The Curse of Gab (was: [CAUT] I am a genius)

[Jeannie Grassi]

Exactly!  Over the years, I have met so many incredible people and have come
to be good friends with many of them.  I look forward to catching up with
their lives on my visits.  I view it as a fringe benefit of this peculiar
job.  

I make polite, small conversation with those I meet for the first time, but
year after year, a relationship grows can't help but grow.  Some people do
not invite or allow anything beyond letting me in the door.  That's
absolutely fine with me.  However, some relationships have grown beyond the
limitations of time that a tuning visit allows, so we socialize on our own
time.  If you keep clients for 10, 15, or 20 years, how can you just walk
in, smile, do your job, and then collect the check?  I treasure my clients
who have become my friends.  

I'm realistic with my time and often have a very tightly scheduled day and
explain that to talkative clients, but 5 or even 10 minutes never ruined a
day, or a business and there is a lot of human interaction that can be done
in that time.  
jeannie

Jeannie Grassi, RPT
Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of John
Ross
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 11:21 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: The Curse of Gab (was: [CAUT] I am a genius)

I Have found that as I get older, it is me that is keeping them, away, from 
what they are doing, by talking, after, I finish tuning. :-)
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kline" <skline@peak.org>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: The Curse of Gab (was: [CAUT] I am a genius)


> At 07:26 PM 8/15/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>>Oh gosh, I can't resist jumping in here. I have often noticed how lonely 
>>people seem to be, particularly when I have been in their home for 1-2 
>>hours. They seem to ened someone to talk to. So, if I possibly can, I 
>>listen. But I agree, one must set one's boundaries and stick to them. It's

>>part of my life's mission, I guess, quite apart from my professional 
>>mission, to be kind when I can...
>
> Hi, Mary
>
> I've thought that as I get older, I will be less worried over my 
> "boundaries" and how many jobs I can get through, and just allow myself to

> blow off some time chatting with my customers, some of whom are very 
> interesting people, especially the older ones. Well, I do that already, 
> only now I sometimes feel guilty about the "wasted time", though I feel 
> less guilty with every passing year.
>
> At some point, I think it gets reasonable to ask what we're saving all 
> this time FOR?
>
> Susan
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