Wolves
The stink still lingers from the 2020 election. Did Proposition 114, which mandated wolf re-introduction, actually pass?
Remember, per the Democrats in state office, our mail in ballot election is the “Gold Standard”. I mailed in my ballot and received notification it was counted. Not received, counted. Counted before Election Day? No chance for mischief here folks, just move on.
P)regressive Entrepreneurs
How Many Vote Democrat?
Surprise!
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United Health Care
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By good fortune, Medtronics, my pacemaker supplier, has provided me with a remote device using the cell phone network. Every six months I hold a reader over the pacemaker. In just a few minutes my pacemaker history is transmitted. If they see anything of concern they contact the cardiologists.
Why UHC? That is who Sisty says I should have. She has been involved with a community health organization for thirty plus years and on their board for decades.
(My sister calls me “Monster”. My comeback was Norm Crosby’s,
"Once upon a time, there lived a very beautiful girl named Rindercella and her two sisty uglers")
Car Story
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One Saturday an arrogant group drove on the lot in a VW 4x4 Camper van. We had a ramp to the showroom to bring cars on display in and out. The VW driver chose to park on the ramp. While not my ‘up’, I noticed the activity.
This was in our showroom with other customers present. I was irritated by their behavior.
Maybe 45 minutes later, on a test drive, we went past the VW on the side of the road with three flat tires. The arrogance was gone from the group; in fact, they looked forlorn.
Is there a point to this story? Whatever you want it to be.
As always, YMMV
4 comments:
Sometimes you can be an asshole and civil at the same time. I got a call from a customer who said your machine is a piece of junk, and you need to come fix it. What's it doing, I asked. You just need to come lookit it. Well, alrighty then, let's make an appointment, so we did.
I presented myself at the appointed time and place and was subjected to a fifteen-minute diatribe about how they were loyal customers and never had problem with our machines before, but this one was junk and what are you going to do about it.
Well let's go inspect it first, so off we went to the far end of the facility and every machine we passed that we had built for them he had to stop and administer a lecture about how this one ran perfectly and he expected the other to be running that well by the end of the day and eventually we got to a set of stairs and I followed him up to the top floor. As we got to the top, I could see a new machine made by Brand X and could hear it making a hell of a racket. The structure was literally shaking.
Here, he said, pointing to Brand X's machine, you see what I mean? Yes, I do see what you mean, I said. Do you know what's wrong with it? Yes, I do, I said. What? he said. It's a Brand X, not one of mine, and danced a little jig before pointing out the Brand X data plate with their name on it.
Oh, shit, he said, the contractor was supposed to put in one of yours. I grinned and snickered. Then he said, can you help me fix it?
Not a chance, I said, call the assholes who sold you this one and chew their asses out and you should have seen the look on his face. Then I told him I was just kidding, and we set about diagnosing the problem and coming up with a solution. Brand X had copied our design, you see but missed a few steps and I'd seen this before and knew how to fix it. And it was a very easy fix and I sold them the parts to make things right.
What the hell. I didn't have anything else to do and I sold them a buncha machines after that, but never without asking that guy how was that Brand X machine working out for him. We made a joke of it and went on.
Love it.
Before the car biz, I worked for General Construction in Seattle. At one point they had me managing their skylight division and Howard Shultz of Starbucks fame was raising hell about a leaking skylight on his Mercer Island home. Went to investigate, set my ladder and went on the roof. He followed. I don't knw who thought a flat roof in Western Washington was a good idea. Not cleaning the drains had made the roof a pond and there was scum marks halfway up the skylight. After, politely, explaining to Mr. Shultz skylights weren't made to be underwater, he exploded. As he ranted and threatened I climbed down, took my ladder, and drove off. He was still on the roof.
Heh, love that Shultz tale!
Re Prop 114, there's always been a nagging doubt in my mind whether it truly passed with a majority of votes. Thanks for the link to the Keshel Report. This statement from the report is pretty damning:
"In plain language, and without hesitation, the anomilies in Colorado’s 2020 election results in both El Paso and Arapaho Counties are too intentionally designed and technically astute to be explained as anything other than fraud."
Keeping Colorado blue.
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