I am so proud of the names that I have given my children. I am also proud to be a part of the Whitten Inn Boycott. We have been out there for 8 weeks now. Employees have their attorneys and things are turning out great.

It appears this business manager is like the “mule” with blinders. A good example of the mule’s intelligence is shown “Pulling Corn.” This requires two men, a team of mules and a wagon. Mules also have a reputation for being “Stubborn.”

A mule is a sterile animal incapable of bearing offspring. How then, you ask, do they come to be? The mule is a hybrid. The offspring of genetically different parents. In this case the cross of a horse and a donkey, produces a mule as the offspring. Some people consider mules to be freaks.

If a mule decides that he has pulled a load until he is exhausted, he will simply stop until he has rested. He will absolutely refuse to continue until he rests.

People have used mules to farm with for a long time. People depended on our mules, and they did not let us down. They are friendly, caring animals, as long as you treat them right. It isn’t a good idea to abuse or mistreat a mule. They never forget it, and the bond that normally develops between the mule and human will be gone. If you treat them right, they will work their hearts out for you.

This business manager is unable to see the diverse world. Like the mule, he vision is limited to only his road between two rows of corn. If you treat people right, they will work their hearts out for you.

He needs to take a refresher course in management. It appears he has forgotten the basics of management. In addition, he needs to repeat 1st grade, where we are taught not to call other people names.

We all need to be reminded of the basics sometimes. It appears to me he has lost touch with the basics of management. He has lost his creative touch to solve problems. A good manager creates the team of workers. With the right business manager and this team of workers, they should be able to solve almost any problem!

He has lost the basics of management. He has lost the basics of what it takes to put a team together.

Lastly, it seems like this manager is very proud of his name on his hotels. I see the hotel name on the billboards and when checking into the hotel. I suggest or propose, we change his hotel name from “Whitten Hotels” to “Los Wittio Hotels” or “Le Whittie Hotels” or “Das Whut Hotels.”

I am curious to hear the reply from Mr. and Mrs Whitten, his business partners, and even his employees! How would he respond if a City required him to change the name of his hotels in Abilene?

Why did the Abilene News Reporters not ask this simple question of him, his wife, his business associates or his current and former workers?

This business owner appears to have lost his basic management skills. He really needs to look up the word “empathy.”

Good managers and successful businesses have it. The blinders on a mule are good for pulling corn; however, the hotel business is not a field of corn.

It is time for him to take off the “business blinders” and think about what makes a good manager and a bad one!

John Doe