http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080904.wrzoom04/BNStory/Business/home
So as you may have heard, Zoom Airlines shut its doors and now people are stranded all over the world trying to get back home. Granted, some of them are stranded in the Caribbean…I can think of worse spots to be stranded. But at the same time, if I’m stuck in the airport for that time, ick.
But where did the integrity go to? Have we lost our ‘Good Samaritism’? I would like to think that if I had a business and I knew I would be closing up shop, I would leave my customers in a fine fashion, not leaving them disappointed. Sure, Zoom Airlines doesn’t really have anything to lose in the future if they should ever open up their doors again. They’ll just change their name and even if they do have good rates for flights, people will probably forgive the fact that they had to strand a bunch of people across the globe.
I just don’t get it. Has business become so cut throat that you can’t have a conscience anymore? It’s all smoke and mirrors these days and you can’t very well knock on the door of the President of Zoom Airlines and say “It just took me three weeks to get back to Canada because of you. What were you thinking?”
It kind of disgusts me to start putting our world under a microscope and realize that the Samaritans have moved on elsewhere nowadays. That’s why I don’t like to pay attention to these matters and focus on the funny papers. Oh Calvin, you so funny.