--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 6/14/05 2:28 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Here's a story from someone with MMY in the late 60's in India. > > They were dealing with Indian vendors, and being Americans, were > > getting nowhere, quoted outrageous prices. MMY kept on telling them > > to negotiate a lower price. Finally in frustration they told MMY it > > was impossible. MMY asked them if they had tried hitting the vendor. > > They all were aghast. Hit the vendor? MMY said yes, slap him. So they > > did and they got the prices they were looking for! Love that story. > > Anyone ever hear this one before? > >> > > > > Never heard that one before. Is it traditional to slap Indian vendors > > during haggling? If so, than maybe its plausible. OTherwise... > > Otherwise what? M is one unconventional dude, in case you hadn't noticed.
Yes, but the advice to hit someone would only make sense if vendors had a known reaction to being hit during haggling, or if MMY had some mystical intuition that hitting was the best thing to do in this case. I'm somewhat doubting the story simply because MMY usually does things out of the ordinary for some practical reason, even if I don't agree with the reasoning OR the hoped-for outcome. Yelling at lazy workmen is a time-honored tradition in most cultures. Hitting a vendor doesn't seem to be, but perhaps I'm wrong. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
