THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS.
A dofinite understanding in the. beginning often saves a great deal ,of trouble later on: A traveller work for a typewriter concorn, on. commission. He was assigned to a ccrtnin territory, and told in a general way that ho was to have all that tho:,territory yielded. 13oth the traveller and tlio manager scorned to'understand the ; agreement—bui each understood: it in his '.own wa;
, After a while trouble began. One customer who, had been rounded up by the traveller came to thoioflice and completed his purchase. Some! customers had already been interested and reported by-a previous traveller. Somo prospective customers; reported by the traveller, were looked after at si different office by salaried employees of tho : company. Iho traveller claimed his. commissions, and tho* house disputed his right to tliom. The traveller had'but three courses open—to sue, leave,. or give in. Ho chose, to leavo, losing, however, a number of good prospocts. Later on, tho' manager wns heard to remark: "Wo toso businoss for lack of 111011. . Good men aro very : scarce." Did he dream., that' every "good man" in tho business'had heard the story ! of his ex-traveller? Such stories certainly tend to mako good men; scarco. ■■■■ ■'
' Both employer and omployeo in this case lost by not having a dofinito understanding. If the employer was aoting in good faith he - should, havo provided for such contingencies when lie employed the man, leaving no room i for dispute oven with an agent who did not ' know enough to bring up tho points in advance.—"Daily Express."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 122, 15 February 1908, Page 13
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