Suppose you went to the supermarket today to buy some vegetables but when you went to pay you were told you had to buy soda as well. The store manager (who you demanded to see, of course) calmly lets you know that the store doesn’t make enough margin on vegetable sales alone while they make a ton on soda so they’ve bundled them together. It’s a financial decision, and the fact that you don’t really drink much soda isn’t their problem. They won’t sell you one without the other. Ridiculous? Maybe for groceries. But you’ve been doing this for years. Continue reading
Category Archives: Reality checks
Respect
Yet another over 40 friend got the sack yesterday. It had nothing to do with his age nor with his competence. Mostly, like many of my pals who’ve been shown the door over the last few years, it was about a change of direction. As I speak to them, most of my friends had an inkling that something was amiss. Interesting projects were given to others. They weren’t invited to meetings that concerned areas in which they were involved. Certain people seemed to be avoiding them. There are always signs – we just choose to ignore them or we notice and get angry but don’t do much. So here’s a request for both the soon to be terminated and those doing the firing. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks
Bring On The Rain
I’ve got rain on the brain today so nothing food-related for this Friday. Sorry! But it’s been raining for almost 48 hours and while the conditions here are better than those further south, it’s still pretty wet. The power went off and on a couple of times and there are trees down all over the place.
That said, I saw something this morning that happened because of the rain and it inspired a thought. Continue reading
Filed under Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 