On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 08:20:50AM -0500, Skip Gundlach wrote:
> I hope you copied the miserable cur who caused all this kerfuffle.
I don't know Jim Bircher's email address, and wouldn't bother anyway:
there are approximately 7 billion other featherless bipeds on this
planet with whom I'd rather spend my time, and I don't have another
single second to waste on him - except to warn other folks.
> I've had dealings with two machine shops, one of which had propellor in its
> name, and have been thrilled, and had no complaints about my new shaft in
> another prop shop, which included a re-straightening after our wreck,
> inch-by-inch, at no charge...
That's been my general experience of people in this kind of work, and
what makes this so egregious. As I've at least implied in the story, my
approach to doing business is a sort of an intentional naivete/willful
blindness: I deal with people as honestly and forthrightly as I can, and
expect exactly the same in return. It's a world I *like* living in,
dammit, and I'm willing to pay for it with the occasional
disappointment. Yep, sometimes I get screwed over - I got off easy this
time - but it's actually quite rare, and I really enjoy being able to
trust people and not spend my life on the lookout for "who's trying to
rip me off now?" That's too high of a cost for me to pay.
This does not mean that I won't say something when I run into dishonesty
- that I will not, in fact, spread the word where it will do the most
good. In the same way that I spread word of exceptionally good
businesses, I'll talk freely about the ones to watch out for. I.e.,
while I do believe in a certain flavor of karmic justice, I am always
happy to help it along.
> Glad you'll be out amongst 'em (we may get wet in a couple of weeks, at the
> lunar high tide) soon...
Thanks, Skip - hope to run across you sometime soon!
Ben
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