[pianotech] good that it is rare

[John Ross]

I have always wondered what I would do, if advances were made on me.
I never had to worry, never happened and I am 71.
I have worried about being accused of making advances.
I have worried about being left alone with a little child, who sits on the 
bench beside me while tuning.
You hear so many stories of people being accused of things.
How can we protect ourselves from false accusations?
How many of us have been falsely accused?
A false accusation would certainly hurt your business.
Or build up your business  in a way you don't want. :-)
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pianoman" <pianoman at accessus.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 8:47 AM
Subject: [pianotech] good that it is rare


Yesterday I did a tuning for a lady who was the recipient of  a friend of
hers paying for her tuning.  It had been over 10 years since it was last
tuned..In small talk she stated that she was 56 years old.  She was an
attractive lady.  Keep in mind that I am a little old (66) guy  who has
grown into the look of what people used to think piano tuners looked like,
unassuming little old guys with nothing on their mind except piano tuning.
In the process of taking it apart to tune she volunteers that she has not
had it tuned for quite a while because the last tuner had made unwelcome
advances to her.  She did not say his name or did I ask.  T
The interesting thing is, that while I was there ,she puts her hand on my
shoulder at least 4 times during my stay there.  This is highly unusual to
me.  I never touch a client, as it is my policy, so it is kind of strange to
be touched  while working.  I often wonder if people who complain about
unwelcome advances give signals that they would welcome it? Have any of you
had this same kind of thing happen?
James
James Grebe
Since 1962
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