Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-02
POINTERS FOR THE BOYS
What Employees Demand and Why
They Demand 1t.
HONESTY OF FIRST IMPORTANCE

To Get Along in the World All New
Beginners Must Como UP to Speei
fed Requirements-various QuaIifi
cations as to Practical Review.
Kansas City Star.
| Many boys who have been fired
say they don't know why it happened
according to the editor Of the Ameri-
can Boy, which is responsible for col
lecting aylist of SO reasons. from EN-.
ployers all over the country, VIII!
boys are separated from their jobs
The reasons, as collected and ar
ranged by w. NJ. Piner and published
in the June issue, run as follows:
Seamap's Supplies-The time was
never ripe for him to do anything
I'll. take that down in the mornin,
1--WE won't have time for that today
there isn't any rush about that al
present"-these and similar express
sions were characteristic. He became
known as the postponer. He post
poned everything except the postpon-
ing. One day little emergency came
up. Its only ten minutes till noon,'
he said; .'wc can't do anything in that
time" An outside boy was standing
near and said, You can do ten min
utcs' worth in ten minutes" l i'm
mediately hired that boy in place Of
the other"
Book Store-He was boy Of some
originality, but he wanted to run my
business on his plan. l couldn't see
1t his way, and he couldn't see it my
way. so we parted company.
Implement House-He complained
that others did not do their duty, cit
ing their delinquencies as causes OF
extra hardships on him. The fact was
that his lack of diligence kept him
constantly behind, and his grumblins
was only subterfuge to excuse his
own shortcomings. He saw the mote
in his neighbor's eye but could not
see the beam in his own.
Mining Quarters-I am just a rug
ged mountaineer brought up out here
among the rocks and rough men that
go with my business, but one day
overheard him talking to his mother
with shameful insolence. never could
endure him again. s..
Printing-We had contracted to
print 5000 handbills, agreeing to
place one in each home so far as they
went. The work was done so quickly
in one section of the city that We be-
came suspicious of the boys honesty.
He stoutly maintained a show of sin
cerity. Investigation proved that he
had thrown 81 circulars into the hall
of one home. '
Dry Goods-He gave overmeasure
to his friends. Business is matter of
dollars and cents to us, not Of fav-
oritism.
Hattcr-He got into my confidence
and then told my business secrets.
Music House-He was profane. He
couldn't. talk without swearing. Our
disgust and our self respect forced.us
to ask him to quit.
Abstract Office-He was continually
inaccurate in the transcribing of legal
forms and business documents. One
error got us into the courts.
Clothier-He was a hustling little
sprout. His motto was: Sell every
man." And a rattling good motto 1t
is, but he lost himself in one pocket
of it. He sold regardless of how he
sold. If he couldn't fit the customer
he sold something that didn't fit.
He pulled off deals that made monde
scripts of my customers. They came
back bowling at me for running a
misft parlor and making them my
victims. He sold goods for the mo-
ment; 1 had to build a business that
would stand through the years.
Power and Light Company-He
was always complaining of being sick
Perhaps he was, but we noticed that
he made a dependable quarter back
at football.
River Steamer-We fired him he
fore we hired him. He was left alone
in the office for half an hour. In that
time he handled everything in the Of
fee that he could get his hands on
even opening desk drawers and in
specting things there. From the place
where 1 was watching him 1 burst
into the Office and sent him ashore
lest in the next minute he might rife
the safe. l do not believe he was a
thief, but that his overmastering curl
osity would have made him distract
ing influence upon me. Within an
other 30 minutes had he acted diff
ferently, he would have been at work
on his job.
Shirt Factory-He was absent
minded to a degree of dreaminess
There seemed always to be something
on his mind that held his interest
elsewhere. We let him go to it.
Retail Grocery Store-He was
cruel to our horses. He whipped them
mercilessly, he jerked them brutally
he poked along at a snairs pace a
times and then slashed them into 6
breakneck speed. A little observation
disclosed the fact that he was cruel t
people also, especially to boys smaller
than himself.