Many years ago - I would have helped anyone who would come in looking for a job and telling us that no one would hire them.  But you see - they don’t really want a job - all they want is to show their social worker that they did attempt to look for a job.  You see when we did offer them a job - they either don’t show up for work or give all sorts of excuses to change their shifts.  One just needed to sit and collect money while pregnant.. and yet she found ways of not coming to work.  It’s pretty sad but I don’t think some people in Canada wants to work at all - I think they only want to work if they are paid more than minimum wage but small businesses like ours just can’t afford it unless you are an exceptional worker.  And in all my years here in Canada.. i’ve only seen one or two exceptional workers.   So how can our region not be the highest in unemployment rate?

I can understand why they would go to other places for office supplies but not to take quotes from a local but smaller business?  you gotta wonder eh - maybe some kickbacks from bigger local stores than ours?   But nevermind - we won’t be supporting any job placement nor year book donation for some community college too from now on - don’t see a need for supporting our community college anymore from now on. hahah!!

This town is such a small town with population of a little over 7000 only and yet - each time when I think I’ve seen it all - something else would come up.  The boss and I are hardworking ppl who loves our job and who wants to teach our kid the value of money and also to be a person of integrity.  Nothing is more important than being an honest person as far as I am concern - I think it all stamps down to what we see everyday here in this small town.

There are so much potential in this town - yet - every level of government and everyone who has a say in this town only wants a piece of the pie for their own good and not for the good of the ppl in this town.   To each his own - apparently and then we have the lower income family who lives from day to day - yet splurged like kings when they have a little money.  We want to be able to retire comfortably and own one of those Outer Banks rentals but it’s hard to keep those unscrupulous customers at bay.

I do like living here despite the fact that the food i want is limited here but the standard of living is a lot lower than back home and no rat race here that’s for sure.   But when i see the potholes in the highway and even on the streets in town and those electrical wires hanging high in the sky - one has gotta wonder when are some ppl gonna smarten up and do the right thing for this town instead of spending $8,000 on a generator for themselves the expense of the taxpayers.  Will my kid be able to get the best outta life here?  will the drugs stop and the petty theft cease..??  One can only hope eh.

Unfortunately, for us - in our business - it is not always the same - once in a while we get some very unwelcome customer/s - that you hope your worst enemy don’t even encounter.  Not only does this person wants to cheat me of a mere $1 - he wants me to be his philipino maid!   Not only expecting me to throw his coffee cup for him but to drain his cup empty before throwing it out.  On top of it - he goes around the store and touching and turning on just about everything without even asking if it was alright.  Ppl like that have no respect for other ppl or their things - if my grandmother was still alive - she would tell him - he has got no manners in his face.   BOY! i really don’t know how these ppl survive - but having said all the above - i don’t think he works - because he is always at our store - and what a sight for sore eye.