these standards during these years and nothing more. If you can drill these standards into a students head then you can get more funding. During these testing years the students actually learn less then previous years because of this teaching method.

What is your opinion on this subject. It's mostly for teaches but I will take anyone's opinion on this subject.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Big corporations are getting money from you whether you like it or not

Ever wonder what happens when a company starts offering different services/products. A calamity of unknown proportion starts to take effect. Here are just few examples of what can go wrong this mixture.


1. Why is the government able to give us a gas tax and be allowed to put up street signs? The government can then decide to put up street signs on every block to force us to burn more gas. It explains why less than 3% of the lights in a city don’t become blinking lights between the hours of 11:00pm – 5:30am. To be fair we also have to be alive to pay taxes so, they also have a vested interest in us living.


2. Why are phone companies allowed to sell cellphone’s and also offer a recycling program for them. Last time I checked I didn’t have the option of buying a used cell phone directly from the phone company. I wouldn’t be surprised if they just repackage them and resold them to us at full price. At least they aren’t going into some kind of landfill though. Right.


Maybe you can post about some companies that are guilty of this crime.