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Old January 4th 05, 04:53 AM
The Real Bev
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Geoff Miller wrote:
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> Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> writes:
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> > Personally, I don't appreciate having to NAG lazy clerks to do their
> > jobs. I would rather walk out and take my business somewhere where the
> > employees understand that how well they take care of the customers has
> > a direct relationship to their own livelihoods.

>
> I don't appreciate *having* to do it, either. But given that I sometimes
> do, I get a certain amount of satisfaction out of providing the feedback
> that such people clearly need. I'm a guy, after all, and fixing things
> is what we do. Passively leaving the store in silence would be a female
> sort of response, since conflict avoidance is *their* prime directive.


HAH! We only avoid conflict with those we care about, and storedroids
don't qualify.

Somebody in some book described the perfect job: You wander up and down
the halls, observing and asking questions. Whenever you encounter it,
you are empowered to point at it and yell BULL**** BULL**** BULL****
BULL****... until somebody comes and fixes it.

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Cheers, Bev
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