Burn your tongue on a too hot cup of McD's gourmet coffee. Hire her daughter and grandson as a team to sue McD. They will, also, earn a healthy fee and you're all set for life.
No..no, that's OK. I'm glad to help. Jack --- On Thu, 2/4/10, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > From: P. J. Alling <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Myopic Bulls**t Artists > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 8:42 AM > Yea, I buy the item at McD's that > they loose a nickel on with every > sale, but make it up on volume; rather than buying it from > one of my > cousins stores, so she can loose that nickel. Her > daughter by the way > is a lawyer, married to a lawyer, I'm trying to figure out > how I can > move in with her in my old age. > > On 2/4/2010 11:16 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > When your cousin goes out of business (with your help) > you won't be able to refuse her, the children and dog from > moving in with you. > > Think about it. > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Thu, 2/4/10, P. J. Alling<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> From: P. J. Alling<[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Myopic Bulls**t Artists > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> > >> Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 8:12 AM > >> On 2/4/2010 11:01 AM, Bob Sullivan > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Bill, > >>> > >>> You got me on the milk example. I > wouldn't pay > >>> > >> them extra and would > >> > >>> stop shopping with them. Does this mean > I will > >>> > >> stop shopping at B&H > >> > >>> because somebody complained? Not until I > see > >>> > >> higher prices or > >> > >>> experience bad service. > >>> > >>> On the Pareto rule (80/20), McD's gets 76% or > their > >>> > >> business from 26% > >> > >>> of the population who visit the stores once > per week > >>> > >> or more often. > >> > >>> Keeping these people happy and coming back is > really > >>> > >> important. The > >> > >>> rest - not so much. > >>> > >>> Vegans? Not a very big part of the > customer > >>> > >> base. Vegetarian food? > >> > >>> Not enough interest for McD's to offer > it. 74% > >>> > >> of the population > >> > >>> doesn't visit McD's in a week and your not > interested > >>> > >> in them? You're > >> > >>> damned right! (Nobody says this but if I > was > >>> > >> running the railroad...) > >> > >>> The product and > services offered do > >>> > >> not appeal strongly to these > >> > >>> folks or fit into their lifestyles. And > offering > >>> > >> products and > >> > >>> services that do is too damned > expensive. (I'm a > >>> > >> dirty capitalist > >> > >>> stockholder now and insist McD's make a profit > on it's > >>> > >> enterprise.) > >> > >>> You can't be all things to all people. > Focus, > >>> > >> focus, focus on the > >> > >>> part of the customer population that you can > serve > >>> > >> profitably. > >> > >>> (And I can see that I'll have to teach you > about > >>> > >> profit in a fast food > >> > >>> restaurant. The meat sandwiches have the > lowest > >>> > >> profit margins and > >> > >>> the highest cost. For drinks, the cup > probably > >>> > >> costs as much as the > >> > >>> liquid inside of it. Great margins on > >>> > >> drinks! I enjoy going to > >> > >>> Burger King and buying a 99 cent double > cheeseburger - > >>> > >> just the > >> > >>> sandwich, no drink or fries. It's my > guerilla > >>> > >> effort to help them go > >> > >>> out of business!) > >>> > >>> Regards, Bob S. > >>> > >>> > >> That's what I do at McD's. Not necessary to > make them > >> go out of > >> business, but then my Cousin owns, (last I knew), > 8 Burger > >> Kings, (or > >> rather the bank owns>50% of those stores, she > runs them > >> and takes a > >> share of the profits), and I'd rather buy a loss > leader > >> from the > >> competition, (plus McD's double cheese tastes more > like a > >> cheeseburger > >> is /supposed/ to taste). > >> > >> > >>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:48 AM, William > Robb<[email protected]> > >>> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob > Sullivan" > >>>> Subject: Re: Myopic Bulls**t Artists > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Bill R, after your retail experiences, I > can't > >>>> > >> believe you want to > >> > >>>> keep that last 10% of the asshole > customers who > >>>> > >> cause you all those > >> > >>>> problems. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> First, the number of "problem customers" > is > >>>> > >> nowhere near that high, i would > >> > >>>> say less than 1/10 of 1%, and no, you > encourage > >>>> > >> them to shop elsewhere. If > >> > >>>> you have a good business model, customers > who want > >>>> > >> to cause problems don't > >> > >>>> get to do so. > >>>> If you refuse to serve 10% of the people > who walk > >>>> > >> in your door, you will > >> > >>>> very quickly find yourself in a position > where no > >>>> > >> one comes in any longer. > >> > >>>> I mean really Bob, you retailed hamburgers > for at > >>>> > >> least some your working > >> > >>>> career, did you see 10% of your customers > as > >>>> > >> undesirable? Did wanting to > >> > >>>> look after their health and refusing the > high > >>>> > >> profit "Supersize" option > >> > >>>> cause you to want to kick their sorry > asses out > >>>> > >> the door for having anti > >> > >>>> corporate thoughts? > >>>> > >>>> Did you refuse to serve the people who > just > >>>> > >> stopped in for a coffee because > >> > >>>> they were a low profit maker for you? > >>>> What if they didn't want an order of fries > with > >>>> > >> the Filet O Fish? Kick them > >> > >>>> out because they stole your profit margin > on the > >>>> > >> meal? > >> > >>>> Lets get real here for just a moment. You > serve > >>>> > >> who comes in your door. It's > >> > >>>> what you take on when you open a store, > whether > >>>> > >> you are flogging hamburgers > >> > >>>> ar cameras. > >>>> And when a customer brings a mis marked > item to > >>>> > >> the till, you sell it to him > >> > >>>> for the price it is marked at, you don't > villify > >>>> > >> him because you fucked up. > >> > >>>> I asked Paul this, though it went > unanswered, I > >>>> > >> suspect because it would > >> > >>>> have gone against the cheerleading he was > doing > >>>> > >> for Robin Hood Photo, so > >> > >>>> I'll ask you as well. > >>>> > >>>> You take a quart of milk up to the cash > register > >>>> > >> and are told that the price > >> > >>>> marked is actually per pint even though it > clearly > >>>> > >> indicates per quart on > >> > >>>> the price tag. > >>>> Do you happily pay double? > >>>> And > >>>> Do you think that the store has a right to > brand > >>>> > >> you as a "problem" if you > >> > >>>> object? > >>>> > >>>> I am interested to read your thoughts on > this. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit > the > >>>> > >> link directly above and > >> > >>>> follow the directions. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > >> Courier New;}} > >> \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to > >> Thunderbird 3.0 and the interface subtly > weird.\par > >> } > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to > Thunderbird 3.0 and the interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
