This made me chuckle. I must share (and I did feel just a little bit guilty, but only a little bit) what happened to me last weekend. I had taken my car in to be serviced, and, of course, being a woman, I guess the young shop manager thought he could just walk right over me. He was a very glib salesman, and was really getting me very annoyed trying to convince me of some things I needed to do to my car and how much it was going to cost me. No matter how much I tried to play it down, and say, maybe next week, he just wouldn’t have it any other way that I was really making a mistake. Well, I didn’t just fall off a turnip truck, but at the same time, I knew my surgery was coming up soon, and I wasn’t in the mood to try to make HIM feel better. I finally told him, "listen, sir, I’m having brain surgery next week, and I’ve got dr bills coming out the ‘ying yang’ and I can’t afford the money. If you can give me a better price, we’ll talk, but I can’t pay if I don’t have it. I could tell I shocked him, but by that time, I really didn’t care. All credit due, though, he did go discuss with his supervisor and came back with a much more ‘doable’ deal. He backed down a lot, and was more understanding after that. I’d never blurted anything like that out to a stranger before, and wished that I didn’t feel the need, but there I went. I saved a $100, so that helped my feelings. I know he was just doing his job, and I didn’t fault him for that, but sometimes I think big companies forget that their customers are real people, too. Anyway, didn’t mean to run on, but thanks for taking a stand for us all! I tell everyone that I’ll probably be easier to get along with when I get my problem resolved. Hope I’m not making false promises. lol Good luck! msg
THis is so funny. I have a standing joke with my best friend. She says I need to get full mileage out of my condition by behaving badly. I am going back to work next month. I work in a store dealing with customer issues. I often have horrible customers and have to take it as its not acceptable to have a go back. However, my friend thinks I should swear or be completely rude to them and follow it with...'I'm sorry I have a brain injury'. I feel I will need to employ this tactic at some point as I have deserved the right to! lol