I once had an employee burst into tears and throw a tantrum when I fired him. He was an A&R representative and when I told him that he was losing his job, he started weeping and began yelling as loud as he could, "It's not fair, this job is too hard."
I tried to be as discreet and polite as I could but we're in a small, four-room office so everyone heard him crying. What's worse is when he begged, "Can't you just pay me to get you coffee?" When I refused, he quickly snagged some files off my desk and ran out the door. I haven't seen or heard from him since, but it was the only thing my employees talked about for days.
If people are tightening their purse strings, these 10 businesses wouldn't know. Their bestsellers are pricey and have plenty of buyers.
