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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 4003512" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>Personally, I'm glad there are people who do these types of jobs...and many others. There is a need. And I've worked for Dish and they paid pretty good (was almost 15 years ago and it was just a temp thing). I didn't last there because of the micro-management. </p><p></p><p>And there are a lot of people in the work force who just want something to do.</p><p></p><p>I think it has more to do with work ethic (or lack of) than anything else. Not everyone is PhD material. Lord knows I'm not. But when I'm being paid to do a job I always try to do more than what's expected and to do it right. I think the desire to excel has just kind of fallen by the wayside over the past 10 to 15 years. Seems like that's the time frame when things really started going down hill.</p><p></p><p>To be fair, I've also experienced a few cases of stellar service recently.</p><p></p><p>First one was at the WalMart pharmacy in Ada. Young 20-something girl, seemed like maybe from one of the Caribbean islands. She had a "trainee" name tag but was very meticulous, friendly and helpful. I asked to speak to the person in charge of the pharmacy...he happened to be standing right near the window. I told him what I thought about this girl's performance and complimented her work to him. A fringe benefit of that now is whenever we go to the pharmacy and she's there she takes really good care of us. And, that particular pharmacy would've gotten about a 3/10 rating for service before her...now it's a pretty solid 10/10 if she helps us.</p><p></p><p>Second is from a local Ada plumbing company. The kid who plumbed our gas lines came out to pump and check out the septic tank. First rate service. He found a problem with the main sewer line and said part of it needed to be dug up and replaced. I asked if he wanted to do it on his own time and I'd be glad to pay him (he's a young kid with a new family and is working hard to buy his first house). He agreed. He showed up a little earlier than expected but did call first to ask if it was OK, he dug up by hand about 20 feet of sewer line, found a couple of low spots in the pipe and a problem with the portion of the pipe that dumps into the tank. He fixed everything in like two hours, worked his ass off to make sure I was satisfied, and then charged me $200. Personally, I felt is was some of the best money I've ever spent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 4003512, member: 45773"] Personally, I'm glad there are people who do these types of jobs...and many others. There is a need. And I've worked for Dish and they paid pretty good (was almost 15 years ago and it was just a temp thing). I didn't last there because of the micro-management. And there are a lot of people in the work force who just want something to do. I think it has more to do with work ethic (or lack of) than anything else. Not everyone is PhD material. Lord knows I'm not. But when I'm being paid to do a job I always try to do more than what's expected and to do it right. I think the desire to excel has just kind of fallen by the wayside over the past 10 to 15 years. Seems like that's the time frame when things really started going down hill. To be fair, I've also experienced a few cases of stellar service recently. First one was at the WalMart pharmacy in Ada. Young 20-something girl, seemed like maybe from one of the Caribbean islands. She had a "trainee" name tag but was very meticulous, friendly and helpful. I asked to speak to the person in charge of the pharmacy...he happened to be standing right near the window. I told him what I thought about this girl's performance and complimented her work to him. A fringe benefit of that now is whenever we go to the pharmacy and she's there she takes really good care of us. And, that particular pharmacy would've gotten about a 3/10 rating for service before her...now it's a pretty solid 10/10 if she helps us. Second is from a local Ada plumbing company. The kid who plumbed our gas lines came out to pump and check out the septic tank. First rate service. He found a problem with the main sewer line and said part of it needed to be dug up and replaced. I asked if he wanted to do it on his own time and I'd be glad to pay him (he's a young kid with a new family and is working hard to buy his first house). He agreed. He showed up a little earlier than expected but did call first to ask if it was OK, he dug up by hand about 20 feet of sewer line, found a couple of low spots in the pipe and a problem with the portion of the pipe that dumps into the tank. He fixed everything in like two hours, worked his ass off to make sure I was satisfied, and then charged me $200. Personally, I felt is was some of the best money I've ever spent. [/QUOTE]
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