There are lots of mistakes business owners can make. It is tough out there in the market and a bad decision can harm your profits and embolden your competition.
However, there are many pitfalls you can very easily avoid. When I heard the following two stories, I wondered how dumb decisions like these ones actually see the light of day.
660 News Story #1 :
Restaurant sorry, but waitress who shaved head for charity not going back to job
June 9, 2008 - 4:59 pm By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
OWEN SOUND, Ont. - A waitress sent home for the summer after she shaved her head for a cancer fundraiser said Monday she has no interest in returning to her job despite an apology from the owner of the upscale eatery.
Stacey Fearnall said she is tired and just wants the whole issue to go away. "I'm not interested in going back," Fearnall said.
"I'm glad they made a statement but I'm just ready for it to be over."
Nathaniel's restaurant in this scenic city on Georgian Bay made national headlines last week when owner Don Hilliard told Fearnall to take a leave of absence from her job.
Fearnall, 36, had refused to wear a wig after shaving off her red locks to raise $2,700 for cancer research.
In a written statement, Hilliard offered a qualified apology to Fearnall, the Canadian Cancer Society and the public, which reacted furiously to the decision to send the civic-minded waitress home.
Dude, what were you thinking? There has to be another angle we are not seeing in this story. I say Hilliard didn't like this employee and was just waiting for a reason to fire her. And this was his strategy? I will wait until she shaves her head for charity and can her because she will be in violatation my dress code! It's perfect! I will be rid of her forever!
660 News Story #2:
CTV buys Hockey Night in Canada theme
June 09, 2008 - 3:48 pm Cindy White
CBC's loss is CTV's gain.
CTV has announced it has acquired all rights to what used to be the theme song for CBC's Hockey Night in Canada.
You will be hearing the popular music come next hockey season.
It will be used on NHL games broadcast on TSN, and during CTV's hockey coverage at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Word that CBC was considering dropping the song because it didn't want to keep paying the composer upset many Canadians.
CTV says it has acquired what many consider Canada's second national anthem, in perpetuity.
Where to begin. Don Cherry's lip has to be bleeding on this one. This will go down as one of the biggest business blunders in all world history. CBC actually lost the rights to the most recognizable theme song in Canada. If it was April 1st today, I would say this is an April fools joke. Can you just picture how the negotiation went?
Hockey Night in Canada Theme owner: Ok, your contract is up. Industry standard is a 15% raise on the contract. Sound good?
Very smart CBC guy: No. What are you going to do? Sell it to another network? Don't make me laugh!
Hockey Night in Canada Theme owner: (click)
Very smart CBC guy: Hello? Hello?
Very Smart CBC guy's assistant: Boss, Stephan Dion is on line 2. He is going to run with your Carbon Tax idea.
Very Smart CBC guy: Ahhh, very good! Watch out Harper, the end is near!
I guess the only television network that could possibly mess up their most successful franchise is the taxpayer subsidized CBC. Maybe Prime Minister Harper can use this as an excuse to fire the management. Or even better, he should throw CBC in for free along with the theme and let CTV deal with these boneheads.
Shotgun. Meet foot.
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