Great Franchise Quotes

You've read those inspirational quotes in franchising, stuff like "Look after the customer and the business will take care of itself" from Ray Kroc, McDonald's Founder. Well, here are other quotes that you don't hear as often but that are also molded from the cold hard reality of franchise operations.

• "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something." - Franchise owner
• "Granted, Mr Wheeler's ideas are stupid and unreasonable, but he owns this franchise center and I think we should go along with him..." - Staff
• "I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you." - Owner to employee
• "Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute." - Franchise Manager
• "Be thankful for problems or idiots would have your job." - Franchise owner to staff
• "It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere." - Franchise owner
• "If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame." - Franchise owner
• "I love my work. I could sit and watch it all day long." - Absentee franchisee"There are two rules for success... 1) Never tell everything you know… " - Franchise owner