[CAUT] Jeanie's brain storm - was Boston changed to dealers...

[Jeff Tanner]

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From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>; <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Jeanie's brain storm - was Boston changed to dealers...


> Wim was once a college tech also...what's your point?
>

In his defense, he was a college tech in the situation where the following
warnings were prescribed:

"It's the people that are the unknown and the potential problem. They can
either make a lousy environment tolerable - even enjoyable, or make Shangri
La stink like a wet goat.... ...If this is a new position, you will
initially have more bosses than you know what to do with, each trying to
mold the position into their own FEELING of how it ought to work. The first
year will be hard. You'll be a hero at first, like you said, until they run
out of the need for regular old run of the mill miracles techs are expected
to perform. Then you become accountable and the battle begins." Ron
Nossaman, March 23, 2001

"You will be the hero, for a while.  Then expectations begin to rise and
rise and rise until you are a ne'er do well who can't find his zipper in the
men's room.  Accusations, poor performance reports (one said I could
not tune, believe it or not) then someone wants to control your job and your
life." Newton Hunt, March 23, 2001

Like me, he took the challenge. (I didn't have the benefit of reading Ron's
and Newton's wisdom, though)

Point is, he's been a dealer. He's not naive as to how the piano business
operates. If the people with scruples are taking issue with how "successful"
dealers sell pianos, and the manufacturers don't seem to, we have a problem.
Jeff