Okay, Ron

A met a union printer from the power company recently. Talking about printing again was fun; ink, paper, finishing. He started with Wisconsin Gas Company and stayed on after the merger with WE Energies. 

Unfortunately people are lazy, out for themselves and don’t care about anything any more. Quality? Who cares. That’s him talking and he’s happy to continue along that line of thought. Traffic is too heavy. Cops don’t do anything. Management is oblivious. The sky is too blue. On and on.

I met a guy named Ron today that was pretty much the same way. Nothing was right at all. If anything I offered up might look bright he waved it off. Abnormal.

And, while he thought he was being funny, he was loudly mouthing off about my driving when we got back into the service drive. Completely making stuff up. Really? That’s not funny, Ron.

I told him a story about a guy that came in and wanted a discount for service. He just asked for it after he was given a base price. He asked three times. Each time the response was - not if you don’t have a coupon.

The final response to the guy asking for a discount was this question. “If I brought a gallon of milk up to the checkout and asked for a discount the checker would ask for a coupon. That’s the way it works.”

This particular fellow was of an ethnic origin known for this behavior.

Ron said he had a coupon. He thought. Maybe it was at home.

“I really can’t take you back. We are on the way to pick someone else up.”

“Oh, that’s okay. It expired and I probably threw it away.”

Okay, Ron.