Take out the "human" element and the manager who is ad knows his customers and you get failure. Anything can fail when the "management" is out of touch. This is what scares me about our republic and out of touch politicians.
I live near where the first Howard Johnson’s was.
I also live near the first Dunkin Donuts.
Vestiges of Americana. *sigh*
Same thing happened in Silicon Valley to companies like HP - the people-oriented visionaries who began these innovative companies were replaced by green eye shade Wall Street nerds who’s only concern was profitability.
The good times will inevitably end when money is the only focus.
Family(s) have been down graded.
What’s important NOW is the single individual.
Charge him/her/it $10 for a coffee drink and let him/her/it play with their cell phones and all is well.
Intended.
Intentional.
Purposeful.
And planned.
We are Carthage. Sad to see.
This country sold its soul to God Money.
We need to reinvigorate private ownership in this country. The New York Stock Exchange is largely parasitic.
When we would travel back east to my aunt’s house in Poughkeepsie new York back in the 60s on route 66 we’d stop at Howard Johnsons. Fond memories. And Stuckeys.
Howard Deering Johnson and Reginald Sprague created the first modern restaurant franchise. He was married four times and admitted he had no interest in or time for anything but building his business. He started in Massachusetts but lived in a Manhattan NY penthouse. He retired in 1959, leaving the company to his son Bud. Howard passed away in 1972 and Bud sold the business in 1979. It was a corporation through and through.
These chains were selling an image. For example, Leonard Slye, known as Roy Rogers, was born in Cincinnati and quit school to help his family by working in a shoe factory before relocating to California to drive gravel trucks for highway construction. He later picked peaches before he got his break on radio. Americans across the country bought into the singing cowboy, the kids costumes, cowboy bicycles (as late as 1952), and the restaurant fare.
It might be time to watch Clint Eastwood's 'Bronco Billy' again as a reminder to shed the escapes that got people through tough times.
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How about the whole damn enchilada?
Most of the Bill of Rights are under attack.
Law enforcement is undermined by our judicial system.
Federal Intelligence agencies are working against the citizens.
The MSM is working against America.
Government employee Unions are working against America.
I have many great childhood vacation memories of HOJO. Riding along listening to my Mom tell my Dad to look for a Howard Johnson’s. 😊
Back in the eighty’s a killer named Ted Kennedy pushed a program that would restrict white European immigration and bring in millions of non white of third worlders. The dumming down of America.