For nearly a century, a retail philosophy existed that has slowly gone by the wayside.  It’s the axiom “The customer is always right.”  If you’ve ever worked in retail, you know that this is the farthest thing from the truth.  The concept spawns some of the most unreasonable, demanding, entitled actions you’ll ever see. “The earliest printed… Read More »

January 20, 2025.  Inauguration Day.  Chief Justice John Roberts created a chaotic scene as President-Elect Trump was getting ready to take the oath of office.  Once the two men were face-to-face, Roberts began the oath.  The Trump family was scrambling to get in position and Melania was late to the party with the two Bibles… Read More »

“The framers of the Constitution intentionally made it difficult for Congress to remove a sitting president. The impeachment process starts in the House of Representatives with a formal impeachment inquiry. If the House Judiciary Committee finds sufficient grounds, its members write and pass articles of impeachment, which then go to the full House for a… Read More »

There has been lots of talk in the past few decades about vaccines.  Recently, it’s all been about the COVID vaccines.  Long before that, though, there was debate over state mandated vaccinations of children before going to school.  Strong opinions have been voiced on both sides of the issue and will probably never be fully… Read More »

GPS.  Global Positioning System.  The technology was originally developed for the military and built upon the existing Transit system.  The Transit system began with the launching of a satellite in 1960 and provided navigational information for maritime usage.  On this day in 1978, Navstar1 was launched by the U.S. Air Force, placing the first GPS… Read More »

Providers Association for Home Health & Hospice Agencies (PAHHHA) founded National Caregivers Day in 2015 to honor and recognize professional healthcare workers.  This would include the staff of nursing home facilities, Hospice, Visiting Angels, and other similar organizations.  This is an extremely dedicated group of workers who deserve recognition.  However, for the purpose of today’s… Read More »

Today has two interesting events on the calendar that are not intentionally connected, even though their emphasis is the same topic:  leadership.  First of all, this is National Leadership Day, a day to recognize leaders and leadership positions.  Without leaders, organizations would flounder.  A head is needed for any organism, and this applies to any… Read More »

Overwhelmed!  Do you ever feel that way?  I don’t mean overwhelmed in a bad way.  I mean this in a completely positive way where we are just in awe of something.  Well, I had one of those moments today (1/29/25).  Let me build up to my moment. When I first started driving school bus, I… Read More »

If you are 5’6”, there are a lot of jobs you can do.  You can be a doctor, lawyer, pastor, plumber, electrician, office worker, executive, factory worker, postal worker, police officer, fireman, EMT, and a host of other things.  But an NBA player?  That’s some tall aspirations!  Most would say impossible.  But don’t say that… Read More »

Influence.  Noun:  the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways : sway; the act or power of producing an effect without apparent exertion of force or direct exercise of command.  Verb: to affect or alter by indirect or intangible means; to have an effect on the condition or development of.1 It used… Read More »