Husband and Wife Team, Owner and Operator, Can You Do This In Business?
Its 5am in the morning, the alarm sounds out for the second time as you lay there in your warm bed, knowing that it is at least minus 10 degrees outside. I’m sure its my husbands turn to get up and make sure the breakfast cook has everything sorted out.
Then bamm, like a lightning bolt your thoughts are sh.t, snow, road block, hows the cook going to get here this morning, think,think, yep thats right the travel cook is on today and yes its Wednesday, my turn to do the rounds.
launch out of bed then realize you did sprain an ankle 2 days ago and the sudden movement you just made sends you straight down to the ground beside your bed with a chilling screech of pain that shoots your hubby 3 feet straight up toward the ceiling, or close too anyway.
What the hell is going on woman says a groggy husband whom has just realized he has one heck of a hangover from last night, knowing it was his sleep in morning he sort of overindulged in the grog with a few of the day shift staff.
Not that you really minded as his sexual display toward you when he came to bed may have been a bit short although it was full of energy and adventure!
Now all these thoughts are zapping around and now we have a hobbling wife a hung-over husband and a cook stuck on the highway.
With 45 guests soundly asleep knowing that a awesome hot breakfast will await them as they get out of there cosy beds and into the warmth of the open fire. The one that will be burning away in the country themed massive dining room that makes up the hub of the Redgum Resort in the outskirts of Chicago.
This may be a little dramatic, and believe it or not situations do happen like this every week in your own business. As a husband and wife team you have to be on the ball every day anticipating that mornings like this will happen.
So what do you do about it? Simple be prepared, reorganize alternative back up staff, get things rolling yourself. Yes one of you has a injury, so what you can still cook, the husband may be crook, so what toughen up and run around for the wife as she cooks, getting and doing as is required and when the back up staff arrive, sweet.
You will be all fired up by now and have the restaurant under control and relax head back to bed or find a easy job to keep the mind ticking over to ease all existing pains.
Now what if there was no back up and what if the hubby or the wife couldn’t get out of bed? well you probably wouldn’t be in business for a start or you will soon be back working for wages or on welfare benefits as you are probably unemployable.
When you own and run your own business especially as a husband and wife you have plan A, B,C and D to Z if need be.
I can show you how we do this and give you our own experiences in this area, leave a comment here and your thoughts and we will continue on this subject for as long as you need the information.
Keep smiling and see you at the next post.
Gaylene.
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