OT Now this is customer service

In article <[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:58:24 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote
> >>
> >> If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us before
> >> your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your situation.
> >
> >Smart marketing
>
> And/or excellent customer service.

Same thing, C-less.

Case in point: I was canned at the end of January and while the
wooddorking is picking up, I decided to go after a "Master Gardener"
certification at the university. I grew up on a market garden and have
always enjoyed planting, harvesting, eating, etc.

Local greenhouse operation, very well known, advertise that they're
looking for PT help.

"Hmm." think I. With my years of experience dealing with customers, and
their garden/landscape/botany expertise, there could be a mutually
beneficial relationship here. I send in a job app. Get called for an
interview. "Can you be here at 2 PM?"

I arrive at 1:50, and am directed to what can best be described as a
"holding area". There are already a half-dozen 20-something surly
punks in t-shirts and jeans. I'm wearing pressed slacks and shirt, not
looking too shabby, if I do say so myself.

10 minutes after the time I was asked to attend, nobody has even
bothered to say hello.

I got up, walked to the font counter, left my card and asked the young
woman to please pass it along and tell her employer that I was insulted
at being treated so rudely.

Got home and sent an email explaining my feelings, and that while I had
spent somewere between $4 and $6K with them over the past 10 years,
they would never get another dime from me.

If they treat POTENTIAL employees like that, what the hell's their
attitude to customers?

In article <[email protected]>, Leon
<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:

> The world in general has become rude and inconsiderate. That said I
> wonder if you may have been expecting a little too much out of what you
> may have been actually showing up for.
>
> Here in Houston those positions are generally held by undocumented
> laborers that are looking for any work not a PT regular job. Most often
> none can speak English and they sit in a holding area until some one
> comes along and picks a couple to go to do a particular task of job.
> From one day to the next there will be a different group of workers and
> job applications/employment forms are not even bothered with.

Possibly, Leon. But Sasakatoon is a small city, about 240,000, and as I
am connected into the gardening/horticulture community this can hurt
them.

In any event, I have my choice of employers right now.

In article <[email protected]>, Dave
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:28:18 -0600, Dave Balderstone
> >In any event, I have my choice of employers right now.
>
> Always a good position to be in. With any luck, one of them will lead
> to that "lifetime job", if that's how you're so inclined.

Not at this point in my life. Was let go after 17 years with a
newspaper publisher back in January. From here on in, my loyalty is
only to me. Working on building my own income.

I've landed a part time gig with Canadian Wookworker, 20 hours a week
or so, retail sales to the high end hobbyist and medium sized shop.
Start Thursday. We'll see how it goes. I've got a contract with the
provincial returning officer coming up in September - November for the
election here, and am talking to Canada Post this week about some other
possibilities.

In the mean time, I just finished a stain matching gig for a couple
renooberating their home for sale, and will deliver an oak bookcase to
a client next weekend, again the stain matching...

So while the severance has just about run out, things are looking up!

In article <[email protected]>, Dave
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:39:42 -0600, Dave Balderstone
> <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
> >> Always a good position to be in. With any luck, one of them will lead
> >> to that "lifetime job", if that's how you're so inclined.
>
> >Not at this point in my life. Was let go after 17 years with a
> >newspaper publisher back in January. From here on in, my loyalty is
> >only to me. Working on building my own income.
>
> Hell, a "lifetime job" to me means doing what you like to do and
> gaining a comfortable living from it. If it's building your own income
> doing something you like, then I think that qualifies.

No argument here!

"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 8/4/2011 1:57 PM, HeyBub wrote:
>> -MIKE- wrote:
>>> On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>>>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>>>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>>>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I
>>>> also informed him that I was armed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's a good way to get arrested.
>>
>> Not in my state.
>>
>> They wanted to see some identification - I chose my concealed handgun
>> license.
>>
>>
>
>
> And how did that make you feel?


Powerful. Sometimes the "plopping" of a weapon has more effect than any
amount of words.

Max (just kidding, Leon)

"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 8/4/2011 8:15 PM, Max wrote:
>> "Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On 8/4/2011 1:57 PM, HeyBub wrote:
>>>> -MIKE- wrote:
>>>>> On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>>>>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>>>>>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>>>>>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>>>>>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I
>>>>>> also informed him that I was armed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That's a good way to get arrested.
>>>>
>>>> Not in my state.
>>>>
>>>> They wanted to see some identification - I chose my concealed handgun
>>>> license.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And how did that make you feel?
>>
>>
>> Powerful. Sometimes the "plopping" of a weapon has more effect than any
>> amount of words.
>>
>> Max (just kidding, Leon)
>
> LOL, Judging from his response and his wife's satisfaction I understood
> that he got a hard on that lasted for the rest of the day and or night.
>

ROFL

"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Leon wrote:
>> >>> And how did that make you feel?
>> >>
>> >> Later that night, my wife said she hadn't been so satisfied since the
>> >> wedding night with her second husband.
>> >
>> >
>> > So you got a hard on when you got an opportunity to flash you
>> > concealed hand gun license? ;~0
>>
>> Not exactly. The first thought that crossed my mind was starting a new
>> religion.
>>
>> Next I considered running for public office. Then I thought this might be
>> the first listing in my new company: "The Bad Business Bureau."
>>
>> Ultimately I discarded all those ideas, went home, and tormented the cat.
>
> You manage the cat with fear (aka terror) as well?


That's the only way a cat can be managed. Cats have no masters.

Max

Somebody wrote:

> Went to ship a package yesterday via FedEx. "Thirty-four dollars"
> the
> clerk said. I gave him my debit card.
>
> "Declined," he said. I gave him another debit card on the same bank
> (different account) which was accepted. When I got home, I called
> the
> bank.
>
> "Both cards were accepted," said the friendly attendant. "What
> company
> was this?" she asked. "Oh," she responded when I told her, "this
> happens about twice a week. FedEx is particularily awful about
> double
> charging."
----------------------------
First mistake was using a debit card.

Use a credit (Visa\Mastercard).

If there is a problem, book a debit and let the banks fight it out on
THEIR time and nickle.

Lew

On 8/5/2011 11:51 AM, Steve Turner wrote:
> On 8/5/2011 9:28 AM, Swingman wrote:
>> Mom, afflicted with an advanced case of dementia, is in a Lutheran
>> sponsored
>> home in Brenham, TX that fits the good part of the above. Always
>> impressed when
>> I walk in ... the place smells clean no matter when you go, is always
>> spotless,
>> and the employees responsive. A tough job taking care dementia
>> patients, and
>> they do it well.
>
> The whole area around Brenham is beautiful. I would move out there in a
> heartbeat if I could.
>

Two of the prettiest drives in Texas,

105 East from Brenham to Navasota.

36 North from Brenham up to Abilene.

The latter goes through towns like Hamilton, where the main street on a
Saturday morning looks like something out of a 40's movie. And, speaking
of movies, I think there is still an old time working Drive-in movie on
36 outside of Gatesville.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)

Leon wrote:
> On 8/4/2011 1:57 PM, HeyBub wrote:
>> -MIKE- wrote:
>>> On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>>>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>>>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>>>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I
>>>> also informed him that I was armed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's a good way to get arrested.
>>
>> Not in my state.
>>
>> They wanted to see some identification - I chose my concealed handgun
>> license.
>>
>>
>
>
> And how did that make you feel?

Later that night, my wife said she hadn't been so satisfied since the
wedding night with her second husband.

On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:58:24 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote
>>
>> If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us before
>> your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your situation.
>
>Smart marketing

And/or excellent customer service.

--
In the depth of winter, I finally learned
that within me there lay an invincible summer.
-- Albert Camus

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote
>>
>> If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us
>> before your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your
>> situation.
>
> Smart marketing

Or... great customer service - or both...

Who cares - it's good for the end user.

--

-Mike-
[email protected]

"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote
>
> If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us before
> your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your situation.

Smart marketing

On 8/5/2011 9:03 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> In article<040820111956555462%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
> Dave Balderstone<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
> [snipped for brevitization]
>>
>> If they treat POTENTIAL employees like that, what the hell's their
>> attitude to customers?
>
> When we went to look for a long term care home for my parents, one thing
> I made sure to ask the people working there how long they had been
> there. One home in particular, I found a regular response was 15, 20, 25
> years. Another home: 2 years, 6 months, 1 year..... and the places
> showed it too.... and even smelled differently as well.
> The nicest place, where mom ended up, was by far the cleanest. The
> nicest people. All long-term employees...and it was the only one
> operated by the county. IOW, no private penny-squeezing slum bastards.


Mom, afflicted with an advanced case of dementia, is in a Lutheran
sponsored home in Brenham, TX that fits the good part of the above.
Always impressed when I walk in ... the place smells clean no matter
when you go, is always spotless, and the employees responsive. A tough
job taking care dementia patients, and they do it well.

When Linda's Dad was in his final year a few years back, things were so
bad at the local old folks warehouses in Hot Springs that we opted for
her to basically move to AR for the duration and care for him at home.
The girl was bound and determined that her Dad die at home, surrounded
by family and the familiar. She stuck it out until the last day before
making the decision to move him into hospice ... he was in hospice less
than 24 hours before passing.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Leon wrote:
> >> >>> And how did that make you feel?
> >> >>
> >> >> Later that night, my wife said she hadn't been so satisfied since the
> >> >> wedding night with her second husband.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > So you got a hard on when you got an opportunity to flash you
> >> > concealed hand gun license? ;~0
> >>
> >> Not exactly. The first thought that crossed my mind was starting a new
> >> religion.
> >>
> >> Next I considered running for public office. Then I thought this might be
> >> the first listing in my new company: "The Bad Business Bureau."
> >>
> >> Ultimately I discarded all those ideas, went home, and tormented the cat.
> >
> > You manage the cat with fear (aka terror) as well?
>
>
> That's the only way a cat can be managed. Cats have no masters.

Trying to manage a cat with fear just results in the cat managing back
in kind or moving out, depending on how cussed the particular cat is.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> willshak wrote:
> >
> > I also informed him that I was armed.
> >
> > Why? Was that an implied threat?
> > In NYS, that could get your permit yanked.
> > I have a NYS CCW, but I don't advertise that I have a weapon, unless I
> > have to use it. (retired 38 year LEO).
> >
> >
>
> New York is a "discretionary" permit state. The sheriff or judge or whoever
> issues the permit can yank it for ANY reason, or none at all.
>
> The statutes for suspending or revoking a concealed handgun license in Texas
> are not vast: Convicted of a felony or a non-trivial misdemeanor, displaying
> a firearm, and a couple of other obvious conditions. Merely saying "Stand
> back! I have a potato" is insufficient.
>
> Must suck to live in New York.
>
> P.S.
> As a retired LEO, you don't NEED a NYS permit to carry a concealed firearm.
> Federal law preempts that requirement.
> http://www.ipiu.org/forums/showthread.php?34545-CONCEALED-HANDGUN-NATIONAL-PERMIT-FOR-Retired-Law-enforcement-officers!

There's a gotcha in that one though, you have to have within the past 12
months qualified at your own expense to the state's standards. Doesn't
say which state (is it the one in which you were a cop, the one in which
you are living as a retiree, or the one in which you are in possession
of the weapon), and doesn't provide that the state has to make the
training accessible to retirees at reasonable cost.

On 8/10/2011 11:28 PM, willshak wrote:
> HeyBub wrote the following:
>> Leon wrote:
>>> If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us
>>> before your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your
>>> situation.
>>
>> Went to ship a package yesterday via FedEx. "Thirty-four dollars" the
>> clerk said. I gave him my debit card.
>>
>> "Declined," he said. I gave him another debit card on the same bank
>> (different account) which was accepted. When I got home, I called the
>> bank.
>>
>> "Both cards were accepted," said the friendly attendant. "What company
>> was this?" she asked. "Oh," she responded when I told her, "this
>> happens about twice a week. FedEx is particularily awful about double
>> charging."
>>
>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft.
>
> I also informed him that I was armed.
>
> Why? Was that an implied threat?
> In NYS, that could get your permit yanked.
> I have a NYS CCW, but I don't advertise that I have a weapon, unless I
> have to use it. (retired 38 year LEO).

Un-Retired 57 year VIRGO. ;~)

On 8/4/2011 7:20 PM, HeyBub wrote:
> Leon wrote:
>> On 8/4/2011 1:57 PM, HeyBub wrote:
>>> -MIKE- wrote:
>>>> On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>>>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>>>>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>>>>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>>>>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I
>>>>> also informed him that I was armed.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's a good way to get arrested.
>>>
>>> Not in my state.
>>>
>>> They wanted to see some identification - I chose my concealed handgun
>>> license.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> And how did that make you feel?
>
> Later that night, my wife said she hadn't been so satisfied since the
> wedding night with her second husband.


So you got a hard on when you got an opportunity to flash you concealed
hand gun license? ;~0

On 8/4/2011 8:15 PM, Max wrote:
> "Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 8/4/2011 1:57 PM, HeyBub wrote:
>>> -MIKE- wrote:
>>>> On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>>>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>>>>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>>>>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>>>>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I
>>>>> also informed him that I was armed.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's a good way to get arrested.
>>>
>>> Not in my state.
>>>
>>> They wanted to see some identification - I chose my concealed handgun
>>> license.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> And how did that make you feel?
>
>
> Powerful. Sometimes the "plopping" of a weapon has more effect than any
> amount of words.
>
> Max (just kidding, Leon)

LOL, Judging from his response and his wife's satisfaction I understood
that he got a hard on that lasted for the rest of the day and or night.

On 8/4/2011 8:56 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article<[email protected]>, Larry Jaques
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:58:24 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Leon"<lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote
>>>>
>>>> If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us before
>>>> your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your situation.
>>>
>>> Smart marketing
>>
>> And/or excellent customer service.
>
> Same thing, C-less.
>
> Case in point: I was canned at the end of January and while the
> wooddorking is picking up, I decided to go after a "Master Gardener"
> certification at the university. I grew up on a market garden and have
> always enjoyed planting, harvesting, eating, etc.
>
> Local greenhouse operation, very well known, advertise that they're
> looking for PT help.
>
> "Hmm." think I. With my years of experience dealing with customers, and
> their garden/landscape/botany expertise, there could be a mutually
> beneficial relationship here. I send in a job app. Get called for an
> interview. "Can you be here at 2 PM?"
>
> I arrive at 1:50, and am directed to what can best be described as a
> "holding area". There are already a half-dozen 20-something surly
> punks in t-shirts and jeans. I'm wearing pressed slacks and shirt, not
> looking too shabby, if I do say so myself.
>
> 10 minutes after the time I was asked to attend, nobody has even
> bothered to say hello.
>
> I got up, walked to the font counter, left my card and asked the young
> woman to please pass it along and tell her employer that I was insulted
> at being treated so rudely.
>
> Got home and sent an email explaining my feelings, and that while I had
> spent somewere between $4 and $6K with them over the past 10 years,
> they would never get another dime from me.
>
> If they treat POTENTIAL employees like that, what the hell's their
> attitude to customers?

The world in general has become rude and inconsiderate. That said I
wonder if you may have been expecting a little too much out of what you
may have been actually showing up for.

Here in Houston those positions are generally held by undocumented
laborers that are looking for any work not a PT regular job. Most often
none can speak English and they sit in a holding area until some one
comes along and picks a couple to go to do a particular task of job.
From one day to the next there will be a different group of workers and
job applications/employment forms are not even bothered with.

HeyBub wrote the following:
> Leon wrote:
>> If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us
>> before your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your
>> situation.
>
> Went to ship a package yesterday via FedEx. "Thirty-four dollars" the clerk
> said. I gave him my debit card.
>
> "Declined," he said. I gave him another debit card on the same bank
> (different account) which was accepted. When I got home, I called the bank.
>
> "Both cards were accepted," said the friendly attendant. "What company was
> this?" she asked. "Oh," she responded when I told her, "this happens about
> twice a week. FedEx is particularily awful about double charging."
>
> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the store
> manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and they'd
> cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the significant and
> severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft.

I also informed him that I was armed.

Why? Was that an implied threat?
In NYS, that could get your permit yanked.
I have a NYS CCW, but I don't advertise that I have a weapon, unless I
have to use it. (retired 38 year LEO).


>
> He called some factotum at the FedEx headquarters (located next to a very
> large chicken processing facility somewhere in Nebraska) where the helpful
> lady said the charge is not actually MADE until the package is delivered.
>
> Since the package was sent overnight, I should know soon. Whether a
> mushroom-shaped cloud arises over my town is still an open question.
>
> ---
> Aside:
> I suspect a ghastly flaw in the FedEx computer system. The manager did
> confess that their cash-register system does not permit split payments, that
> is, partially in one method (i.e., credit card) and the rest in another
> (say, by check). I am gobsmocked by this. The point-of-sale software my
> company sells permits multiple payment methods - even multiple currencies -
> the operative theory being that if someone wants to give the store money,
> the store certainly should be able to accept it!
>
>


--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Leon wrote:
>
> If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us
> before your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your
> situation.

Went to ship a package yesterday via FedEx. "Thirty-four dollars" the clerk
said. I gave him my debit card.

"Declined," he said. I gave him another debit card on the same bank
(different account) which was accepted. When I got home, I called the bank.

"Both cards were accepted," said the friendly attendant. "What company was
this?" she asked. "Oh," she responded when I told her, "this happens about
twice a week. FedEx is particularily awful about double charging."

Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the store
manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and they'd
cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the significant and
severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I also informed him that I
was armed.

He called some factotum at the FedEx headquarters (located next to a very
large chicken processing facility somewhere in Nebraska) where the helpful
lady said the charge is not actually MADE until the package is delivered.

Since the package was sent overnight, I should know soon. Whether a
mushroom-shaped cloud arises over my town is still an open question.

---
Aside:
I suspect a ghastly flaw in the FedEx computer system. The manager did
confess that their cash-register system does not permit split payments, that
is, partially in one method (i.e., credit card) and the rest in another
(say, by check). I am gobsmocked by this. The point-of-sale software my
company sells permits multiple payment methods - even multiple currencies -
the operative theory being that if someone wants to give the store money,
the store certainly should be able to accept it!

-MIKE- wrote:
> On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I
>> also informed him that I was armed.
>>
>
> That's a good way to get arrested.

Not in my state.

They wanted to see some identification - I chose my concealed handgun
license.

On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:28:18 -0600, Dave Balderstone
>In any event, I have my choice of employers right now.

Always a good position to be in. With any luck, one of them will lead
to that "lifetime job", if that's how you're so inclined.

On 8/5/2011 7:22 AM, HeyBub wrote:
> Leon wrote:
>>>> And how did that make you feel?
>>>
>>> Later that night, my wife said she hadn't been so satisfied since the
>>> wedding night with her second husband.
>>
>>
>> So you got a hard on when you got an opportunity to flash you
>> concealed hand gun license? ;~0
>
> Not exactly. The first thought that crossed my mind was starting a new
> religion.
>
> Next I considered running for public office. Then I thought this might be
> the first listing in my new company: "The Bad Business Bureau."
>
> Ultimately I discarded all those ideas, went home, and tormented the cat.
>
>

LOL....Thank goodness for pets.

On 8/4/2011 1:57 PM, HeyBub wrote:
> -MIKE- wrote:
>> On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I
>>> also informed him that I was armed.
>>>
>>
>> That's a good way to get arrested.
>
> Not in my state.
>
> They wanted to see some identification - I chose my concealed handgun
> license.
>
>


And how did that make you feel?

On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:39:42 -0600, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:

>> Always a good position to be in. With any luck, one of them will lead
>> to that "lifetime job", if that's how you're so inclined.

>Not at this point in my life. Was let go after 17 years with a
>newspaper publisher back in January. From here on in, my loyalty is
>only to me. Working on building my own income.

Hell, a "lifetime job" to me means doing what you like to do and
gaining a comfortable living from it. If it's building your own income
doing something you like, then I think that qualifies.

On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the store
> manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and they'd
> cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the significant and
> severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I also informed him that I
> was armed.
>

That's a good way to get arrested.


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On 8/4/11 1:57 PM, HeyBub wrote:
> -MIKE- wrote:
>> On 8/4/11 6:43 AM, HeyBub wrote:
>>> Returning to the FedEx storefront, I explained the confusion to the
>>> store manager. His advice was to bring in both bank statements and
>>> they'd cheerfully refund the mistake(!). I reminded him of the
>>> significant and severe penalties for credit card fraud and theft. I
>>> also informed him that I was armed.
>>>
>>
>> That's a good way to get arrested.
>
> Not in my state.
>
> They wanted to see some identification - I chose my concealed handgun
> license.
>
>

Yeah, because that's what you said.


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On 8/5/2011 8:22 AM, HeyBub wrote:
> Leon wrote:
>>>> And how did that make you feel?

>>> Later that night, my wife said she hadn't been so satisfied since the
>>> wedding night with her second husband.

>> So you got a hard on when you got an opportunity to flash you
>> concealed hand gun license? ;~0

> Not exactly. The first thought that crossed my mind was starting a new
> religion.

> Next I considered running for public office. Then I thought this might be
> the first listing in my new company: "The Bad Business Bureau."

> Ultimately I discarded all those ideas, went home, and tormented the cat.

Stop it, your killing me...

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On 8/5/2011 9:28 AM, Swingman wrote:
> Mom, afflicted with an advanced case of dementia, is in a Lutheran sponsored
> home in Brenham, TX that fits the good part of the above. Always impressed when
> I walk in ... the place smells clean no matter when you go, is always spotless,
> and the employees responsive. A tough job taking care dementia patients, and
> they do it well.

The whole area around Brenham is beautiful. I would move out there in a
heartbeat if I could.

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On 8/05/11 10:03 AM, Robatoy wrote:
> In article<040820111956555462%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
> Dave Balderstone<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
> [snipped for brevitization]
>>
>> If they treat POTENTIAL employees like that, what the hell's their
>> attitude to customers?
>
> When we went to look for a long term care home for my parents, one thing
> I made sure to ask the people working there how long they had been
> there. One home in particular, I found a regular response was 15, 20, 25
> years. Another home: 2 years, 6 months, 1 year..... and the places
> showed it too.... and even smelled differently as well.
> The nicest place, where mom ended up, was by far the cleanest. The
> nicest people. All long-term employees...and it was the only one
> operated by the county. IOW, no private penny-squeezing slum bastards.
>
My wife works in a private long term care facility here in Toronto, but
she is not an employee of the place. It is unionized and the permanent
staff are lazy and stick to the union rules etc. My wife works for a
private agency and spends upwards of 10 hours a day four days a week
with an elderly lady making sure she gets the care she needs and
deserves. God know what it costs that lady per month, as she must of
course pay for the place and their staff, plus my wife and whatever the
agency charges for her services.


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The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.

willshak wrote:
>
> I also informed him that I was armed.
>
> Why? Was that an implied threat?
> In NYS, that could get your permit yanked.
> I have a NYS CCW, but I don't advertise that I have a weapon, unless I
> have to use it. (retired 38 year LEO).
>
>

New York is a "discretionary" permit state. The sheriff or judge or whoever
issues the permit can yank it for ANY reason, or none at all.

The statutes for suspending or revoking a concealed handgun license in Texas
are not vast: Convicted of a felony or a non-trivial misdemeanor, displaying
a firearm, and a couple of other obvious conditions. Merely saying "Stand
back! I have a potato" is insufficient.

Must suck to live in New York.

P.S.
As a retired LEO, you don't NEED a NYS permit to carry a concealed firearm.
Federal law preempts that requirement.
http://www.ipiu.org/forums/showthread.php?34545-CONCEALED-HANDGUN-NATIONAL-PERMIT-FOR-Retired-Law-enforcement-officers!

Leon wrote:
>>> And how did that make you feel?
>>
>> Later that night, my wife said she hadn't been so satisfied since the
>> wedding night with her second husband.
>
>
> So you got a hard on when you got an opportunity to flash you
> concealed hand gun license? ;~0

Not exactly. The first thought that crossed my mind was starting a new
religion.

Next I considered running for public office. Then I thought this might be
the first listing in my new company: "The Bad Business Bureau."

Ultimately I discarded all those ideas, went home, and tormented the cat.

In article <040820111956555462%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:

[snipped for brevitization]
>
> If they treat POTENTIAL employees like that, what the hell's their
> attitude to customers?

When we went to look for a long term care home for my parents, one thing
I made sure to ask the people working there how long they had been
there. One home in particular, I found a regular response was 15, 20, 25
years. Another home: 2 years, 6 months, 1 year..... and the places
showed it too.... and even smelled differently as well.
The nicest place, where mom ended up, was by far the cleanest. The
nicest people. All long-term employees...and it was the only one
operated by the county. IOW, no private penny-squeezing slum bastards.

r

In article <[email protected]>,
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Leon wrote:
> >>> And how did that make you feel?
> >>
> >> Later that night, my wife said she hadn't been so satisfied since the
> >> wedding night with her second husband.
> >
> >
> > So you got a hard on when you got an opportunity to flash you
> > concealed hand gun license? ;~0
>
> Not exactly. The first thought that crossed my mind was starting a new
> religion.
>
> Next I considered running for public office. Then I thought this might be
> the first listing in my new company: "The Bad Business Bureau."
>
> Ultimately I discarded all those ideas, went home, and tormented the cat.

You manage the cat with fear (aka terror) as well?

In article <[email protected]>,
"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote
> >
> > If you are having any problem with your battery please contact us before
> > your warranty period has expired so we can remedy your situation.
>
> Smart marketing

Good customer service _is_ smart marketing.