Friday, May 6, 2022

Obligations Beyond Money: Processes Have Impact on Communities

 Sometimes we get into a situation where money is important and we don't see the greater responsibilities to society. While I agree that profit is often the main concern, we have options to change processes, so as to develop more sustainable practices. 

Let us look at the following situation...... 

Trash is flowing onto the ground and the street. This wasn't a 1X rush of customers but likely a many hour delay of not picking up the trash. 

One could argue they don't have the staff but one could also say that is unlikely to be the cause. It would be fairly simple to just have everyone at the end of their shift empty the cans and clean the grounds. 

Of course profits often come above the community. In this case trash was blowing across the road and into people's yards and businesses. I don't think they should be on the receiving end of others poor management and if your going to have a business then manage it well. 

This is unlikely a staffing issue and more of a process issue as well as a management issue. A strong manger would have picked it up right away and not let it look like its trashed.  They would have trained their employees and enforced its values (beyond money).

From what I see on their reviews it also looks like poor management and other problems have upset customers for some time. 

I'm not a big regulation/ordinance/code guy but if a business can't manage its affairs it should be fined. There is more than profits at stake.  A few fines might get the point across. 

I removed identifying labels because its not about embarrassing but it is about awareness. Its actually worse than the pics. Trash littered everywhere.  



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