Posted by JD Seller on December 07, 2014 at 09:58:47 from (208.126.198.123):
There where many things that I found interesting and down right sad in many of the responses I read from other people. Here are my thoughts after thinking about it for a while.
1) In this case I think Chris over reacted to the kid's question about how long it would take. Like I posted below, the kid may have just wanted to know if his girl friend should wait or come back later.
2) As for the kid telling Chris off. IF you confront some one with others around you rarely get a good result. I try to NEVER bring up negative things with others around. You have a much better chance of effecting positive change when the other person does not loose "face" in front of others.
3) As for the kid having his girl friend with him. I encouraged my sons to involve their girl friends in their work here on the farm. The goal is for the kids to have a lasting relationship with some one as his "mate". That means that the girl need to know what HIS life in about. I got to see several candidates that turn out to be bad choices. I also got to meet and know all of my daughters-in-law long before that relationship fully formed.
4) AS for Chris talking to the young fellow. It would not gain much of anything. Chris was already unhappy with the kid over other stuff. That made him react the way he did this time. So Chris seems to not really feel he did anything wrong. The kids had an encounter in front of his girl friend. HE can't go back without losing face. I am willing to bet that ALL of his friends now know about this too.
5) Chris may find it hard to get any other young people to work for him now. If the kid is very well like then others of his age will LISTEN to how he thinks he was treated. That will effect how they feel about Chris.
Example: There is a farmer to the north of me that just treated everyone younger than him as a DUMBA$$. He would berate them and call them names an all type of this stuff. He always paid top dollar wages. After just a few years he no longer could get ANYONE to help put his hay up for any hourly rate.
I am not saying Chris had this type of attitude but that kid's friends will know about it by now. With texting and face book things like this spread like wild fire. Look at how us old farts are talking about it MILES/STATES away from where it happened. LOL
6) A few of the posters boosted about how they got "even" for guys telling them off. One even got a guy fired from his job. That is a sad commentary on how some people think that is a correct response to just being told off.
That type of thinking is why many of the killings happen across the country. When one person thinks "getting even" for every little slight justifies wrong reactions.
I would like Chris and some of the others, to tell me what was wrong with bringing his girl friend with him for a job that was only for an hour or two??? I just don't see how it was wrong. IF he was working a regular job then yes that would be wrong but a few hours of casual labor is an entirely different thing.
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