More Going Galt…

Sort of. This time, it’s Denny’s — and they’ll be charging a 5% Obamacare Surcharge to cover the cost.

That’s how business works, folks. You voted for this. You pay for it.

Try to resonate some understanding, people:

The program mandates that only employees working more than 30 hours a week are covered under their employers health insurance plan, chains like Olive Garden and Red Lobster are already considering reduced worker hours. 

‘Obviously, I’d love to cover all our employees under that insurance,’ said Metz. 

‘But to pay $5,000 per employee would cost us $175,000 per restaurant and unfortunately, most of our restaurants don’t make $175,000 a year. I can’t afford it.’

So, cut people back to 29 hours a week or offset the expense to your customers. That’s the reality — and it’s not going to be paid with happy thoughts about rainbows and unicorns.

Life is What Happens When You’re Making Other Plans

Last Monday, I posted some remarks about a personal part of my life.
This morning, a friend of my wife posted this on FaceBook: What NOT to say to someone struggling with infertility. My wife tells me that the author is dead on. And I can say that as a husband and a partner in the process, I share all of their sentiments — and then some.
This afternoon, was the final necessary but uncomfortable medical procedure to resolve our loss from Monday. This, now, marks the end of a thirteen year chapter of our lives.
While we were badly wanting and planning to have another child, life clearly has other plans for our little family just the way it is.

How Not to Run a Business…

…unless your goal is to make your own business fail.

See, there’s a moving company working under a particular name who was in my estimation dishonest and unprofessional with a customer. The customer’s family posted a review on Yelp, then the company — what’s the phrase? — lost its effing mind and threatened to sue the customer for libel.

A couple things I’d like to point out:

1) it’s not libel if it’s true
2) a bad review is good feedback: it shows you how you can improve
3) threatening customers is a poor way to improve your sales
4) having fake reviews written is generally unwise — the internet will find out
5) it’s a good idea to understand Wheaton’s Law

Read all about it here.