The sad side of doing business: customers can be rude and arrogant!

It’s not often I complain about running our business, but over the past few weeks, we’ve been getting complaints from some of our customers over their dissatisfaction with some of our longest running policies. To explain: When students miss class, we’ve always provided makeup help for students, but now some of our parents are asking…

Would you consider doing an online masters degree?

If it’s legitimate… and we’ve all seen the ads promising MAs and Ph.Ds for just signing your name… when universities start providing online courses, sometimes it’s difficult to separate the pretenders from the real deal. In fact, so few traditional schools do online education because of quality concerns for the students’ education. Many traditionalists feel…

Some retailers are doing well, even now!

With everyone facing more difficult economic times than in the past decade or so, retailers are suffering, closing branches, slashing staff, cutting costs… But some retailers are expanding their business in these difficult times: large discount stores, and online stores with competitive policies for looking after their customers. And it’s a great time to be…

LA strikes out AGAIN… What is the PD doing?

Shocking story from LA. Injustice can still be found in LA… Read on and consider. Dear friend, I just learned about a case of segregation-era oppression happening today in Jena, Louisiana. I signed onto ColorOfChange.org’s campaign for justice in Jena, and wanted to invite you to do the same. http://www.colorofchange.org/jena/?id=1904-340374 Last fall in Jena, the…