[CAUT] New Laws

[Jeff Olson]

Right.:)  I've experienced "Disappearing Client Syndrome" too 
many times to doubt that law.

 A related law -- perhaps the Law of "Phonus Interruptus"? --  
says that just as you finish the client will receive an important 
and often long-distance phone call that must be attended to 
(usually at some length).

There ought to be a law -- against, probably -- about talking to 
a client when they're making out a check, especially an elderly 
client.  Something along the lines of: for every conversational 
gambit you will add two minutes onto the check-writing.  I've 
learned to be as silent as a church mouse during these critical 
and sacred periods.  :)

Jeff O.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Laws


> There's also the Law of Chat. It says that the more time you 
> have to chat
> with a client, the less likely you want to chat with the client 
> at hand. And
> conversely, the less time you have, the more compelling is the 
> person you
> want to chat with.
>
> Another is the Law of Invoicing, or the Law of Disappearing 
> Clients. It says
> that as soon as you begin making the noises of finishing up the 
> job, the
> client will mysteriously disappear.
>
> Alan
>
>
> -- Alan McCoy, RPT
> Eastern Washington University
> amccoy@mail.ewu.edu
> 509-359-4627
>
>
>> From: Nichols <nicho@zianet.com>
>> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" 
>> <caut@ptg.org>
>> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:06:52 -0700
>> To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" 
>> <caut@ptg.org>
>> Subject: RE: [CAUT] New Laws
>>
>> At 07:45 AM 2/15/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>>> No, only the last one was my contribution.  I had forgotten 
>>> the one
>>> about bass string breakage in Churches - that should be 
>>> added.  It is
>>> not anonymous, though - it originated by Jim Harvey in the 
>>> 70s.  I
>>> herewith re-submit the laws, as amended and re-cleaned up.
>>>
>>> DM
>>
>> If you're still collecting and filing (my collator is out of 
>> sorts), is
>> there an actual law dealing with the fact that the later you 
>> are for the
>> next appointment, the longer the current customer rambles on 
>> while writing
>> the check? Know what I mean? Someone like you would have to 
>> coin a cutsie
>> name for it, I just got a reminder yesterday how common it is 
>> to stand
>> there waiting when I'm a little behind schedule.
>>
>> G
>>
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