Thursday, 15 May 2008

In Passing

Breaking the First Rule of Business


I started to say I didn’t want a reservation, I wanted to hand her $30 and move up one freaking row, but it felt like I was on the phone with Bangalore and couldn’t get a supervisor, so I just shut up and drank
. - Ed Cone
O.G.’s First Rule of Business:
“When the customer offers you cash, for something you offer for sale, do not hesitate:
Take the damn money!”


Via:  Jeff Jarvis

Elsewhere:

(Later: In an amazing string of comments at both Cone’s and Jarvis’s sites, the Elite Road Warriors make excuses for the broken system, revel in their own “elite” status, and “blame the victim” for being cheap/not doing the research/not buying in advance. Here’s a clue, guys:  As a customer, union contracts, broken reservation software, “maintaining perceived value” and “we didn’t think of that” are not my problem.  If a business wants my business, it will deal with it or die.  And for the Elite:  What happens to all those perks when your favorite airline goes bankrupt?)

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