Sallyctcss Wrote:
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> I once hired a contractor who had their own
> business. They thought the were their own boss.
>
> We'll be there at 8.
>
> Where are you?
>
> Oh, something came up. I'll be there at 2. Oh,
> this room isn't finished because...
>
> This room should have 2 coats of paint by now.
>
> Well, we... because because, because... We'll be
> there by 11 at the earliest tomorrow.
>
> You will be there at 8am. I will be there waiting
> for you. If that room is not completed by tomorrow
> night we will part ways.
> You may be think you are your own boss, however,
> this week I am writing your pay check. If you
> don't want to be there at 8am then you can find
> work elsewhere.
>
> Well what do you know. They were there and the
> room was finished. Huh.
Oh, there's an old, worn-out, well-known joke amongst us
self-employed: "I went into business for myself because I
don't like working for a boss, only to discover that every
customer is my boss!"
And, while it is true to a great degree, it is also true that
if you get a total you-know-what for a customer (as the
former event coordinator mentioned), you can tell them
so long, hope it works out for you with your new contractor!
The Customer is King. Very true. The Customer is Always Right.
Also very true, in the sense that one must BEHAVE as though the
customer is right, even when you 100% KNOW he's wrong.
Confusing as h-e-double hockey sticks, ain't it?
I do live in a part of the country where the other nearest shopper
is 90 miles away, and the 2nd nearest shopper is 150 miles away
in the other direction. The shops I get are considered "difficult",
and are nicely bonused. If I refuse a shop, the MSC might (might,
mind you) have to pay one of those two shoppers $200 to cover
it.
Of course, it could very well be that there are other shoppers and
they just don't shop for the same companies I do. Maybe the company
that declined my application has oodles of competent, proven shoppers in this area.
We'll just never know!
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