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Do you have the right people on the bus?

In this entertaining little post , the question is asked - "Do you have the right people on the bus?" In my case I think I employ the food service person that was spoken of.  I do happen to think that the idea is correct, however.

In my companies I have some very talented and smart people. They just don’t all seem to work well together. It is something akin to fingernails on the chalkboard, in that one person gets on the other’s nerves no matter what is said. I used to have a relationship like that - my mother would say to the woman I was dating "Hello, how are you?" and the woman would get upset…. very strange since both my mother and the woman got along with everyone else fine.

So how is your bus? Full of happy people that play well together, or does someone have to get off at the next stop?

Seth wants to know if you care

Seth would like to know why people don’t care in their jobs. Well, here is my take…

In my observation, most people work for the money. Sure, we go to school and graduate and all claim that we are going to follow our passions and make a difference in the world, but the truth is that someone has to write parking tickets and someone has to be a security guard. There are just not enough marketing evangelist jobs to go around.

Given this reality, is it any surprise that the people doing the jobs that weren’t their passion and don’t make meaning in the world (parking tickets or Mother Theresa?) is it really any surprise that the occupants of these jobs are focused on getting through the day and not on delivering the best customer service experience ever while guarding a sporting goods store.

Besides, Seth you were in New York. What did you expect?

mmmm, beer

The fantastic Wall Street Journal has an entry about bars, as in a favorite local pub . I like beer. Mmmmmmm.

As for the question posed in the blog - No, bars do not seem to value their regulars. At least not my favorite pub. Whenever there is a special event, I can’t get a reserved table. Annoying….