[Rhodes22-list] A Note From Our CEO

[Rik Sandberg]

Bill,

Makes sense to me. What goes 'round, comes 'round.

Just goes to show, sometimes one needs to be careful what he wishes for. 
There are unintended consequences sometimes.

Rik

Will Rogers often said, "There's nothing quite like money in the bank." He went on to say, "I'm not so concerned about the return on my money as I am about the return of my money."



Bill Effros wrote:
> As the CEO of this business that employs 140 people, I have resigned
> myself to the fact that Barack Obama is now our next President, and
> that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.
>
> To compensate for these increases, I figure that the Clients will have
> to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8% but since we cannot
> increase our fees right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we
> will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been
> eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family here and I didn't
> know how to choose who will have to go.
>
> So, this is what I did. I strolled through our parking lot and found 8
> Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these
> folks will be the first to be laid off. I can't think of a more fair way
> to approach this problem. These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.
>  
>
> If you have a better idea, let me know. 
>
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