Tony Shelton
BS Detector, Esquire
I think there is a little bit of confusion about comments I have made about "Part-Timers".
There's probably not a single one of us who weren't part-timers at one point in our careers.
When Shelly started her business in 1999 she had a full time job at Citibank. - for the first 6 months.
When I started my first business, a private investigation agency, all the way back in 1988 or so I was working full time for another agency. - For almost a year.
It's rare that anyone can start up a new business full time.
However, there are some major differences between a person who has had to cut the cord and rely on their business as a do or die effort and those who look at powerwashing, or whatever business they own, as supplementary income.
One might be a powerwasher and have another job. And they may become a really good or even great powerwasher. But until that cord is cut and there is no safety net, they can never share a full common bond or interest with those who have.
They are still businesspeople. They are still powerwashers. But until the destruction of their business hold the same financial devastation potential that it holds for those who have thrown it all in, they are still just part-timers.
As such they have no business involving themselves in the politics that affect those of us who could be financially wiped out if the powerwashing industry should take a bad turn.
They certainly have no business advocating heavier burdens like extra licensing, or other such government intrusions because they have not paid the dues that the full time contractor has.
If one works part-time while working a full time job, especially any job that we, as business owners and taxpayers pay for, should show respect for those who pay their salary and stop pretending they are something they aren't. They may be power washers, but they aren't entrepreneurs.
Having been on both sides of the issue at times in my life, I can tell you there is no way I would be offended by this when I was a part-timer. When I was a part time washer I knew it and showed the proper respect for those who made the leap and put it all out on the line. I did it in the investigation arena, the dry cleaning industry, and the powerwashing industry when I first started out.
There is a value in taking risks and being rewarded for those risks. Working as a part-time contractor while working a full time job just to collect a pension is not a risk. It is a hobby.
If you get a paycheck, from anywhere, that could save your butt if the entire powerwashing industry went under. Please, show the proper respect to those who have put it all on the line and refrain from involving yourself in issues that could destroy the livelihood of full time powerwashers.
There's probably not a single one of us who weren't part-timers at one point in our careers.
When Shelly started her business in 1999 she had a full time job at Citibank. - for the first 6 months.
When I started my first business, a private investigation agency, all the way back in 1988 or so I was working full time for another agency. - For almost a year.
It's rare that anyone can start up a new business full time.
However, there are some major differences between a person who has had to cut the cord and rely on their business as a do or die effort and those who look at powerwashing, or whatever business they own, as supplementary income.
One might be a powerwasher and have another job. And they may become a really good or even great powerwasher. But until that cord is cut and there is no safety net, they can never share a full common bond or interest with those who have.
They are still businesspeople. They are still powerwashers. But until the destruction of their business hold the same financial devastation potential that it holds for those who have thrown it all in, they are still just part-timers.
As such they have no business involving themselves in the politics that affect those of us who could be financially wiped out if the powerwashing industry should take a bad turn.
They certainly have no business advocating heavier burdens like extra licensing, or other such government intrusions because they have not paid the dues that the full time contractor has.
If one works part-time while working a full time job, especially any job that we, as business owners and taxpayers pay for, should show respect for those who pay their salary and stop pretending they are something they aren't. They may be power washers, but they aren't entrepreneurs.
Having been on both sides of the issue at times in my life, I can tell you there is no way I would be offended by this when I was a part-timer. When I was a part time washer I knew it and showed the proper respect for those who made the leap and put it all out on the line. I did it in the investigation arena, the dry cleaning industry, and the powerwashing industry when I first started out.
There is a value in taking risks and being rewarded for those risks. Working as a part-time contractor while working a full time job just to collect a pension is not a risk. It is a hobby.
If you get a paycheck, from anywhere, that could save your butt if the entire powerwashing industry went under. Please, show the proper respect to those who have put it all on the line and refrain from involving yourself in issues that could destroy the livelihood of full time powerwashers.
