Comments by kmiles
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Posted on August 14 at 9:13 a.m.
Well... I was afraid that it was the establishment that you listed, KKW... the exact same thing happened when I was working there several years back. It didn't happen to me; I was 18 at the time and could serve alcohol. I remember the day that I got to work and heard the story - it was the exact same as your daughter's story. I'm not sure how that all turned out, other than she was fired - and I'm pretty sure it was her first or second day on the job. It's unfortunate that this has to happen. I usually just carded everyone who looked under 40, right when they asked to purchase the drinks. If they didn't check out, I didn't ring up the drink.
However - for those who make judgments about the daughter and how she should have known better, keep in mind that you don't know the whole situation. This particular establishment can get extremely busy, and customers can get extremely rude when they don't get what they want. As a young person probably working her first job - screaming, ticked-off adults and a manager who tells you to just do it can be a pretty powerful impetus to just do what you're told.
Posted on April 30 at 1:18 p.m.
FYI: The IRS is ahead of schedule, they will start mailing out checks starting May 9. The Journal is correct.
Posted on April 20 at 9:13 p.m.
Keep the comments section - the paper is much better for it. With media turning to internet, it would be foolish to remove the comments section. The comments add interactivity to the site, which is key in the internet world for keeping people around.
For those who complain that a comment is negative for their business, two things:
1. The interactivity that comments bring to this site keeps people around longer, increasing the chances of your ad being seen.
2. In this day and age, word-of-mouth (or word-of-keyboard) is the best advertising you can get, especially if you're advertising a service. If someone complains about you and your business suffers, it's because they didn't care for the service they received, and has done others a favor by letting them know not to use your service. If you don't want that, change how you do business so people only have good things to say about you.
Again, keep the comments. If FFDJ does away with them, it will be one of the only newspapers that doesn't have it. My favorite part of newspapers is the online comments.
Posted on April 4 at 12:24 p.m.
There's a lot of "Kovash said..." going on in this article, but there's Lynne and Jeremy Kovash - who's saying what??
Posted on February 13 at 1:18 p.m.
Just do the math - there are still more kids leaving than there are coming in...
Posted on February 5 at 2:19 p.m.
If the block schedule is so effective and wonderful, why aren't more schools using it? As one of the "lab-rats" of the block schedule system, I'm glad they've come to their senses. Considering the amount of children today who are "diagnosed" with ADD and ADHD, making them sit for even longer periods of time just doesn't make sense - even for children without these disorders, 88 minutes is a long time to pay attention to subject matter that they're not interested in.
Posted on January 8 at 2:02 p.m.
Is this the right story for this headline??
Posted on January 7 at 9:32 p.m.
Is this the right story for this headline??
Posted on December 28 at 9:24 p.m.
Why is this in the news? As a graduate with a journalism degree, this is an embarrassment to the profession. What happened to the "who, what, where, when, why and how?" I guess if you've got a few, you must not need them all...
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Posted on October 10 at 12:50 p.m.
I know the environment is important, but with all the funds going to it already, why isn't this bill for education funds? You can't miss a week where there's a news story about some school in Minnesota that needs new facilities, is laying off teachers, etc. Somehow we can have an amendment to increase our taxes for arts and to make hunting better, but we can't get an amendment that will help our weakening education system. It's a pity. In the future, we'll have beautiful lakes and lots of venues for hearing concerts etc, but our children won't be able to read, write, or do simple math.
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