Mad Moment--Right Reason

I just left a meeting where I was told by concerned parents about their son who just lost his job with a large multinational company.  Apparently the corporate leaders decided, and told him as the state manager, that Christmas bonuses would not be paid.  He argued back and forth but was ultimately told that no bonuses were going to be paid. 


He felt it was so wrong that he paid bonuses to his team out of his own pocket.  Apparently one of the recipients thought their bonus should have been bigger.  After that recipient complained to the home office--my clients' son was fired for violating company policy. 

Smoke, Beer, Pawn--Oh Boy!

Is it just me and I am driving around the "wrong" parts of town or are their really more discount cigarette, liquor stores and pawn shops than ever before here in OKC?  Maybe it is true what my father-in-law used to say--"Invest in liquor stores.  People drink when they're happy and they drink when they are sad."  IF the same is true for cigarettes, and pawn shops are where the money comes from--I guess it all makes sense now.

How to Win Every Time

Last night I watched the movie "Patch Adams" again for probably the 4th time.  This is the one where Robin Williams plays a medical student who gets crosswise with the establishment bureaucrats in the school system with his comedic antics aimed at "treating" patients.