What Is Honor?

American Heritage Dictionary: Honor: 1. Esteem , Respect This concept appears to be a fading relic of the past. It is being replaced by Selfishness and Self-centeredness. As we move increasingly into the get way of life the values that made life pleasant and safe are disappearing. Greed is pervading every level of our society and is making life on this planet very tiresome. We not only have to worry about keeping what we have safe we are also led to believe that we must worry about how to get more.

The desire to get more is making our whole society sick. Just recently it was passed on to me from a car salesman who worked for a auto manufacturer's dealership. He said that the reason that two of it's most popular lines were dropped is because these cars are so well built that they could last for years. They are easy to repair and parts for them are widely available at prices well below what the Auto manufacturer was selling them for. These models have been replace with ones that are designed not to last as long. According to this salesman, if one needs parts for these new models they will have to get them through the dealership. With corporate thinking like this is it any wonder that this company is losing shares of market to foreign companies. Just maybe the consumer is not as stupid as some their executives think. What ever happened to "Quality Is Job One". Now if this what this salesman says is true I would be led to believe that this manufacturer of automobiles has forgotten why they are in business in the first place. I get the impression that they believe that their business is soley to earn money for their stockholders rather than producing automobiles. In my opinion this kind of thinking will bring cheaply made junk to the market. Talk about not treating your customers with honor. The problem for them is one can only get away with fooling the consumer for just so long. Customers cannot be loyal to a company that is not loyal to them.

There is no honor among thieves, so the saying goes and judging from our dealings with others there is little honor among a growing portion of our society.