hopeless

[Ron Nossaman]

>Well,  it can be really tough sometimes.
>
>Once I was called by a music school out in the country to tune for them.  
>They had five pianos but there 
>were oodles and oodles of pianos in the community that I got.  
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>Apprehensively posting this,
>Kristinn Leifsson,
>Reykjavík, Iceland



Hi Kristinn,
This kind of thing happens way too often, and the further away they are,
the more likely it is to happen. It's a rule. This is a prime case of not
getting a chance to adequately service the customer because all your time
was spent servicing the pianos. Usually you never actually meet the person
responsible for shooting you in the foot like this until after it's cost
you a day's pay. While you can't actually stave in their skulls (please, oh
please, just this once), I've often wished I could make the one responsible
spend a day of *his* life picking up and sweeping my shop by way of
compensation. It wouldn't teach anyone anything, but at least I'd get
*some* good out of the guy for my time wasted.

Keep smiling. As long as we do field work, it will happen from time to time.

Ron N