Clueless

[Frank Cahill]

This is typical for most businesses these days.

Why? No one wants to pay a living wage to these folks, so...all they get are
the least skilled workers!

It's done in the name of profit. Nothing wrong with profit, but the consumer
suffers.

Here in the suburbs of Washington DC, where the median family  income (Fairfax
County, VA) is about $88,000 per year, very few businesses employ adults. It's
almost impossible to buy anything from someone over the age of 20-21 years old.
And of course, they know nothing about the product they sell.

I recently called Samick. Their parts man knows "zilch" about pianos. I bet
that's what he gets paid..."zilch".

Too bad for us.

Bill Ballard wrote:

> I had the following conversation on the 800# of my favorite, large,
> long-standing eastern purveyor of piano supplies:
>
> "Did you you get my order faxd in at the end of the day last Friday?"
> "What was the account number? I think I saw an order like that go through."
> "Could you confirm that for me?"
>         Sound of shoes leaving the room, then room noise (peeople talking,
> a radio?), then after a decent interval, shoes returning.
> "Yes"
> "When is that likely to go out?"
> "I don't have a clue."
> "But you're working on it?"
>  "Right."
>
> As the old-timer said to the city fellow, "Come to think of it, you can't
> get there from here...."
>
> Bill Ballard, RPT
> New Hampshire Chapter, PTG
>
> "If ducks were smart enough and well-built enough, they'd be shooting at
> us. It's not my fault they can't aim and shoot."
>     ...........Talk Show host Rush Lamebaugh, explaining why duck hunting
> is a sport, 1/12/98

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Frank Cahill
Associate Member, Piano Technicians Guild
Northern Va