Who Else You Robbing

My neighbor who lives across the road from me, bought the two bedroom brick and ten acres of land eight years ago. And he paid top current value at that time for the property. I don't think he said to the real estate agency " Who else you robbing." Then he bought a tractor , I don't know if it is new or used, but then I don't think he said " Who else you robbing." Then he bought three hundred sapling peach trees. Again where ever he bought them I don't theink he said "Who else you robbing".

He could have used help in planting these trees, but who would he get , a you robbing guy . Who is supposed to show up at eight and not get there untill nine, want a brake at ten , lunch at twelve, you feed. A brake at three and then GONE AT FOUR. He would want to drive the tractor and you use the shovel. What ever he would be paid , hes comment would be " You have to much work here old man, you need to pay me more." And why do we have to do it this way, its to hot to do this, I have a date tonight so I have to leave early, your crazy old man, and " get your self another boy." Over the years I have heard the excuses and the comments from the " Who else you robbing Guy's.

My neighbor , Brother Bob , I call him , is up at five in the morning , and working his orchid at six and works until , sometimes an hour after dark thirty. He tends to each an every tree. Pruning, weeding, watering,spraying, and mowing, six days a week and on Sundays also when it is necessary. He has thousands of dollars tied up in Equipment, property and plants. His Butt is on the line to the mortgage lender. It takes four to five years before he can harvest and sell one peach. Thats four years with out a pay check , four years , no vacation or days off . No holidays off either. When he is able to sell his harvest he sits in his hot stand all day waiting for customers. When they pull up in cars or trucks that are three years old or less, to buy the fruit of his labors, I hear, " Who else you robbing."

Let's compare job's , Brother Bob gets up at five in the mornig. You the customer get up at six. Bro. Bob is working his land at six. You clock in at work at eight and start to work at nine. You get a break at ten and you are the first one in the break roomand the last one out. Lunch is the same , first one in last one out, during which you borrow food and or money for the vending machine. Three O'clock the same action and at fifteen minutes before quitting time your standing in front of the time clock ready to punch out and leave after a ha, ha eight hour day. You demand time and one half for your over timeand double time on Holidays for your ha, ha , labor. You live in a one room apt. with your hand out to you parents or friends, your credit cards are at there limit. In comparing you with my neighbor , I ask you this question

WHO ELSE YOU ROBBING.

To Brother Bob and the rest of the farmers I say this

" GIG EM AND GIG EM HARD'

Peter B. Free