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 Posted: Sat Apr 12th, 2008 11:42 am
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scottran



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not to be a downer but, I hired my best friend to work in my shop.  He was my best man in my wedding.  Things went well for a while.  When I first hired him I told him that during business hours he is my employee and its nothing personal.  Well, for some reason he started to think he was a partner in the business and thought he should be getting more pay.  Things just went down hill from there.   After 2 years of constant battling I had to let him go.  I hated to do it.  That was in 99.  We havent spoke since.  I learned the cardinal rule the hard way with the loss of a good friend.  Never mix business with family or friends.   Maybe since your friend does not own the business things will be better for you.  I hope it all works out for the best.