I see a lot of what I would consider “questionable” business ideas around my local area. For example, we’ve got a ‘Bed, Bath, & Beyond’ that seems to be on its last legs in one of our local shopping strip malls, and what did some genius decide to put in just a few storefronts down? A ‘Home Goods’ store. Are their pillows really that much better than the ones at BB&B? Just how many candles holders does one household need,…
Every time you look at the business section of a newspaper these days, you’ll see plenty of articles about economic recovery in this post-COVID world we now live in. This “new” workplace has spawned an abundance of one specific type of industry in my local area. Warehouses. Now I’m not talking about your typical Mom & Pop trucking company with three bays and a forklift, I’m talking about mammoth complexes, sporting hundreds of shipping bays, millions of square feet of…
With more and more folks working from home during the pandemic, I have to be honest – it’s about time some of you learned some basic etiquette and common sense when it comes to video conference calls. Now I realize that this technology is new to some of you, but still – there are some basics you need to understand before displaying your mug on that important phone call with the company president or key client. Be On Time (and…
While driving home from work recently, I began to notice something about the downtown Hagerstown business scene. Barbershops. As in – it seems as if you can’t swing a dead cat in downtown Hagerstown and not hit a barbershop. It looked like every other storefront was a barbershop. “In the Cuts”, “Clippers”, “Cape and Blade”, “Goyo’s”, “Xander’s” – there were enough barber poles and chairs to start a barbershop theme park. I came back home and Googled “Hagerstown barbershops” –…
This past Saturday night, a special celebration was held in the town where I live. Called “Christmas in Clear Spring”, it was an evening of old-fashioned, small-town, holiday events (the town has population of only 399 people) that is held once every three years and put on by the local Garden Club. All of the local residents took special care putting up their Christmas lights this year (to help decorate for the event – plus there were prizes for the…