many Franchise Surveys in highly read magazines on Entrepreneurship. Apparently the owner of this franchise must not have been screened properly. With a Bumper Sticker which said; “live better, work union” he had obviously been laid off by probably the same auto plant nearby and probably all the things he hated and cursed as an employee he in fact was now the epitome of that former nemesis of the over paid corporate exec, except without the high paycheck. The treatment of employees was literally non-existent, not good or badYesterday I went to buy a sandwich at a franchised outlet. I thought while driving up would the owner be there to help out and save some money on labor, knowing a holiday weekend is hard to get labor. As I drove up to the place a man driving an SUV made by Lexus, nice too, cut me off stealing my parking spot? He parked crooked and blocked part of the stall I wanted and part of the handicap stall, next to it.

Everyone thought he was rich? The customers and employees of the shop, I could tell by their gawking of the vehicle. He did not attempt to play down that observation, careful to glance at his Rolex watch and hit the alarm and walk with a tint of arrogance. Everyone was staring at his Lexus with all the bells and whistles. A Lexus built in Japan, and part of the reason for displaced autoworkers and auto parts manufactures in America, not to mention the closing of the plant in the next city. It was five minutes to closing, he drives up and I drive up. He cuts me off so I could not get into the parking space while I was initiating my final turn. So I backed up and found another one. Apparently he had come just before closing like me to get a sandwich. Then I see him get into the cash register. Then I realized he was the owner of the place. And go behind a wall to I assume get the money out of the safe too. He comes back and shoves the money into his pocket. Maybe to deposit or take out the cash or to make sure the employee did not take it? Then he puts the cash in one pocket and the checks in one of those zipper bags and ignores me, I being a customer now in front of the register, he glances at his watch and asks “Can I help you?” Not as if what would you like to order, but “Why are you here?” I said yes I would like the “King Club Combo” (Name Changed not to convict a very worthy franchise chain and one of my favorite franchise systems).

One, which started out quite small with a story of perseverance and hard work. The founder I had met personally about five years back at an International Franchise Association Meeting in 1997. Also had been top of the food chain literally in many Franchise Surveys in highly read magazines on Entrepreneurship. Apparently the owner of this franchise must not have been screened properly. With a Bumper Sticker which said; “live better, work union” he had obviously been laid off by probably the same auto plant nearby and probably all the things he hated and cursed as an employee he in fact was now the epitome of that former nemesis of the over paid corporate exec, except without the high paycheck. The treatment of employees was literally non-existent, not good or bad,

le. He did not attempt to play down that observation, careful to glance at his Rolex watch and hit the alarm and walk with a tint of arrogance. Everyone was staring at his Lexus with all the bells and whistles. A Lexus built in Japan, and part of the reason for displaced autoworkers and auto parts manufactures in America, not to mention the closing of the plant in the next city. It was five minutes to closing, he drives up and I drive up. He cuts me off so I could not get into the parking space while I was initiating my final turn. So I backed up and found another one. Apparently he had come just before closing like me to get a sandwich. Then I see him get into the cash register. Then I realized he was the owner of the place. And go behind a wall to I assume get the money out of the safe too. He comes back and shoves the money into his pocket. Maybe to deposit or take out the cash or to make sure the employee did not take it? Then he puts the cash in one pocket and the checks in one of those zipper bags and ignores me, I being a customer now in front of the register, he glances at his watch and asks “Can I help you?” Not as if what would you like to order, but “Why are you here?” I said yes I would like the “King Club Combo” (Name Changed not to convict a very worthy franchise chain and one of my favorite franchise systems).

One, which started out quite small with a story of perseverance and hard work. The founder I had met personally about five years back at an International Franchise Association Meeting in 1997. Also had been top of the food chain literally in many Franchise Surveys in highly read magazines on Entrepreneurship. Apparently the owner of this franchise must not have been screened properly. With a Bumper Sticker which said; “live better, work union” he had obviously been laid off by probably the same auto plant nearby and probably all the things he hated and cursed as an employee he in fact was now the epitome of that former nemesis of the over paid corporate exec, except without the high paycheck. The treatment of employees was literally non-existent, not good or bad

turn. So I backed up and found another one. Apparently he had come just before closing like me to get a sandwich. Then I see him get into the cash register. Then I realized he was the owner of the place. And go behind a wall to I assume get the money out of the safe too. He comes back and shoves the money into his pocket. Maybe to deposit or take out the cash or to make sure the employee did not take it? Then he puts the cash in one pocket and the checks in one of those zipper bags and ignores me, I being a customer now in front of the register, he glances at his watch and asks “Can I help you?” Not as if what would you like to order, but “Why are you here?” I said yes I would like the “King Club Combo” (Name Changed not to convict a very worthy franchise chain and one of my favorite franchise systems).

One, which started out quite small with a story of perseverance and hard work. The founder I had met personally about five years back at an International Franchise Association Meeting in 1997. Also had been top of the food chain literally in many Franchise Surveys in highly read magazines on Entrepreneurship. Apparently the owner of this franchise must not have been screened properly. With a Bumper Sticker which said; “live better, work union” he had obviously been laid off by probably the same auto plant nearby and probably all the things he hated and cursed as an employee he in fact was now the epitome of that former nemesis of the over paid corporate exec, except without the high paycheck. The treatment of employees was literally non-existent, not good or bad

nt of the register, he glances at his watch and asks “Can I help you?” Not as if what would you like to order, but “Why are you here?” I said yes I would like the “King Club Combo” (Name Changed not to convict a very worthy franchise chain and one of my favorite franchise systems).

One, which started out quite small with a story of perseverance and hard work. The founder I had met personally about five years back at an International Franchise Association Meeting in 1997. Also had been top of the food chain literally in many Franchise Surveys in highly read magazines on Entrepreneurship. Apparently the owner of this franchise must not have been screened properly. With a Bumper Sticker which said; “live better, work union” he had obviously been laid off by probably the same auto plant nearby and probably all the things he hated and cursed as an employee he in fact was now the epitome of that former nemesis of the over paid corporate exec, except without the high paycheck. The treatment of employees was literally non-existent, not good or bad

many Franchise Surveys in highly read magazines on Entrepreneurship. Apparently the owner of this franchise must not have been screened properly. With a Bumper Sticker which said; “live better, work union” he had obviously been laid off by probably the same auto plant nearby and probably all the things he hated and cursed as an employee he in fact was now the epitome of that former nemesis of the over paid corporate exec, except without the high paycheck. The treatment of employees was literally non-existent, not good or bad, as if the employees were irrelevant, and his look at me as if I was irrelevant which in the scheme of his over all business I probably was. He looked up and said, we are closed. I said “Oh, but it is five minutes to closing still?” He said “well, I guess we can take your order? But how are you paying?” I said by cash or ATM card? He said “Well, we can do the ATM transaction, but not the cash I have closed out the register unless you have exact change?” I was a little taken a back but hungry. So we did the ATM credit card swipe and I ask him how business was? He said I cannot get any “God Damn employees worth a crap?”

Hmm, I said. Again thinking well, you just told your employee who you pushed aside that they sucked, by your cursing, but did not want to get into it, all I wanted is my sandwich. Then a lady pops in to and asks are you “Mark?” He said Yah, why do you want to know? She, said well my boys are in the ‘such and such group’ and we were wondering if you have a gift certificate you can donate to our Event on ‘such and such’ date….for the ‘such and such’ group….which will help your business and will be attended by many ‘so in so’ potential customers for your sandwich shop…. Yet, he probably did not even listen to a word she said.

Meanwhile my sandwich was almost ready being slopped together as the employee probably did not care after being told in a round about way that she was a “God Damn” employee, not worth a damn? I was a little upset, but the sloppy sandwich was not so important, I want to stay on my Atkins Diet and they make it with the right ingredients. He basically told the lady, no not interested. He then turned to me and said “I cannot believe all these groups coming in and wanting me to give them something?” I told him it is a sign of the times as the economy was still in rebound and the money is flowing out of the country the wrong way. He said “Yah, business has slowed down too, I cannot pay all these groups, then they stomp off when I say no?” He then started blaming the franchisor for the cost of food, shipping, fees, the President of the US, the Congressm