Everyone loves to receive a gift
We all remember the Vacation movies...how could we forget them...Chevy Chase captures his character so well...Below I look at how Clark was impacted by the perhaps 'Scrooge' like approach towards him at Christmas time.
...For 17 years, Griswold had received a holiday bonus, so puts a $7500 deposit on a family swimming pool based on an anticipated Christmas bonus.
When Griswold receives a membership to the Jelly-of-the-Month Club instead, he snaps, and calls on Cousin Eddie to kidnap boss Frank Shirley for retribution. When the boss is brought to Griswold's home and sees how the suspension of the company bonus has affected the Griswolds, Shirley tells him, "Whatever you got last year, add 20%."
The boss's wife learns of the goings on, and she contemptibly exclaims to her husband, "Of all the cheap lousy ways to save a buck!"
What is happening in Australia this year...Are you headed for disappointment like poor Clark or is your employer being creative and thinking of a way to show you are valued? Or are you a business who is not going to thank your customers/clients this year? Is the economic climate so grim that we can't think of ways to say thank you? Have businesses, big and small considered the long term fall out?
Would love to hear your thoughts to help get a grip on the mood out there.
