March 29: National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

[dgridley]

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day celebrates small business owners. These individuals spend countless hours nurturing and growing their young enterprises. The workload demands, and lack of a hired staff, often translates into long and late hours, and many missed family and personal events. But, all in all, they love what they do. After all, they are their own boss.

New businesses have always been a vital, yet not fully appreciated, part of the U.S. economy. On they retail side, they bring different and unique products to the marketplace. They provide stellar and personal service support. When you call, you are more likely to get a real, live person. And unlike big national chains, they know their products. They are outstanding performers in niche markets. In manufacturing, they create many new concepts and ideas, making them creators of new products.

from: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreh...ch/mpboday.htm

[CindyLouWho]

Whoo Hooo! So tomorrow is our day then? Cool! We will definitely have to go celebrate...if we can get away from the office long enough. LOL

Seriously though, when we started our business almost 11 years ago, my husband said it would be great because we could take off anytime we wanted to and wouldn't have to answer to anyone. Right! We are literally a "mom and pop business" and we don't have anyone licensed to cover for us so if we take off it is only for a day or two at the most. We are constantly checking our messages and some times we have to cut short our time away because of an emergency service call from a customer. Since we offer 24 hour emergency service, we have also had to crawl out of a nice warm bed and go out in the middle of the night in freezing weather to work on many occasions. But that is part of having your own business and being your own boss I guess. I sure miss having three weeks paid un-interrupted vacation time. But my husband is happy so I guess it's all worth it.

[dgridley]

Actually we should all go out of our way EVERY DAY to support smaller local businesses.. as the original post points out, the "mom and pop" businesses are the lifeblood of many communities.