Respect Builds Business

Being an employer 
is much like being a parent
we all know the saying
a customer is always right

Business fails or succeeds 
on it's reputation
customers come back
to the shops that they love

I remember hearing
upset one customer 
and that customer 
will talk to twelve people

those twelve people 
will talk to twelve more
creating one hundred and forty four
people that aviod your shop

I remember working 
in a restarant 
watching the manager
have ago at his employee's

angry employees 
then spoke with less respect 
to the customers
how many customers lost their respect

after angry employees
destroyed the company's name
todays world treat employees 
with little respect

demanding more 
but wanting to pay less
respect is such a little word
yet it carrys the weight of the world

Kings have lost Kingdoms
when for the sake of war
they increased tax 
to pay for their soldiers 

struggling family's 
living in poverty 
lost their respect for the kings
revolutions started 

the magna carter was created 
the power of the king
lost to the new concept of government
todays world would have

people reduce wages 
to improve business wealth
yet struggling family's 
need wages to pay

ever increasing costs 
the employee is also the customer
destroying wages 
also destroys the comsumer market

so many company's 
avoid high costs 
building their products in
third world economys 

yet the want to sell their products
in industrialised countrys
sweat shops treat people like slaves
when will we grow up

respect builds business
even employees deserve respect
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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