Real Life Pinellas

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As an assignment at school, my daughter’s topic was about hypothermia, wherein the body’s temperature drops extremely low, preventing the natural metabolism and natural functions of our body.  She was reading a lot of articles about hypothermia, and eventually her research led to the effects of hypothermia, and freezing to death is one of them.

She was surprised to find out the countless of reports about people and animals being frozen to death, while out in the middle of winter.  She kept on reading about articles about hypothermia and also news clips on people and animals found frozen to death, what they looked like, their signs and symptoms, and such. She even concluded that most cases of freezing to death was caused by recklessness, like leaving the door open and unlocked, not wearing warmer clothes, going out of the house at extremely low temperature. A her report came to an end, she stated that awareness and judgment are our best weapon against any kind of accidents.

An astute fox like Ray is someone who gets things done. He doesn’t like red tape. He doesn’t like to waste time. He’s busy putting out so many fires that he can’t be put on hold, fill out unnecessary forms, or go through layers of people to get an answer. He knows what everyone else in his company is doing, because what they’re doing ultimately affects his fate. Ray’s not a paper pusher; he tries to be a paper stopper. He dislikes the government and all of its regulations. He complains about all the time he spends doing administrative work instead of actual productive work. He’s frustrated by the layers of bureaucracy he must endure and how costly this is to his company. Will you be able to help him cut to the chase and get things done?

One thing’s for sure: Ray doesn’t wake up in the morning thinking of ways to sneak into work late so his boss doesn’t notice.
He knows that if he’s not there then things won’t get done. And if they don’t get done it’s not like he continues to get his paycheck. He understands that putting money in the bank depends almost entirely on his effort, and this keeps him going even when there’s no energy left. Running a small business is a livelihood. Bad decisions affect him directly, not someone else in some other department in the Kansas City branch. Ray knows that every purchase and each sale affect his bottom line. A lot of employees care only about quitting time, but a small business owner wants to get the most productivity and profit out of every day. Your objective is to help the small business owner like Ray do his work better and more quickly. Maintain a very flexible schedule and be prepared to make changes for the chaotic small business customer. Always call ahead to confirm visits. Small business owners, you’ll find, are always on the run.

Not only do small business owners have fewer resources, they also have less money to throw around. Every purchase is a significant purchase. Every mistake could be a big one. They can’t afford significant cost overruns. They rarely compare actual expenditures versus a budget. They look at what’s been spent ver sus what’s left in the bank. A typical wheeler-dealer like Ray at Transitol is much more obsessed over actual cash outlays than his corporate counterpart, because every dime leaving the account is his money. A corporate manager may be evaluated for line item fiscal responsibility, but he is also evaluated for other things, too—management skills, teamwork, loyalty, attendance, ability to work with others, organizational skills, and sometimes even his golf game.
Ray, on the other hand, is evaluated by no one but his customers. And his customers don’t check off performance review forms and make recommendations for promotions. If satisfied, they pay him and then come back for more. If unsatisfied, they don’t. It’s always “show me the money” in the small business owner’s eyes, nothing else. Will your product or service put money into his account?

The real objective of a wily fox like Ray is to profitably operate his little business somewhere off the radar screen of the government and others that he believes want to take advantage of him. It’s unlikely that some 500-person organization in a large plant near the highway is unknown to you. But what about that little business of twenty people operating out of that building you thought was condemned? Who would have thought? There are lots of opportunities to make a few bucks out there, and you’re going to bump into creative little foxes everywhere making a go of it. Small companies like to occupy niches. There are niches so small that a larger corporation could never work in them successfully or turn a profit. But with low overhead and some fancy footwork, a resourceful little rascal like Ray knows how to eke out a few bucks and keep a couple of dozen people on the payroll.
A large corporate entity takes some raw materials and creates a highly specialized paper product that’s used throughout the world. But the results of this creation don’t end there. Making this product creates remnants. And the little company buys these remnants from the larger company, re-rolls it and then resells this scrap to an after-market of other unknown companies. It’s simply amazing, the many ways that small companies can make money.

Small business owners often answer their own phone. If you call Transitol before 8:00 A.M., or after 6:00 P.M., you’ll probably get Ray on the line. Chances are extremely slim that Warren Buffett will pick up the main line at Berkshire Hathaway no matter what time of day you call. Ray has a love-hate relationship with his phone. Every time the phone rings it’s either a problem or an opportunity. An employee is calling in sick, or a prospect is calling for a quote. A delivery truck is down with engine problems, or that big job just came through. Ray has people who answer the phone for him, but sometimes they’re busy, or just not around. And he’s not going to let the phone just ring.

Transitol’s dusty meeting room says it all. There are no fresh flowers, oak furniture, floor-to-ceiling windows, or state-of-the- art phone and computer equipment. His coffee machine is old and produces one flavor only. There is no beaming receptionist who is always on duty. There are no groups of men and women in smart business suits striding importantly through the well- lighted corridors. A big company will usually invest in its facility. Appearance is very important. It contributes to the company’s image and credibility in its marketplace. It’s expected that a larger company will have decent facilities—otherwise, people begin to wonder about its financial position. Ray survives by keeping his overhead low. That’s what foxes do.