10/80/10

lumberjim · 05-23-2009, 02:11 PM

actually nice people/people that can be swayed/insufferable pricks

Flint · 05-23-2009, 02:14 PM

I am actually a nice person. I don't know if that comes across here. It's very hard to dislike me.

lumberjim · 05-23-2009, 03:03 PM

i know this will surprise some of you, but same here.

Undertoad · 05-23-2009, 03:19 PM

I am as polite as possible to strangers.

I desperately want people to like me, even if I will never see them again.

My standard tip in restaurants is 25%.

I assume the best in most people I meet. I am easily duped because of this.

I treat telephone support people tenderly, diplomatically, and with some humor, as if being nice will motivate them to solve my problems.

I apologize to hairdressers for being overly quiet.

When in line at a market, I will flip products around so the UPC code is visible and the counter person can scan them without doing any work.

Flint · 05-23-2009, 03:24 PM

Me too, except a) I have a hard time trusting strangers, and b) I cut my own hair. The rest, spot on.

lumberjim · 05-23-2009, 04:24 PM

actually, this ratio should be applied to buyers.

10% of people that sit down in my office will buy whatever I want them to.

80% depend on how you treat them and whether they perceive value in what I'm offering

10% resent you're even asking them to consider additional protection

Pico and ME · 05-23-2009, 05:24 PM

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I apologize to hairdressers for being overly quiet.

Thats so cute. They actually probably appreciate the silence.

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When in line at a market, I will flip products around so the UPC code is visible and the counter person can scan them without doing any work.

I take the hangers off the clothes before they scan them.

lumberjim · 05-23-2009, 08:43 PM

but how do you act when you're in your car?

Clodfobble · 05-23-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

When in line at a market, I will flip products around so the UPC code is visible and the counter person can scan them without doing any work.

I do this, and I also group things on the conveyer belt the way they will want to bag them, with all the cans together, and all the hygiene products together, and the cold stuff together, etc. But really, it's selfish--I just want to get out of there faster.

lumberjim · 05-23-2009, 10:55 PM

if it is at all possible, i insist on bagging my own groceries.

bluecuracao · 05-24-2009, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

but how do you act when you're in your car?

Unfortunately, about 92% of people in the Philadelphia area act like fucking assholes in their cars. About 3% of those people feel bad when they do, but do it anyway. Exactly 1% of people in cars notice when pedestrians push the cross signal button, and allow them to cross when they have the light. And a surprisingly low 7% of dickwads in cars yell at pedestrians while they are crossing the intersection during a red walk sign.

SteveDallas · 05-24-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

About 3% of those people feel bad when they do . . . .

It's not that high.

Pie · 05-24-2009, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

10% resent you're even asking them to consider additional protection

I guess this would be me. I know it's all padding; what else is there to say?

lumberjim · 05-24-2009, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

I guess this would be me. I know it's all padding; what else is there to say?

it can be.....but if you know what protection makes sense for you, it can save your ass.

i pushed a guy into buying GAP insurance. he totalled his van. it was worth 17500......he owed 32500. he saw the value in what i had sold him.

Pie · 05-24-2009, 09:26 PM

I say, I can afford to eat the difference myself. Since the insurance company is making money off the transaction, I'll just keep that for myself. I won't buy it unless I can pay cash anyways.

05-23-2009, 02:11 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	10/80/10 actually nice people/people that can be swayed/insufferable pricks __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-23-2009, 02:14 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I am actually a nice person. I don't know if that comes across here. It's very hard to dislike me. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-23-2009, 03:03 PM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i know this will surprise some of you, but same here. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-23-2009, 03:24 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Me too, except a) I have a hard time trusting strangers, and b) I cut my own hair. The rest, spot on. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-23-2009, 04:24 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	actually, this ratio should be applied to buyers. 10% of people that sit down in my office will buy whatever I want them to. 80% depend on how you treat them and whether they perceive value in what I'm offering 10% resent you're even asking them to consider additional protection __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-23-2009, 03:19 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I am as polite as possible to strangers. I desperately want people to like me, even if I will never see them again. My standard tip in restaurants is 25%. I assume the best in most people I meet. I am easily duped because of this. I treat telephone support people tenderly, diplomatically, and with some humor, as if being nice will motivate them to solve my problems. I apologize to hairdressers for being overly quiet. When in line at a market, I will flip products around so the UPC code is visible and the counter person can scan them without doing any work.

05-23-2009, 08:43 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	but how do you act when you're in your car? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-23-2009, 10:55 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	if it is at all possible, i insist on bagging my own groceries. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-24-2009, 09:26 PM	#15
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I say, I can afford to eat the difference myself. Since the insurance company is making money off the transaction, I'll just keep that for myself. I won't buy it unless I can pay cash anyways. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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