Keith Hudson wrote: > poor whites [...] now have whole communities of virile > hard-working Pakistani Muslims, Indian Hindoos and Sikhs competing for > whatever is available. Even here in Bath, many small businesses will not > employ white English because they are uneducated and unreliable. Our local > bus company -- as many all over the south of England, including London -- > employ Polish immigrants almost totally to drive the buses.
Is that because "white English are uneducated and unreliable" or rather because the others are accepting much lower wages and labor conditions ? (Hint: That's what globalization is about, surprise surprise!) Sounds like a (literally) cheap excuse from the exploiters. > Two days ago I bought an expensive hat from a shop in Bath. There were > three girls in the shop chatting away when I walked in. The girl who walked > forward to greet me with a smile and served me was an Indian. The others > gathered round. [...] I dare say she did all the sales in that shop. It's not unusual in companies that the lowest in the (formal or informal) hierarchy has to do the most (manual) work. (That's even considered a form of mobbing/bossing.) Evolutionary economics, anyone? ;-} > I chatted with them all, and made a joke of the absurdity > of an old man like me spending a lot of money on a hat that he'll probably > never wear out. The two English girls didn't respond but looked at me > uncomprehendibly. The Indian girl laughed. I wouldn't laugh about an old man joking about his imminent demise either. I just would think to myself "ohmygosh, poor ol' lad!" Do you want people to laugh when they think it's funny or just to please a customer? Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
