Sorry, This Brothel Needs an Apprentice...

Reuters ^ | 5.3.2004

[NYC GOP Chick]

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government's plans to levy fines on companies that fail to hire trainees will also be applied to legal German brothels, Der Spiegel news magazine reported Sunday.

Brothels failing to employ a certain number of apprentices will not be exempted from the financial penalties that Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's government wants to introduce on all companies later this year, the magazine said.

The legislation drafted by the Social Democrats and their Greens coalition partners will fine companies that do not have one apprentice for every 15 workers.

Several members of the Greens party tried to allow an exemption for prostitutes but the Education Ministry responsible for the legislation blocked that, arguing it "would cause considerable difficulties," Der Spiegel said.

[Still Thinking]

Greta, you really blew it this time! Oh, no wait...

[corkoman]

silly socialists

[Zuben Elgenubi]

This legislation will bring them to their knees.

[Enterprise]

"This Brothel Needs an Apprentice"

"Greta, you really blew it this time. You're FIRED!"

[nightdriver]

"The legislation drafted by the Social Democrats and their Greens coalition partners will fine companies that do not have one apprentice for every 15 workers."

Regulating what private companies can do to this extent is called "corporatism," which is a tenet of nazism.

Germany's old nazi past sure has deep roots, doesn't it?

[John Jorsett]

Hmmm. Either the Germans have taken lessons from the California legislature, or vice versa. Requiring apprentices (brothels or not) sounds like just the kind of idea our domestic CA dingbats would come up with.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

I can't imagine why Germany has a double digit unemployment rate and zero economic growth.

[Still Thinking]

Would this work like when you go into a retail store or restaurant and the trainee performs the actual service, while the experience employee looks on and makes suggestions, gets the trainee out of trouble, etc? ;-)

[martin_fierro]

Always look for the Union laylabel.

[tiamat]

Don't be mean!

Towel-boys have to start SOMEWHERE!

[Izzy Dunne]

A Teamsters boss goes to a convention in Las Vegas for a few days.

One night he goes out to a brothel.

Like a good union man, he asks the madam if it's a union shop.

"No", she says.

He says "Well, If I were to give you $100 how would you split it?"

The madam says "The girl would get $20 and the house gets $80".

"Pahh! " he says, and walks off to find another brothel.

He asks the next madam "Are you a union shop?"

"Oh, yes!" was the reply.

He says "Well, If I were to give you $100 how would you split it?"

The madam says "The girl would get $80 and the house gets $20".

That's more to his liking, so he gives her $100 and says "I'd like that pretty young blond girl right there", pointing to his choice.

The madam puts the money in her pocket, points to an 85-year old woman, and says to him: "I'm sure you would, but Ethel here has seniority."

[TheSilverHair]

Yeah, I know... it's so confusing...
Now, why doesn't CNN display stuff like this on the news? (slaps head) Oh yeah! I forgot! Because they're a bunch of EUROPEAN LOVING LIBERAL ASSHOLES!
If they put this on the news, the sex obsessed American public would tear Germany apart in .2 seconds. Please. This is ridiculous.
Of course, there are *so* many jokes...

[river rat]

Solution....
Hire Schroeder's daughters...
Coming from that gene pool -- they've got to be whores at heart...
Steep learning curve -- It's in the genes...

Semper Fi

[U S Army EOD]

I have always dreamed of getting hired as a Quality Assurance Inspector in a Whore House.

[TexanToTheCore]

Well, pan girls have to start somewhere.

[lepton]

My understanding of Corporatism is when corporations form the government.

[AgThorn]

Are apprentices a better bargain in a brothel? I mean the net result is the same, might as well save a Mark or two! ;-)

[Common Tator]

OK I give up. Exactly what does an apprentice Prostitute do.

I know what an apprentice carpenter does. He helps the journeyman carpenter do his work. The samething for Brick layers and plumbers.

How does an apprentice Prostitute help a pro prostitute do her job...???

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Willie Green]

Regulating what private companies can do to this extent is called "corporatism,"

No it's not.
Such heavy-handed intervention is simply straightforward socialism.
Corporatism is the exact opposite, with corporatists insisting that all such positions be outsourced to inexperienced illegal immigrants working for less than minimum wage.