upset with Stihl dealers

[Fish]

Back to the original thread, when the ice storm hit here, I was faced with 20 people standing in line when I managed to get to the store, so I immediately had to come up
with some sort of plan. The saws were sold out in a couple of hours, so that was
really a non-issue. So, since it was winter, I put heaters in front of everthing else,
then generators next, only if the fix was a relatively simple one , and saw repair
next, as trees laying in their yard can wait compared to someone's family keeping
warm.
If the repair was going to take a while, or wait for parts, they would have to leave
it. If it was a wore out piece of junk that had been sitting in the barn for 16 years,
they took it back home. I did not follow the first come/ first serve rule.

It was more like triage.

 

[Fish]

Another interesting thing, everyone else in the county took off the week to deal with the cleanup, and deal with the problems of having no electricity. I came in early and stayed at work late.
If I would have not come in to work I would have been fired, and maybe lynched.
Hell yeah I deserved a tip from someone!

 

[Luke]

Wow what a thread!! I was going to post a little joke that I made for a friend that ribs Stihl and their dealers, probably some of my better work! But I have now lost momentum.
Gents, I have been following this forum for a little over a year. Don't know why sometimes as the treatment of some, often the apparently innocent, gets very dissappointing. But this post definitely changed how I see some of you. Even though I feel compelled to close with something philosophical/theological, I will just say, thanks, and can we let this better side show a little more often?

 

[Fish]

"Better" side? Honesty, candor? Please clarify.

Getting into Ontological/religous arenas? Many here are well versed in all of the
buzzword/terminolgy. We try to please everyone.

I just let the "tipping" thing slip, not that anyone really ever gave me a tip. But it may just tip the scale in my "triage" process, but I really never had any arrogant yuppies
really try to grease my palm, so I am bitter about the whole issue.

Just like a head waiter in a chessy rich eatery, it might get you a better table,
but since I have never really had the pleasure of anyone actually thinking of me and my situation, the point is really a non isuue. It definitely would motivate me to
rearrange my repair timeline, but since it never actually took place during the icestorm,
this whole thread has been fun, but not based in much reality.
My being honest about prostituting myself was indeed honest, if someone was to come in with a nice bribe/etc, I would bump them up.
If I have lost favor here with some, so be it.

 

[X Man]

No Fish, you did not offended me, you gave reasons why you feel like you do, and talked no smack. This is the kind of discussion I expect here. Thanks for your views.

 

[X Man]

Clean up continues, and the lines at the Stihl dealer are down to normal. Roofers, carpenters and bobcat operators are busy as heck. My roofer told me he has recieved over 4500 calls since the storm! Roofing prices has gone from $130 a sqaur to $175 a square, for 30 yr arch. shingles. I havn't seen a tree still on a roof in a couple of weeks now.