Steve Magruder wrote: The main reason I feel this way is because small business is the backbone of the economy, and people who run small businesses are largely trying to escape from working for corporations, in my estimation. So give them a break with your business, so they don't have to be miserable in the ways they have to make money!
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:57 am
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TP Lowe wrote:Steve, I agree with almost all of what you posted. Thank you.
I think the section above is most to my point of this thread in the first place, which didn't start off as a "chain vs. local restaurant" discussion, but rather an assessment of why "corporations" get bagged so often on the board by all of us who ultimately are likely investors in the businesses we trash publicly. But, as one who left a large company to work with close partners in a small business, I embrace your assessment in the paragraph above heartily!
Jeremy Mott wrote:I think with the addition of my $.02 on this thread, we'll be approaching five bucks!
My take on TP's original post...Understand your sentiments completely. Although I share the prevailing views/attitudes on this board, it really does irritate me when people off-handedly bash "the corporations", as if some fictious, all-emcompassing "thing" or "idea" is to blame for most--if not all--our country's/the world's ills. I've been known to refer to "the evil corporations" before, but I don't use it as an umbrella statement and tend to think that I have principled, well-thought-out stances on corporations. Not just one, unprincipled, rash one (i.e. they're all EVIL). (NOTE: Am not accusing anyone here of rash judgements, but I think such a mentality exists). All that said, nobody that knows me has ever accused me of being anything within ten miles of a corporate-sympathizer. I assure you, I'm anything but.
Now to those who lump all corporations together, I ask you: What's the alternative? I'm not being rhetorical here; I'm humbly asking (as TP did originally): If not corporations, then what?
That said, along with different corporations (good/bad corp. citizens) there are different business arenas that corporations occupy. I think the point many people make here is that the restaurant business is one which is, inherently, not suited to the corporate structure. Computer companies? Auto manufacturers? Yes. Restaurants? Brewers? Wineries? No. And I agree with this wholeheartedly.
As for the whole chain/local thing (as it applies to restuarants)...It is the Louisville Restaurant Forum and, as such, should be comprised mainly of discussion/praise/criticism for establishments unique to Louisville. Not to the outright exclusion of regional or nationwide chains (as franchises are located in Louisville). But I do not think that chain restaurants (not unique to Louisville) deserve as much coverage as locals.
Foodie
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:57 am
Louisville, KY - Iroquois/Auburndale area
Jeremy Mott wrote:Now to those who lump all corporations together, I ask you: What's the alternative? I'm not being rhetorical here; I'm humbly asking (as TP did originally): If not corporations, then what?
Steve Magruder wrote:Jeremy Mott wrote:Now to those who lump all corporations together, I ask you: What's the alternative? I'm not being rhetorical here; I'm humbly asking (as TP did originally): If not corporations, then what?
I don't lump them all together. There are good players and bad players. I would like to see the bad players severely dealt with, somehow (Note: I don't think the "free market" is always efficient at dealing with bad players).
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