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Another workplace pet peeve thing I cannot get over: I know that in many cultures and contexts it is perfectly reasonable to haggle or demand a discount on goods and services, but given my upbringing, background, and experiences, I just cannot stop my deep-seated instinctive bone-deep conviction that it is rude. It is so rude. It is SO rude to look at a thing with a price and demand that I give it to you for less than that price. That price everyone else pays for that item, that price I put on it either after extensive debate or as a mandate handed down from someone with more authority than I have. You look at that and say, No, I am more worthy than everyone else, I deserve to pay you less than that?
Rude. It’s just rude.
I struggle so hard not to get offended and every time, I do. I know, I know that it’s not viewed that way in many cultures! Parts of my own, even! But I can’t help it.
You want a deal, go find it somewhere else. My work is worth what I say it is.
It’s not that I’ll never cut a deal. It’s not that I don’t get the idea. It’s not that I won’t combine shipping or offer a deal on accessories or something. I get that. But to look at a thing, and say, no, I pay you less?
No, man. Fuck you.
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Another workplace pet peeve thing I cannot get over: I know that in many cultures and contexts it is perfectly reasonable to haggle or demand a discount on goods and services, but given my upbringing, background, and experiences, I just cannot stop my deep-seated instinctive bone-deep conviction that it is rude. It is so rude. It is SO rude to look at a thing with a price and demand that I give it to you for less than that price. That price everyone else pays for that item, that price I put on it either after extensive debate or as a mandate handed down from someone with more authority than I have. You look at that and say, No, I am more worthy than everyone else, I deserve to pay you less than that?
Rude. It’s just rude.
I struggle so hard not to get offended and every time, I do. I know, I know that it’s not viewed that way in many cultures! Parts of my own, even! But I can’t help it.
You want a deal, go find it somewhere else. My work is worth what I say it is.
It’s not that I’ll never cut a deal. It’s not that I don’t get the idea. It’s not that I won’t combine shipping or offer a deal on accessories or something. I get that. But to look at a thing, and say, no, I pay you less?
No, man. Fuck you.
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