>  Burger King, Jiffy Lube, Home
>Depot, and other large corporate franchises have made a
>conscious and deliberate decision to have a transient,
>under-trained, under paid, disloyal work force,
>basically.

It would be a terrible shame if this is true.  It sure seems to be.
But I wonder if these workers are simply the best they can find given the job?
Sure, the co. could pay more?  But then their low prices would
increase.  So would quality.  So would customer satisfaction?  Hmmm. Maybe
we're on to something here.
hk