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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2008 (6:51 PM)

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The price of value

(I'm feeling sad)

This is a true story of the events that happened this year.

I worked as a heating and air repair man for an inn that is located just down the street for me. This year I stopped getting calls for work, and later found out that I had been replaced by an undocumented worker. Apparently they had found some one to do the work for much cheaper than I would.

A short time ago a girl came up missing from the inn. The last place she was seen was when she checked in, and after getting her keys she left the office and went to her room. After that day she had been missing for about a week before her body washed up onshore at a nearby lake.

After that things happened quickly. The undocumented worker was arrested do to his wife that had turned him in along with some of his clothing that had been covered in blood. Apparently he had used his key to enter her room and well…. you can guess the rest.

Now, I look back at the events with great sympathy for the victim, but also with some anger. Anger that if I had been kept on at the higher price that I demand for my work, this would have never happened. The murder has cost the inn much more in lost business than I would have ever cost them in years and years of work. But sadly the bottom line right now is what most people are concerned with.

Another sad thing is that the opportunity probably would have presented itself for the killer in some other way no mater what. But maybe in that case he would have been caught before the murder was finished.

SS

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Posted Nov 16, 08 by LVbianSynic (

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Posted Nov 16, 08 by Drachnid (

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Reminds me of a documentary title - the High Price of Low Cost. Unbelievable! Thanks for posting.

Posted Nov 16, 08 by Ratchet (

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ouch and >.<, I agree SS
reminds me of Kansas:
"Carry on, my wayward son, there'll be peace when we are done..."
...and the beat goes on....
- ty for sharing this!