Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Bob The Oligarch


I've banned Bob the Builder from the house. I've come to the realization that I have no wish for my children to espouse his peculiar trade practices. I have no doubt that Mr Builder is a capable tradesman who is committed to using green technologies. "Reduce,Reuse,Recycle" is his 2nd most used rallying cry. No, it is his use of unpaid labour and dodgy tender practices that most upset me. It is, to me, clearly evident that he uses his unique position in Bobsville to repress competition and has established a monopoly. He was clearly under qualified to enter a bid into Sunflower Valley development, but not only was his competition more qualified than he was, but he only decided to put a bid in the night before the deadline. A project of this scale would have run into the hundred of millions of dollars and he won!!!! I'm supposed to believe that one day he's fixing the drain over at Farmer Pickles barn and the next day he's overseeing a project of this size! That brings me to my next point. I can see that on everyday building jobs that his workforce would allow him underbid any rival bids. This unpaid workforce gives him an unfair advantage. Scoop, Muck,Dizzy,Lofty are basically slave labourers. I have seen Bob on several occasions work through the night to deliver a project on time. Is there anyone checking on the welfare of his helpers? Is there anyone making sure that they are properly maintained and not being overworked? I've never seen it. Clearly, he is using his unpaid workforce to allow him to maintain a unfair market share. When Scoop goes looking for another builder to run Bob's workshop while Bob is away on the Sunflower Valley project he consults the local phonebook down at the library and there is not another listed builder in the whole of Bobsville and surrounds! How do you think that this has come about! I wonder.
Also, can anyone tell me what the hell Bob is on about here? Maybe I'm not taking enough drugs when I'm watching this.
Lastly, don't get me started on these guys.

3 comments:

  1. What about Handy Manny? Has any one checked his green card. Is he charging below market rates because he gets his tools to do all the work?

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  2. Ha ha ha... very funny! Mark, I think you should apply for a column in the local paper (to start with). You have a lot of opinions and you like to vent them. Why waste your talents only on a blog..

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  3. Thanks for the compliment Kitty but I don't think I could handle deadlines or criticism very well. At least with this blog most of the followers are friends or people I know. I would like to do more actual writing(not linking) on the blog first before it goes out to the rest of the world. The "My Happy Place" and this post were the first sort of attempt at that.I'll continue to post links if I come across stuff that I like but I'd like to do a bit of everything here.

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