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ringo
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04-11-2014 12:16 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Jon
04-10-2014 10:18 PM

Many years ago I read an article in a union publication that disputed the contribution of small businesses. About all I remember of it is that if you define "small business" by the number of employees, your local McDonalds franchise is a small business. But of course your local McDonalds reaps the benefits of (inter)national advertising, promotions, etc.
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So you can say just about anything about "small business" and be both right and wrong.
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04-16-2014 12:08 PM 		Reply to: Message 42 by New Cat's Eye
04-15-2014 5:11 PM

Re: Consumers are still part of the economy
Catholic Scientist writes:
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Shit, we can't even get our workers to show up on time.
I once worked with a woman who was habitually late for work - but when she got there she did more work than the managers who reprimanded her for being late.
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04-17-2014 11:46 AM 		Reply to: Message 50 by New Cat's Eye
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Re: Consumers are still part of the economy
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Unfortunately, our products are produced on a schedule, and we need the operations to be happening when they are scheduled to or it makes everything after them later and later. So, we cannot tolerate showing up late.
That may be true in your one specific situation but you said in Message 42:
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I have no faith in them being able to run the company.
You might find that if the workers were the managers they'd have a better understanding of the importance of timeliness.
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04-19-2014 11:48 AM 		Reply to: Message 57 by NoNukes
04-17-2014 3:45 PM

Re: Consumers are still part of the economy
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Maybe if they start their own businesses they will be successful, but who promotes people who don't give a crap about their current job to manager?
A lot of managers I've dealt with aspired to become managers because they didn't give a crap about their jobs. All they had to do was convince their managers that they did give a crap. Of course, as managers they didn't give a crap either.
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