Retarded Law?

He has a good point. YOU aren't being unfairly targeted by this law, are you? So yes, in fact, everyone else doing or trying to do exactly what you are had to go through the same hoops. Don't like it? Tough. When I worked in the food industry I could have cried about having to get a Food Safety Certification. But in order to do business in California in the position I was in, I had to have it. The consumer wants SOME kind of protections, you should be grinning from ear to ear that those small requirements are all you need. I am currently looking to hire some outside people to do some work on a property I am picking up, and I wouldn't hire just any old schmo to do the work. Consider it a very, VERY small step to make yourself more credible. It will do wonders.

Ah, so you being able to say "I worked here" makes you credible? That's interesting, since we have no idea what your performance was like at that former place of employment. See, when I am looking for a credible person to put my flooring in, or do my plumbing, I don't just look for some guy who says he worked somewhere for a few years. I want to know that he is certified and qualified to do what I want them to do. You seem to think that, since you put some time in somewhere, everyone should take your word for it that you are awesome. Unfortunately that's not how it works for most people, and if you were in plenty of other states you would be required to have much more. So count those blessings.I have no doubt, nor did I ever say I doubted, that other people aren't happy about the same law. A lot of people in the food safety courses weren't happy about having to waste their time going through those motions and paying those fees either. But I'll tell you what, the CONSUMER was and is much better served by having those certifications in place.