From one of my sailing lists.
It's a jungle out there.
Lew
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I went to Office Depot to get my huge VA medical record copied. The
record
is almost two reams of paper! I JOKED WITH THE COPY WOMAN AND SAID,
"DO YOU
CHARGE BY THE POUND FOR COPYING?" AND CHUCKLED. I left it with the
copy lady
and went shopping. Upon my return, I learned that she had shredded it
and
not copied it. She focused on the word "pound" and they charge for
shredding
by the pound! I threw a fit!
BUT, I HAD JOKED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSINESS TRANSACTION AND USED
UNNECESSARY WORDS. I did this with someone who was not the brightest
bulb in
the pack and I paid for it. I left my purchases and walked out after
telling
the assistant manager that there was nothing that they could do to
help. So
I had talked a good game with Mr. Flying Pig, and then gone out and
done the
opposite.
(Mr. Flying Pig is another sailor)
The nice lady at the VA was most understanding (after she recovered
from
being stunned) and agreed to print another copy. Although they are 140
miles
away, I have to go there Monday for an appointment and I will pick up
the
document after the consult.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I will try to use simple
declarative
sentences in future.
Ron Rogers
Along this line of a clerk in a store making a mistake, if the
person seems to be a decent, hard-working person, I tend to cover
for them. It means nothing to me to "be wrong," and if it helps
some kid, that makes it great. For instance, Mrs. Nonny and I
went to a movie last week and the young person on the ticket
counter dispensed 3 tickets to us, rather than the two I
requested, including charging my card for the 3. I told him that
I'd only wanted 2 and he needed to get the manager involved in
crediting my CC back for the 3 tickets he'd dispensed and then
recharging it for the proper 2.
The manager was apparently on her lunch break, since she appeared
carrying a sandwich. She wasn't rude to anybody, but it was
obvious she was irked that she'd been called away from her lunch
to approve a refund. The kid looked flustered, so I told her that
I'd requested 3, but that one of the "group" had departed and
apparently the clerk hadn't heard me drop back to just two
tickets. When she departed, the kid thanked me for the
explanation to his boss.
It was no skin off my nose, and perhaps the kid will do someone
else a favor someday to pass it along.
--
Nonny
Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member
of Congress.... But then I repeat myself.'
-Mark Twain
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"Nonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Along this line of a clerk in a store making a mistake, if the person
> seems to be a decent, hard-working person, I tend to cover for them. It
> means nothing to me to "be wrong," and if it helps some kid, that makes it
> great. For instance, Mrs. Nonny and I went to a movie last week and the
> young person on the ticket counter dispensed 3 tickets to us, rather than
> the two I requested, including charging my card for the 3. I told him
> that I'd only wanted 2 and he needed to get the manager involved in
> crediting my CC back for the 3 tickets he'd dispensed and then recharging
> it for the proper 2.
>
> The manager was apparently on her lunch break, since she appeared carrying
> a sandwich. She wasn't rude to anybody, but it was obvious she was irked
> that she'd been called away from her lunch to approve a refund. The kid
> looked flustered, so I told her that I'd requested 3, but that one of the
> "group" had departed and apparently the clerk hadn't heard me drop back to
> just two tickets. When she departed, the kid thanked me for the
> explanation to his boss.
>
> It was no skin off my nose, and perhaps the kid will do someone else a
> favor someday to pass it along.
>
>
> --
> Nonny
> Suppose you were an idiot.
> And suppose you were a member
> of Congress.... But then I repeat myself.'
>
> -Mark Twain
> .
>
>Chalk one up to a quick thinking "Good Guy" move...
Sparky
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> From one of my sailing lists.
>
> It's a jungle out there.
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> I went to Office Depot to get my huge VA medical record copied. The record
> is almost two reams of paper! I JOKED WITH THE COPY WOMAN AND SAID, "DO
> YOU
> CHARGE BY THE POUND FOR COPYING?" AND CHUCKLED. I left it with the copy
> lady
> and went shopping. Upon my return, I learned that she had shredded it and
> not copied it. She focused on the word "pound" and they charge for
> shredding
> by the pound! I threw a fit!
>
> BUT, I HAD JOKED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSINESS TRANSACTION AND USED
> UNNECESSARY WORDS. I did this with someone who was not the brightest bulb
> in
> the pack and I paid for it. I left my purchases and walked out after
> telling
> the assistant manager that there was nothing that they could do to help.
> So
> I had talked a good game with Mr. Flying Pig, and then gone out and done
> the
> opposite.
>
> (Mr. Flying Pig is another sailor)
>
> The nice lady at the VA was most understanding (after she recovered from
> being stunned) and agreed to print another copy. Although they are 140
> miles
> away, I have to go there Monday for an appointment and I will pick up the
> document after the consult.
>
> That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I will try to use simple
> declarative
> sentences in future.
>
> Ron Rogers
My dad does that all the time, he is 87. He always adds a story or
something not pertinent when conducting business with some one and more
often than not they get screwed up.
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> My first reaction, had it been me, would have been to fuss like the second
> monkey on Noah's gangplank. Then I thought about it.
>
> I believe I would have been too stunned to respond. Probably had an
> episode right there and, without my medical records, the EMTs would have
> been hard-pressed to resuscitate me.
>
> Don't let it rest. Send a letter to Office Depot senior management AND to
> their legal department. Complain to the Comptroller of the Currency, the
> Rat Abatement office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FAA, your
> congressman, and anybody and everybody else you can find. Have them called
> up before congressional committees, the Grand Jury, and the Yak Fat Tariff
> board.
>
> Did you at least retrieve the shavings? Hire someone to put it all back
> together. Sue Office Depot for the expense.
Signed Ron Rodgers.... I think it was some one else's story.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> I went to Office Depot to get my huge VA medical record copied. The
> record
> is almost two reams of paper! I JOKED WITH THE COPY WOMAN AND SAID,
> "DO YOU
> CHARGE BY THE POUND FOR COPYING?" AND CHUCKLED. I left it with the
> copy lady
> and went shopping. Upon my return, I learned that she had shredded it
> and
> not copied it. She focused on the word "pound" and they charge for
> shredding
> by the pound! I threw a fit!
>
My first reaction, had it been me, would have been to fuss like the second
monkey on Noah's gangplank. Then I thought about it.
I believe I would have been too stunned to respond. Probably had an episode
right there and, without my medical records, the EMTs would have been
hard-pressed to resuscitate me.
Don't let it rest. Send a letter to Office Depot senior management AND to
their legal department. Complain to the Comptroller of the Currency, the Rat
Abatement office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FAA, your
congressman, and anybody and everybody else you can find. Have them called
up before congressional committees, the Grand Jury, and the Yak Fat Tariff
board.
Did you at least retrieve the shavings? Hire someone to put it all back
together. Sue Office Depot for the expense.
###################
Sorta like the following sent by a friend =
A young ensign is working late at the Pentagon one evening. As he
clocks out
of his office at about 8 P.M. he sees the Admiral standing by the
classified
document shredder in the hallway, a piece of paper in his hand.
"Do you know how to work this thing?" the Admiral asks. "My
secretary's gone
home and I don't know how to run it.
"Yes, sir," says the young ensign, who turns on the machine, takes the
paper from the Admiral, and feeds it in.
"Thanks," says the Admiral, "I just need one copy..."
###################
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote
Don't let it rest. Send a letter to Office Depot senior management AND to
their legal department. Complain to the Comptroller of the Currency, the Rat
Abatement office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FAA, your
congressman, and anybody and everybody else you can find. Have them called
up before congressional committees, the Grand Jury, and the Yak Fat Tariff
board.
Did you at least retrieve the shavings? Hire someone to put it all back
together. Sue Office Depot for the expense.
----
That's some funny stuff right there!
K.
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 07:29:56 -0500, the infamous "Kate"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote
>Don't let it rest. Send a letter to Office Depot senior management AND to
>their legal department. Complain to the Comptroller of the Currency, the Rat
>Abatement office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FAA, your
>congressman, and anybody and everybody else you can find. Have them called
>up before congressional committees, the Grand Jury, and the Yak Fat Tariff
>board.
>
>Did you at least retrieve the shavings? Hire someone to put it all back
>together. Sue Office Depot for the expense.
>
>----
>
>That's some funny stuff right there!
That it is. But who's Sue Office Depot? Do you know her, Kate?
--
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change.
-- Charles Darwin