Ed, I live near the Cost Cutters in Hamilton Township that’s going out of business. I noticed a man standing in the street holding a sign. Coming back later in the day I saw the same man, an elderly man, but he was leaning against a wall. I asked him if he wanted a chair so he could sit down. He said that if he sat down he would not get paid. They have to be out there eight hours standing to get paid in cash. What difference does it make if they stand or sit, you can’t see them behind the sign anyway? What do they do, go to the soup kitchen to get people and torture them? Get real.

What Gives?

Well, he was being paid to do a job. Can’t say I’d call that “torture.” And if I were paying someone to represent my business by holding up a sign, I might very well stipulate that the person couldn’t sit down on the job.—Ed. Note