On Jun 3, 2007, at 12:51 PM, authfriend wrote:
He tells about the disaster with the ice cream
company on his blog:
http://tinyurl.com/2kolo7
And blames it all on others:
I remember leaving for a three-week vacation to India. When I left, the
ice cream business operated as a harmonious wholeness. It was highly
creative and fun. Of course, we had our disagreements, but they were
never strong enough to disrupt the underlying harmony and friendship.
When I returned from my trip, refreshed and recharged, I was taken
aside and told that while I was away, many important changes were made.
Decisions, I was told, were now being made more quickly with less
discussion and undisciplined input. The sounded okay until I was told
that while I was away, they cut the funding for two of my pet projects
without even asking me.
And this:
I’d travel to various cities, meet with the press, and gave everything
I had in each interview. Three or four interviews per day for several
days in a row really took it out of me. I’d come home quite tired.
Added to that, I’d have been out of the loop and ignorant of all the
quick decisions that were being made by the guys who were organizing
the distribution.
Most of our ice cream distributors did miserable jobs. One even cheated
us for over a hundred thousand dollars. Yet I was the one receiving
more and more criticism and resentment from my so-called friends in the
office. I overheard one spouse complain, “My husband does all the work
but Fred gets all the credit.”
And there's a lot more where that came from: rationalizations,
excuses, and absolutely no ability to take responsibility for his own
company. Here's your next big project right here, Judy. This guy is
apparently genetically predisposed to dishonesty.
Sal
