New Supplier: Fill & Download for Free

I had a charismatic boss who managed by walking around trying to intimidate employees. He didn’t bother me because my job was essential and I got along well with the conservative types and the weirdos.We used a lot of darkroom equipment and chemicals. Because the chemicals contained silver, they were expensive, and this boss was cheap.I found out by accident that he instructed accounts payable not to pay the suppliers. We were supposed to find new suppliers. And then when they were not paid, move to new suppliers.I did not like this.This plan made me crabby.So, I called a couple of the suppliers from home to tell them the plan. They called other suppliers, competitors, and everyone else. That’s all I did. I called two suppliers.Suddenly no supplier would fill our orders unless they were paid in advance. I told the boss that we had to pay up front. He waved this problem away, as he often did. I wrote him a note. Left it on his desk. He didn’t read it.We ran out of supplies. The darkroom work and all typesetting stopped. All three art departments stopped, apart from planning.The boss had a meltdown when he discovered all those employees were unable to finish work. He called a supplier from my phone. The supplier required payment for all previous invoices, so the boss called another supplier. He got the same message. And again.Just then, the 80-year-old office manager arrived. She took the phone out of his hand and told him to leave the building and stop annoying people. He left. She continued the conversation to say that she would courier a cheque over immediately and when it cleared, we would appreciate the supplies.As she was leaving, I heard her say that the she was going to kill that man before she retired.She was unsuccessful.He lives.

Australia can win at the WTO. China drops it barriers and nothing changes. Why? By then China's buyers have new suppliers up and running. Australia then has to buy its way back in.Will China jump at American phone chips when Biden takes over? Unlikely for anything but a short term till China has that cauacity then it's thanks but no thanks.If China starts mining for iron ore in Ghana that production is gone forever for Australia. We can't replace China as a customer.

Let’s ask some questions to help you decide:Which country allows you to send money from your bank account, to any other bank account in the country, same day, free of charge?Which country allows you to change electricity supplier by logging onto the website of the NEW supplier, and asking them to sort it out with the current supplier?Which country allows you to renew your driving permit over the Internet, and allows you to take a photo of yourself on a smartphone and upload it (and gives you an instant confirmation of whether the photo meets the photo requirements for your permit/licence.)Which country has competition in the home broadband market, such that most of the population (not just the population in urban areas) can get 11Mb/sec download with absolutely no limit for $25 / £20 a month.Which country is rolling out a national data network to allow doctors, hospitals, opticians, dentists and the like to have access (if you agree) to all your patient data?I know the UK answer yes to all of the above. You can rate your own country.