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Aug 29, 2022Liked by The Rational Walk

Like your work, Rational. And ethical. Thanks

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Aug 29, 2022Liked by The Rational Walk

My favorite wrinkle to the Dempster Mill saga was Harry Bottle’s explanation as to how he “inspired” the necessary inventory reduction:

“In desperation, I simply hired a painter and with his help we painted a six-inch white line 10 feet above the floor around the inside wall of our largest warehouse and I called in plant supervisors and informed them if I ever walked into the building and could not see the line above the pile of boxes, I would lay off everyone.”

And then he kept moving the line lower and lower. Bottle was one tough cookie.

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