goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon

From: Wayne M. Smith <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu Jun 12 00:25:00 2003

> On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
>
> > Well, at least you concede it's logic. 8-) My point was
> that to read
> > an insinuation into it you would have to believe, in a somewhat
> > paranoid way, that they think everyone might be stealing from them.
>
> Yes, I do believe that, otherwise why would they employ the
> practice? The fact is, they check everyone's receipt because
> they don't trust their customers. It's not my paranoia, it's theirs.
>
I don't see it that way. They check everyone so that they'll
necessarily sweep in the crooks and would be crooks. Whether it's
effective is a separate question.

> > If you want to talk about long lines, waits and delays, how
> about the
> > DMV?
>
> You know, in California, there's a law in the Vehicle Code
> that says that no patron of the DMV shall have to wait in
> line more than something like 4 minutes. It doesn't lay out
> what the repercussions are if you are made to wait longer
> than that time, but I haven't had a chance to test it out yet.
>
Can you say "governmental immunity"? Sure, I knew you could.
Received on Thu Jun 12 2003 - 00:25:00 BST