Romney Spends Most Of Factory Visit Yelling At Employees To Work Harder

[Zorro]

NORTHFIELD, OH—Sources at the Gregson-Turner Paper Co. confirmed that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent the vast majority of his visit to the company's Ohio-based factory Tuesday yelling at employees to work harder.

Romney, who said the stop was an essential part of his tour of America's manufacturing sector, arrived at the facility at approximately 10 a.m. and within minutes began mercilessly hounding workers throughout the plant to "get their acts together" and "start pounding out some paper, c'mon."

"You people have been at work for nearly four hours and this is all you have to show for it? With all of this equipment?" a frustrated Romney reportedly shouted from the center of the factory while standing near several dozens crates of the day's completed paper supply. "What a truly pathetic performance. You guys better think about tightening things up around here fast, because what I'm seeing right now is completely unacceptable."

"For God's sake, there should be 20 to 30 percent more paper out here!" Romney added.

More at: http://www.theonion.com/articles/romney-spends-most-of-factory-visit-yelling-at-emp,28508/

[Kalidurga]

1. Oh you got me, I read this in amusement and horror...

but, I sort of believed it til I got way down to Http://www.theonion....The article seems to sum up his personality perfectly though.

[jeanV]

2. The lack of work ethic in Ohio is getting worrying.

Romney was damn right,

and was extremely lenient not to require management to shoot one worker in ten to serve as an example to others.

[Suji to Seoul]

4. draw and quarter. shooting is too good for "lazy, shiftless" factory workers

The constitution only bars the government from using cruel and unusual punishment. It says nothing of our corporate masters.

[ZombieHorde]

3. Funny. nt

[WI_DEM]

5. God it's only the Onion. I was hoping it was true so that the focus could be off

of Obama for a change and back on Romney.

[Ikonoklast]

6. If Romney had actually ever said that, he'd instantly need the Secret Service to save his ass.

Northfield is a tough little town.

[Retrograde]

7. I think posting Onion articles is like crying wolf

Sure, they're funny and usually to the point. But given Romney's penchant for gaffes it takes some serious reading to realize that this is just a joke. I'm afraid that if we keep posting these Onion references the real gaffes and howlers will get lost.

[Brigid]

8. I saw this "Onion" piece yesterday,

So I already knew. But I still can't decide whether to laugh or cry.