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Do Nothing for the Customer, and Make Them Happy – 6/26/18

June 26th, 2018 (No Comments)

Thomas did nothing for me, and I was impressed. I was walking down the hall at my office a couple weeks back, and Thomas, the maintenance manager, stopped me. Apparently, the people in the office next door were suffering from undo heat in the middle of summer, and I had two cooling vents in my […]

Of Ross, Unagi, and the Attacking Customer – 6/19/18

June 19th, 2018 (No Comments)

If you’ve ever watched the TV sitcom called Friends, you may remember that one of the characters was named Ross. In one episode, he is trying to educate some of his female friends (who just took a self-defense course) on a concept he calls Unagi. Basically, to Ross, this is a concept that would help […]

When it’s – Truly – Not Your Fault – 6/12/18

June 12th, 2018 (No Comments)

Jennie was under fire. She was the first line of defense – the front-line worker in the software firm. She didn’t make the software. She didn’t cause it to have errors. She wasn’t the one apparently avoiding the biggest customer’s calls. Yet, here she was – dealing with the issue, the anger, the emotion of […]