Nice neighbors...Stop it right now!

So in a suburb of Chicago there's this neighborhood. In the neighborhood, all the families know each other. One of the mothers doesn't have to be to work in the morning. So she said to all the other mothers "Hey all the kids (about 6 in all) stand in front of my house to wait for the bus. I know you guys all have to be to work. I'll make sure everyone gets on the bus." That was pretty nice of her. Well the county found out, and sent her a letter telling her that she couldn't do that anymore. That by watching her neighbors kids for about an hour she was running a day care and she didn't have a license.

These families live very close to one another and are always babysitting each others' kids. Just trying to help on another out.

How insane is that? I mean come on. Has it really come to the point that when a neighbor is helping out a neighbor, that you need a license to do that? Stuff like this drives me nuts.

Hyatt's right to hire or fire who they want....

The Hyatt in Boston fired some 500 works. They fired them because the Hyatt was able to outsource the jobs to a company who would do the work for less money than Hyatt was currently paying it employees. The problems start because Gov. Patrick, Rep. Capuano, and May Menino have decided that the Hyatt can't just fire people.

I'm not big on companies just firing people, but the fact of the matter is that they Hyatt is allowed to do just that. It sucks. Yup it sucks real bad. But it's their decision to make. Whether I agree with it or not it's their decision. I'm going out on a limb and going to say that the Hyatt fired all those people in a cost cutting effort. Everyone seems to forget that they Hyatt's number one goal is to make money. So if that means they have to fire some people to do it, they more power to them.

Now I don't want to sound cold hearted. I feel for the people who lost their jobs. Like I said earlier, it sucks. But Hyatt made a desicion (one that sucks) and the people effected are going to have to move on. It's tough. No one wants to be fired, but you just got to role with it. The people who got let go have every right to protest, complain and what ever else they want to do. If I were them I would probaly stop complaining and protesting, which is really not doing much but waisting time, and try and find a job.