Hello Southside:
The bad thing about press is that Bad Press Coverage is what makes the News? People not as much interested in Good News as Bad News?
Southside Said Quote:
>> Have any of you been hit,mugged,shot,stabbed,raped,invovled in a drive by shooting or otherwise had crime problems while on the job??<<
Yes everyday & we've labled most of them & maybe you've heard of some of them! Doctors, Lawyers, IRS, Lawsuits, Rich broke people that live in $500K & up homes, LOL they all live on budgets. The list goes on but you get the picture?
>>Been assaulted by a customer?<<
Yes, everytime we bill them & you see what we get in return. The Blue hairs are the worst!
>>Assaulted a customer?<<
Yes, sometimes at night while we are asleep, most are dreams for us & nightmares for them!
>>Over here the media portrays the US as crime infested.Where tourists get shot in drive by shootouts by guys with baggy trousers and hats on backwards.<<
I would not say crime infested about the US, maybe a few places. Most bad places are just like where you are, you know where they are & you learn not to go there. They are their own worst enemy.
>>baggy trousers and hats on backwards<<
Yes they are a problem, LOL sometimes they come knocking on my door acting like they know my daughter? I'm from JawJa & 8 up with the redneck & after I talk to them, most of the time they never come back. The ones that do they are hard to reconize because then they act & dress different. LOL, they look normal & then they get to come in my house?
>>Over here we have some bad areas where I don't work.<<
We have them over here too & best to stay away from them!
>>Had an employee once who was repairing a fence on a subdivision and was approached by a junkie wanting his wallet. Employee produced large claw hammer and went to town on this junkie with it.<<
Just like every where else, some people think they can get away with anything.
The main problem is & I think everybody would agree, is good news is not very popular. Most of stuff on TV is not worth watching anymore, very corrupt. TV probably hurts us more than anything. LOL, I watch maybe 2 hours a week & 1 hour of it is Star Gate (SG-1) the other news. I have 5 TV's in house, when we want to watch something we have it.
I am watching the Olympics a little, but getting very disapointed in it. My 9 year old daughter is asking me about the drugs that they are taking & I'm having hard time explaining it to her. I've never heard of most of them. I think a lot of it is just a bunch of crap! The problem is she is getting the wrong impression & it's not fair! They are Great People, one of the most popular games & it's now being played in a Great Country!
Like I say the News Media is playing on anything negative that they can, because the mind set of most people is that they want to hear the negative. This is what the news media wants, because they set the scenario for this & it's not fair for the young that do not understand. Also not fair to people that do not know about others, except for what they hear on TV?
All in all we are good people just like you are, maybe not as straight forward as you. Believe me you have a very good quality in you that I admire. If everybody would be straight forward & not beat around the bush or hold it back the world would be a lot better place to live in.
I would love to come over & visit your country & you. Drink some beers(LOL, lots of them) & cruise over to Tasmania on a nice big speed boat. That would help make my life complete.