For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for April 06, 2017

that’s how the cookie crumbles

While John may think he is teaching Michael something about a work ethic, the lesson Michael really learned is to agree on the amount to be paid before you start the job instead of “We will pay you something.” Also he is learning he doesn’t want to work for his father, who has shorted him practically every time the story was about Michael and getting paid for doing chores.

Walking away with hands in pockets.

Yet again…

Unfortunately, a lot of people aren’t being paid what they’re worth , and they should be glad about it.

Michael, you don’t get paid if you don’t do the work.

And while liz is earning her pay, Mike would plot to con it off of her.

Hard lesson learned. The tooth fairy doesn’t exist in the market place of labor. You often get paid what you’re actually worth to the payer.

You should have paid only Lizzie, she’s the only one who did any work

In the real world, supervisors get paid more than the people who do the work.

Lynn’s Notes:

I recently discovered a “contract” written by my father-in-law and signed by my son; an agreement to do yard work for a fee. It stated that the signee had to be on time and responsible, that the work had to be well done, and the tools had to be put away afterwards. As I recall, the yard work was done once acceptably. Sadly, some contracts are just made to be broken!

If Michael had put in a little effort, his dad might’ve paid him a little bit extra.

IF Michael had done the work instead of delegating it, I’d in part agree with him. Maybe he took longer than he should’ve but the work got done. Next time he won’t want to work for John if he thinks he’ll be ripped off. So next time John should tell him an amount no matter how long it takes, which will be up to Michael if he wants to lollygag all day. And then the work inspected by John.

You can tell it is 20th century Canadian – but the colorist (colourist) isn’t. The (single) two dollar bill was purple, only the one was green. Now they are coins.

In the US, banks refused to circulate two-dollar bills even on request. The real Populists followed Jeffersonian political philosophy, which capitalists abhor. US money is all the same color – you have to read it. Thus Jefferson’s portrait reminds the public of how far we have drifted away from those ideals. I have not encountered a single banker who knows this history, but they refuse just the same. Before this prohibition, free enterprise businesses would occasionally use twos for the payroll, thus showing their impact on the local economy. The capitalists didn’t like that either. The Kennedy half dollar has the same ban.

It is not, as often claimed, because 2 and 5 would be confused; they are not alike, and the 2 is larger than the other denomination’s corner numbers. Nor is it because cash registers don’t have enough pockets – that is effect, not cause. They have been made in the past, and could be again.

Michael will then be down to one dollar. He still owes Elizabeth a dollar when he gave her the teddy bear.