Child Labor Laws

It was kind of strange. My landscaper said he couldn't have possibly have worked yesterday. He said with the rain, the ground was just too soft. I asked him if he came or if he just assumed. He mumbled something and walked away. Of course, we were supposed to get huge storms yesterday, but no, the weather man was wrong. We never actually got any rain. According to my highly scientific methods, dry ground and dry pavement, we had absolutely no rain. But just the threat of rain, delayed another day of landscaping work.

So I look outside my window this morning, and it looks like there is a school field trip in my backyard. There are 7 kids back there. Ranging in ages from about 5 to 14. They are all playing in the dirt and rocks. It must be bring your kid to work day. School is out for the summer, so the landscapers brought their kids. I look in the side yard and they have the oldest two digging a trench by hand. If you have ever done it, it is rough to do even for an adult. I ask the landscaper today why the kids are digging the trench and if he has workers that didn't show up or something. He says they are off school for the summer so they should do something productive. Really strange, but I guess my contract with them didn't stipulate the age of the workers or legal status for that matter.

Oh, and I got a great call from the pool guy. He says, "I need to know what color cover you want". Now keep in mind, the pool cover was supposed to be installed yesterday, but again, the weather scared them away also. When i tell him the color, for about the 5th time, he says great. i ask him if he is just ordering it today. He says oh no, he ordered it weeks ago. I ask him how he could have done that without a color. He goes on to lie to me about how they don't need the color until the end. Yeah, and I when I bought my car, they just wanted the details, and I called up to Detroit the day before it was to be delivered to tell them what color to put on the final coat. Yeah, it makes no sense, I called him on it, he lied. I am really beginning to hate this guy.

So to wrap up, I was thinking about yesterday a little more. My 2 aunts that joined me for dinner are probably ostracized by the family up there now. All for eating dinner with me. Now, I really thought about the fact that they did what they felt was right no matter what anyone else said/did. Now, I really appreciated it - as I didn't want to eat by myself after driving almost 4 hours. But, nowadays, so few of us just do the right thing. We take short cuts, we bend the rules, we try to take the easy route when it suits us best. I challenge everyone to take time out of their day tomorrow to try to find someone doing something right simply because it was the right thing to do.

Well, for the first time in 3 months, Maddie decided to head to bed early. It is 10:21pm and i am going to go celebrate, by going to bed early.

Until tomorrow...