I read an article a while back in the Toronto Star that struckhome. It was called, “$80 and I'm a SecurityGuard.” The author tells the story of how he dropped by theMinistry of Community Safety and Correctional Services with apassport photo, completed a security guard application and gave theclerk $80. The clerk asked him if he'd also like a privateinvestigator's license. What did that take? Another $80. Two weekslater, his security guard and private investigator's licensematerialized in his mailbox. As he put it, “I'm now fully licensedfor two jobs I have no idea how to perform.”
Sound familiar?
When I conducted agent licensing schools, I used to showattendees at the end of their 3-day classroom training a photo of amanicurist with the caption, “What do you have in common with thiswoman?” The answer was, “Nothing…this woman has 15 times theeducation in her field than you do in yours.”
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