Workplace Rant....What to do?? Kinda Long...Sorry

I could write a book on this stuff, I've got years of this stuff behind me mostly at Chrysler.

The owner must know there are improvements to be made.

First off you are not going to fix anything yourself. The guy writing Dilbert has made a fortune about stuff like this.

Second don't annoy your boss, wether good or bad he's the most important guy; plus he's not always going to be right be he's always the boss. So if your boss tells you to do something different from the owner you do what your boss said - then the problem is between those two. Sounds like you are one of his go to guys which is great.

Would you really want to be the supervisor or manager over those dead beats - I bet it would be a lot of work and aggregation.