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Judging Franchises Independently or Not

While passing by some signs for large businesses it was interesting to see that the signs explicitly say that the business is independently owned and operated. I always assume that is supposed to be a positive where people feel that the business is just like any other locally owned business that you could proudly support.

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Expecting Homemade or Restaurant Quality When You Pay Money for Food

Often when people go to restaurants you read comments such as how the place is great as the food tastes homemade which to many is a good thing. For example, that can often mean very fresh tasting. It was interesting hearing one person say though that if he ever spends money to dine out he

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Business

How You View People Wanting To Exploit You For Business Reasons

I was having a conversation with a person the other day where at times I have often experienced situations where people who were befriending me and acting as if they simply want to provide me support were in reality just trying to take advantage of something I have to benefit themselves. I guess a stereotypical

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Business

How Many Times Can A Business Say Sorry

I was thinking the other day as I was reading a bunch of stories about companies that made very poor decision which resulted in some controversy. As expected they issued an apology with statements along the lines of they will make sure it doesn’t happen again. As you would expect most people have the mentality

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Financial Management

Trying Different Sales Departments To Get The Best Deals

Usually when it comes to things like your home Internet service or cell phone providers many companies have a sales team and retention department where they have special deals to get you as a customer. The thing is people often have different experiences where even though they know a deal exists the employee would never

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Buying The Same Thing Years Later Dilemma

Recently my camera stopped working which unfortunately meant that I need to buy a new one. While I was getting support to fund for a new one it just seemed so wrong that the one I had never had a new revision for over two years. The price is virtually the same thing too as

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