jim@jpes.com wrote:
>  If I may interject a bit, and I haven't really been following this
> thread closely,
>  but after reading the comments below, and using Olin's hypothetical
> example, it may
>  be perfectly acceptable to the Home Depot (or whoever is performing
> the service) to
>  lose money on the generators for the good of the community.  After
> the tragedy is over,
>  and things are starting to calm down a bit, and people are ready to
> fix, rebuild, etc.
>  the Home Depot can make up their losses on the higher volume of
> building materials
>  that people are going to buy to get back to where they started before
> the tragedy.

That may be the best business decision, but why shouldn't each manager have
the right to make that decision for his own?


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