On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:56:10 -0400, Raymond wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:36:54 +0800, Jim Walsh
> <jimNOwalsSPAMh3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:21:18 +0800, Raymond wrote (in article
>><luhjv3920n9i53h207b3kea1s51nko7gen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>>
>>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:19:59 +0800, Jim Walsh
>>> <jimNOwalsSPAMh3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A thought experiment:
>>>>
>>>> There are two restaurants, identical in every respect, except one.
>>>> One of the
>>>> restaurants (which we will call 3Zig2) gives every customer a
>>>> 3customer satisfaction2 survey form. The customers are encouraged to
>>>> answer questions about the food, the service and so on. There is also
>>>> a blank space for comments. The other restaurant (3Zag2) does not do
>>>> this. Indeed, whenever a customer makes comments about the
>>>> restaurant, they are told that these suggestions are rude, not
>>>> constructive and not welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Zig managers carefully read the survey forms, discuss them with the
>>>> other employees and sometimes make changes in the food and service
>>>> procedures. Zag
>>>> managers almost never make changes, and, when they do, they only make
>>>> changes
>>>> intended to reduce their workload or increase their income.
>>>>
>>>> Which restaurant will be more successful?
>>>>
>>>> Which restaurant would you prefer your government to be like?
>>>>
>>>> Which restaurant is the CCP-controlled government most like?
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, Zig restaurant went bankrupt because of endless labor
>>> disputes,
>>
>>weird. Show a logical connection between the sole difference (how to
>>handle customer comments) and labor disputes.
>
> The logical connection is, democracy breeds discontent.
Neither restaurant was a democracy. Both restaurants were run by their
owners.
> When you go out
> of your way to make your customers satisfied, then you are required to
> go out of your way to make your employees satisfied also.
All good businesses do their best to satisfy customers. But in my Zig-Zag
thought experiment, only one did that.
> That's how you got endless labor disputes on your hands.
Weird. Think about your reasoning. The "democracy" premise is flat false.
>>I see that that you believe monopolies are good. Fortunately for China,
>>the free market there destroyed economic monopolies creating rapid
>>growth.
>
> You misinterpretation.
Sorry.
> It has nothing to do with monopoly. It's about survival of the fittest.
Well, Survival of the fittest does not imply that there will only be one
species left. There are lots of ecological niches. In other words, the
idea that, in some future world, all but one species will be extinct is
silly.
--
Love, Jim
(P.S. I routinely delete excessive newsgroups when I follow-up.)
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