BenderRodriguez wrote:
Well-meaning isn't always suitable. No worries man, you seem fine the way you are. I wasn't suggesting you turn into the Macho Man, just getting a bit of help with saying "no", it's a very useful skill these days
*Refrains from getting on a "get off my lawn" rant about manners and boundaries these days *I worry about that distinction immediately after I press send every time I’ve given “my take” on a problem someone’s had/having here!
Probably better to be aware of it though
Yeah: I know mate
But: truth be told, in a rural backwater where most of the population are slowly-spoken peasants who are only assertive about their desire to be hospitable and welcoming... I’ve one customer who I have to play hardball with to stop her force-feeding me biscuits and then overpaying me by 50%! (She really doesn’t like it when I leave and there’s still biccies on the plate and notes in her purse, bless
... but I’ll have to annoy her that way next week
)
We have an American volunteer at Oxfam who thinks we should do the salespeople thing US-style: thankfully the manager vetoed it on the grounds that “there would be no better way to make sales fall than by hassling customers when they’re browsing” Like the Camus quote
Been meaning to get around to his writings for
years: one day they’ll come through Oxfam and I’ll pounce the minute they’re priced and on the shelf
Been doing that with Balzac recently: have three in my “to read” mountain now! (Read
Lost Illusions, loved it, and wanted
more!