Hi tkc,
Could you explain to me what exactly you think has occurred which has an appearance of impropriety?
I see nothing except insinuations against a girl who has two jobs and the person who employs her.
All you are doing is providing conditional clauses here: "if there was in fact improbity ..." - if you don't know, you should not infer it; "I hope it is above board, but if it isn't ..." - so it may be that it is above board and yet you prosecute the Spragues using a vulnerable human being as your vehicle. The whole thing is set up as if there was substance to your argument, but there isn't. There are only ifs. Absent substance, there is shame in your insinuations.
You are inferring something which isn't there and which is unkind to the young person whom you use as the vehicle of your inferences. You write: "they simply never seem to give much, if any, consideration to how their decisions may impact others". This applies to you too. You use her as if she is simply a pawn on your chessboard, rather than a human being; one whose life is treated like a piece of junk to be kicked around by anonymous message board posters.
What matters is the money in your pocket. What matters to me is that someone young and vulnerable is not treated in this way.
Why should she not work two jobs? Why should Steven not employ part-time a girl whom he has met at the horse farm and discovered is capable of doing another job with Wave? Where is there any implication she has got anything other than an appropriate paycheck for her work?
Listen tkc, you are a nice guy. But you are not thinking about this like a human being. Please imagine if this is your daughter who has been treated this way. The Spragues are fair game. But you don't get to use a young kid as your ammunition.
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