[A. Pole]

Where I work now, we have a lot of people from Mexico and Poland and some of their theories about work are pretty strange. When one of the foremen explained to his employees that they had to punch in on time, wear their safety glasses, and not come to work drunk, one of the Polish guys said to him: "This is just like a concentration camp" and one of the Mexicans chimed in: "Yeah. They treat us like dogs." And these guys were absolutely serious.

I don't know about Mexico, but Poles tend to be proud and resent to be treated as inferiors. Imagine how the American white collar or upper class men would react if they were required to "punch in" or pee at random when ordered to test for drugs. It looks that those newcomers are not eager to take their "proper" place as lower class peons.

[Chi-townChief]

"I don't know about Mexico, but Poles tend to be proud and resent to be treated as inferiors. Imagine how the American white collar or upper class men would react if they were required to "punch in" or pee at random when ordered to test for drugs. It looks that those newcomers are not eager to take their "proper" place as lower class peons."

Actually, the problem with the new Polish immigrants is their tendency to treat all others as inferiors. Most of us in manufacturing have punched the time clock and been subject to drug testing and , as Americans, we know that it goes with the territory. These guys come here and can't believe that their expected to work to get paid. Too much socialism, I guess.