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Can_I_just_be_Jo wrote :
Which would you prefer?
Neither as they are two extremes. I'd prefer the middle one, the customer that behaves appropriately having a job done and pays for it accordingly for the service provided.
- October 26th, 2009, 10:32 am
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I bribe the garbagemen with beer all the time.

I could put a dead body out on the curb and they'd take it if there was a 6 pack perched atop it.
- October 26th, 2009, 10:35 am
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I bribe the garbagemen with beer all the time.

I could put a dead body out on the curb and they'd take it if there was a 6 pack perched atop it.
I pay the $20 large item fee directly to the garbage men. I figure they did all the work they should get the money. There is one job I would hate to have.

Now I know who to get in contact with if I ever need to dispose of a dead body. Not that it would ever happen mind you.
- October 26th, 2009, 10:39 am
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Mokkesofie wrote :
Neither as they are two extremes. I'd prefer the middle one, the customer that behaves appropriately having a job done and pays for it accordingly for the service provided.
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- October 26th, 2009, 10:40 am
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Can_I_just_be_Jo wrote :
If I had to pick the victim it would be the customers who don't get a discount.
imo they're not victims if they do not know how to negotiate or price compare properly. It's ones thing to get a better cost by being smart buyer vs. getting one because your blouse is unbuttoned!

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What they do is put the hours billed as external work that is not the customer's responsibility. This drives up the per hour cost of repair work. Kinda a wealth redistribution.
Wealth redistrubuation? I call it cost of doing business.


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Same as the 2% shrinkage we all pay on our groceries because of shoplifters and those people that decide they don't want parishable items and leave them in the beer isle.
Bad example but I go with it. 2% is nothing on this cost of goods.

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So far as behavior wanted if you have ever worked with the public you know there can be some nasty pieces of work. You know the ones that hover over you telling you everything they think you did wrong. Then they call your boss and get their bill for free. Which would you prefer?
Since I work in the Public Sector.. I know what you mean. I'd rather have the loyal customers that see the benefit of working with me and my company.
- October 26th, 2009, 11:12 am
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Can_I_just_be_Jo wrote :
And you probably couldn't be manipulated. What you fail to realize is these are people who don't either like their jobs or their employer. What they are doing is employee theft, you do realize that? You would be hard pressed to get me to put one over on my employer to empress anyone.
So now *they* are the only ones doing something wrong? Is that it? Rationalise it any way you want, it's nasty.
- October 26th, 2009, 11:35 am
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imo they're not victims if they do not know how to negotiate or price compare properly. It's ones thing to get a better cost by being smart buyer vs. getting one because your blouse is unbuttoned!
I kinda agree with you kinda not. Just because people can't see there is no free lunch doesn't mean they are not a victim. How about the idiot jurors that give those huge malpractice settlements. They don't see they are jacking up their own insurance costs.....I could go on but judging from your post I would be preaching to the choir.

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Wealth redistrubuation? I call it cost of doing business.
Redistribution of wealth is my pet peeve of the week. Loving the people who think it is just fine when the government does it.

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Bad example but I go with it. 2% is nothing on this cost of goods.
Figure out what you pay in groceries a year and it starts looking like a huge number.
- October 26th, 2009, 11:39 am
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So now *they* are the only ones doing something wrong? Is that it? Rationalise it any way you want, it's nasty.
Am I doing something wrong? I feel bad about it so probably. Then again I would still be nice to these people regardless if they cut me a break or not so maybe I am just fine.

You think they are innocent? Do you think they would cut anything off that bill if it was coming out of their pockets?

You can hate me all you want but I only posted this because it is an interesting topic. I would imagine I treat other people far better than most of the people who are coming down on me.

My favorite are the guys who whistle and cat call from their cars while I am changing my flat. Nice guys, really. Yet I would pull over and change a flat for someone else whether the driver be male of female.
- October 26th, 2009, 11:48 am
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Can_I_just_be_Jo wrote :
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Last edited by CaptCrunch23; October 26th, 2009 at 12:05 pm. Reason: not even worth it!
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