dpd1 - 11:17 pm on Dec 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

I don't care what business you are in, you are going to have people that do their very best to insult you, annoy you, and tick you off in general. One story I always remember... In my old profession I got a call one day from a guy who said he had been searching all morning to find somebody, but nobody was available. At first, he was very pleased to hear that I WAS available. Then half way through the conversation he goes... "So, can I ask you something? Why ARE you available?" I say: "Excuse me?" He says: "You know... I mean, everybody in the whole town seems to be working... I'm just wondering why you're not". It took a few seconds, but it finally sinks into my thick head that he basically thinks there must be something bad about me that I'm available. This is after this genius said he spent all morning looking for somebody... So then when he finds somebody, and he insults them. So I said: Actually, come to think of it, I'm not after all... But thanks for calling... Click.

The thing I always tell myself is that... It's not just me, they're doing that to everybody. Your guy will probably go to a place that will tell him what he wants to hear... it won't get there in time... and then he'll yell at them. But they'll still get the money. There's a moral in there somewhere.