[Cornpanzer]

I sell fork lift batteries to GM plants as well as Honda plants and the difference in philosophy between the plants is amazing.

At the GM plants they have long-timers who literally sit in the battery room waiting for a truck operator to drive in to have his battery changed out. 60-70% of his day is sitting behind his desk reading the newspaper or chatting with his friends. The one fellow was bragging to me that he "earned" more than $100K due to his senority and the amount or overtime that he worked.

At the Honda plants the lift truck operators are trained to change thier own batteries and can do so in approx 5 minutes.

Just one tiny area illustrating why GM is struggling.