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Someone once defined being positive as
"Being wrong at the top of your voice!"
Wh , is it so hard for people to admit that
they may be mistaken (euphemism for
wrong)? If it is true, as so many
espouse, that "Nobody's perfect,"
what is the big fear?
A typical example involved a
recent food order that I placed for
carryout at a local restaurant.
When I unpacked to order, which
had been verified piece by piece by
the cashier as the order was paid
SY MANELLO for, I discovered that two items
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were omitted. I called to complain.
Assistant
Me: "I just picked up an order and
two items were omitted."
Food person: "Was that cash or charge?"
M: "Charge, for $80."
FP:"I don't have any charges for that amount."
M: "I was just there 15 minutes ago."
FP: "I still don't have that charge. Oh, here it is."
M: "I am missing two items. How will you make
that up?
FP: "We gave you everything on your order."
M: "I am looking at the food right now and two
items are missing."
FP: "Oh, here they are on the counter. There was
another bag. Would you like to come back for them?"
M: "No, I can't take more time from work. Give
me credit."
FP: "I'll put a note in our box and you can pick up
two similar items anytime."
M: "Will you fax me a note to that effect or some-
thing to go on?"
FP: "No. It's right here in the box. That's the way
we do it."
Well, I had someone go that day and pick up the
items. I do not think that I'll be placing an order with
them again; that's the way I do it.
This customer may not always be right, but there
is an urgent need out there to have "complaints" han-
dled better. ❑
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GRAPLIEWZ
By Goldfein
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those having Jewish populations totaling 30,000,
Virginia has a statewide Jewish population of
70,000. Similarly, with Wichita and Topeka its only major
cities, and those having Jewish populations totaling only 1,500,
Kansas has a statewide Jewish population of 15,000. How?
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"The mother or relative who has lost someone in the Netanya
attack is not interested in what some woman in North America
thinks of the Israeli reaction. What interests them is that those
who committed this despicable act will pay the price."
— Meir Sheetrit, Israel justice minister, arguing that Israel could
not worry about world opinion when it was defending itself
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"The days when Jews were seen as the premier non-Christian
religion are behind us."
— Jonathan Sarna, Braun professor of American Jewish history
at Brandeis University, reacting to a new study
estimating the U.S. Muslim population at 7 million,
compared to 6 million American Jews.
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