Re: Good news... well, sort of

[too fat for a ladder <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

On Sep 27, 3:39 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sep 27, 2:47 am, too fat for a ladder <alarminst...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Most industry guys that I have met would have heart attacks if they
> > had to work on some of the sites I've had to over the years. Some
> > would clutch their chests in fear while others would clutch in anger
> > because the laws of the land tie their hands from delivering a proper
> > response to any threat.
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> You've made my point. <

I fully understand where you are coming from. The thugs get away with
nonsense and honest citizens wreck their lives if they retaliate.
Please don't misinterpret what I am saying. We are from 2 different
schools. You choose not to put yourself in a situation where your
actions may alter your way of life, while I gamble that any reaction
from me would be ignored by the authorities, or treated as self
defense.
Cops hate thugs and cops hate paperwork. I don't think the cops would
devote as much energy solving a crime against a thug as they would in
solving a crime committed by a thug.

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> > That's what happens to guys that think too much about their
> > surroundings.
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> It's the people who don't think about their surroundings that are more
> likely going to run into a problem they can't handle. Those that are
> aware ..... don't. <

Thugs smell fear. Thugs are also in fear of someone calling their
bluff. The yoyos that let thugs intimidate them should never have been
allowed in the gene pool.

> >The way I dealt with it was simple. I just focused on
> > the income. I'd sooner take a contract in Hunt's Point than a contract
> > in the Hamptons. In Hunt's Point my only concern is a crackhead trying
> > to swipe tools. In the Hamptons it would be the travel factor, and the
> > thought of working for a cheap snooty bastard that would moan about
> > how the use of power tools is disturbing their tea party.-
>
> The obvious answer is ..... to not to work for the cheap snooty
> bastards. When I first started I was hardup for any job. Now, when I
> sense "the attitude" the price goes WAY up. If they're cheap, I don't
> get the job. If they're not, but pains in the ass, twice the amount
> makes it more bearable. But, on a couple of occasions, I've had to lay
> it on the line. Some back off. Those that don't, we settle up and they
> get someone else. I don't have time for the BS anymore and there's
> always another client waiting patiently for my work.
>
> It's nice to be King. <

Annoyance fees are perfectly understandable, and a standard practice
of mine.