No Show / Doors Left Unlocked Updates

Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net
Sat, 10 Jan 1998 23:49:48 -0500 (EST)


No one likes getting stiffed on an appointment, especially if it's quite
a distance from home. One tech, whom I believe might be still on the
list, had a unique way of dealing with the problem one time. In a post
that appeared here about a year and a half ago, or so, he described the
situation like this. He had an appointment scheduled for a FULL DAY'S
WORK, with a customer who lived quite a distance away. He HAD confirm-
ed the appointment a day, or so earlier, but when he got there no one was
home. No note. No nothing, He got stiffed, pure and simple. A whole day
lost. Remaining cool, calm and collected, he nevertheless wanted to leave
the customer a reminder that he had been there for the scheduled appoint-
ment. He pulled his vehicle onto the customer's front lawn and repeated-
ly gunned the engine, spinning the rear wheels and leaving behind an un-
mistakable message that even an inconsiderate blockhead could understand.
True, this might seem a LITTLE extreme to some, but I can sympathize with
him completely. Probably Newton could, too!

Les Smith



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