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about. Our small businesses do not have the
economic capacity to implement those solutions
that we find in magazines which by their name
have a high price for the economic capacity of
those small businesses.
We have an attitude towards safety as a
culture that is from various points different
than the culture of San Juan. The other day I
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was passing--driving along a street and I found
a van with the door open and four passengers in
the back of the van. I lowered my window and
said, ‘listen close the door, it’s dangerous’
and they ended up insulting me. How do I dare
get into their space? We have a culture
towards safety that should be studied since the
methods of attacking that problem are
different. It is a cultural attitude that is
not necessarily a ventilating system or with
ear plugs it is going to be solved.
Our organizations are more and more short
of time and that affects the human stability
and sustainability and also the economics of
business. Unfortunately some of the most
important costs in salaries are not calculated