Service vs. Icon

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle


Interesting subject title right? Not really.  I was employed at Icon Health & Fitness for three years.  At one time I had written a letter to the editor about an "executive bathroom" that one of the executives was putting over by his office, on a floor with adequate restroom facilities.  I did not mention the business name in my letter, only my name (as if everyone knows where I work). The funny thing was that these executives knew who they were, and they were "hurt" is the word they used.  Hurt that I would use my freedom of expression to express my feelings about this stupid bathroom.  Did they care that I was offended that they feel they need a better restroom then the rest of us, HELL no!  their only concern was that Icon was put in an improper light.

Even funnier is that my name made the front page of the same paper on Sunday, and they do not seem to care about it! haha! I wonder should I call them and point it out? should I have a meeting with the HR department and my boss to see if anyone is in need of a debriefing? probably not, this time the paper was pointing out service projects being done across the valley to commemorate 9/11.  Will Icon Health & Fitness get involved? Would they like their name to be better perceived? Maybe, or are they only "hurt" when they feel it is slammed? Poor Icon........

The only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary
Donald Kendall

This quote is HILARIOUS!!
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. 
Evan Esar


By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. Robert Frost