In article ,
Mark Howell wrote:


But then came the entrance of the huge publicly-traded corporations,
and Wall Street demands for revenue and cash flow increases that
wildly exceeded the rate of economic growth. I know of one major
company that insisted on 15% annual cash flow increases in a region
with 2% economic growth. This is not sustainable for more than one or
two quarters. But without such numbers, the stock would get hammered.
And some managers, such as one recently departed major figure whose
name will go unmentioned here, were so focused on the immediate
quarterly numbers that they simply refused to consider the long-term
impact on the industry. Somehow we forgot concepts like demand-based
pricing (a staple of the travel industry for decades) and grid rate
cards.


It's easy to see if you follow the news regularly that the above is a
trend in all kinds of businesses. In many it leads to constant
"restructuring" (layoffs) to eek out a bit more profit, even though the
company is thriving without the restructuring. Our masters have lost all
sense that they need to keep their greed in some kind of check.

Leonard

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"Everything that rises must converge"
--Flannery O'Connor

OK, I know all this. Commercials are life and they suck. Now about about
this: IMAGING! I am so sick and tired of hearing all this junk that spews
out which "images" a station. I think some is good, but not all the time!
This is part of the clutter that I cannot stand. I must be old fashioned
on this one.

Good to see some people with sense are finally coming around here.

With all the off topic cross posting you have done most people think you
are an idiot and have you in their kill files.

Too bad YOU were not one of them. Will you PLEASE put me in your kill file?

Try sticking to one group.

Just as YOU have crossposted when YOU hit reply, that is all I am guilty of. I
did not start the thread. All I did was compliment the poster.

Somehow you have taken real offense at my compliment to this other person.

I wonder why?

(I KNOW why!)

In article , Truth wrote:

OK, I know all this. Commercials are life and they suck. Now
about about this: IMAGING! I am so sick and tired of hearing
all this junk that spews out which "images" a station. I think
some is good, but not all the time! This is part of the clutter
that I cannot stand. I must be old fashioned on this one.

Good to see some people with sense are finally coming around
here.

With all the off topic cross posting you have done most people
think you are an idiot and have you in their kill files.

Too bad YOU were not one of them. Will you PLEASE put me in your
kill file?

No. Reading you in the newsgroup is like reading the comics in a
newspaper. It's very entertaining to read your ranting.

Try sticking to one group.

Just as YOU have crossposted when YOU hit reply, that is all I am
guilty of. I did not start the thread. All I did was compliment
the poster.

I don't know which group you are posting from and you have done much
more than just one post.

Somehow you have taken real offense at my compliment to this other
person.

I wonder why?

(I KNOW why!)

You forgot your medications?

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Telamon
Ventura, California