Not amused.

agreed, that is definitely a problem. my problem is that i'm not a businessman. i do computer repair on the side, and my rate is "whatever you think is fair." it's easier when you're actually selling a product, of course. but most of these places are real humans that are sensitive and don't have a real business sense about them. running a business is damn hard work. nice people tend to want to give away their work/time for free, make just enough to live off of. unfortunately, that doesn't work in the business world...

anyway... if you wanna hate franchises, that's fine. i agree that you have to hate them all, or at least a sizeable majority... i just get *really* tired of people spouting venom because something is american... i think we could all do without that kind of intolerance...