Friday, June 27, 2008

They gotta make ends meet, too.

Why is it that every time a business does something to make a profit, someone labels them a bunch of greedy corporate whores?

I was just on Facebook and someone had made a post about the advertisements. Now, anyone who's ever used that site will know that the ads are extremely limited in size and quantity. There's usually one small advertisement per page. Nothing I can't deal with, or anyone else can't for that matter.

The post stated that Facebook, obviously, had the ads up to make a profit. This person lambasted them for being money-grubbing pigs who didn't care about their clientele and just wanted to make a quick buck. 

Never mind the fact that Facebook is a free service, and didn't put up any ads, there wouldn't be any money to keep the site going. Actually, mind the fact. 

There are many businesses today that actually do give the middle finger to their customers in order to increase profits. This makes the entire corporate world look bad, as anyone who legitimately does something to make money is labeled greedy.

When a company increases the price of their hamburgers from 89 cents to 99 cents, it's because beef prices are going up and they need to make money. Lash out at them for ripping you off an extra dime, but that's how business works.

Not every business is out to get you. Almost all of them are just out to keep their doors open and make the rent. Stop being so damn critical and suspicious.

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