I guess since there was big businesses, there have been arguments as to which is better. Let me relate a little true story that might get you to think about it a little. When I was going through advanced electronic training in Memphis, I used to go to this little privately owned restaurant next to a MacDonald’s.

I sort of got to know the guy that owned the place, being as I went in there so much. So we did a little conversating one day. The subject did get around to the MacDonald’s next door. He fussed that the MacDonald’s bought the same bakery products as him. Only thing is, the MacDonald’s paid less for the ones they got.

And so it is that we see one of the big advantages of big business. Because they buy more, they pay less. Somewhat seems unfair. It was and is a common thing. Big business, which does not need as much of a break, gets the price break and the little guy ends up paying full price, as if Micky D’s doesn’t already have the big advantage. (You know, coast-to-coast ads and such)

Still, I went to the little place. They had shrimp and Micky D’s didn’t. In general, though the bakery goods were the same as Micky D’s, I found they tasted better on the hamburgers that the little private place made.

In this day and age of the big stores, we, more and more, see the little stores fall by the wayside. It’s a shame. In the old hardware stores, I actually had someone ask me if I needed help the instant I walk in the door. Maybe I can get the same hardware at a lower price these days, but it seems I feel as if I am more likely to get what I need in the small store, even if I don’t know what I want.

By the way, there was one more reason I liked to eat at the little place instead of MacDonald’s. She had blond hair and blue eyes. Unfortunates she was only polite to me because it was her job. Not much chance of a woman like that paying attention to me a lowly marine sergeant.