This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Doug wrote: " When this customer calls me back for the next tuning, I'm = contemplating saying that do to health reason I can't work in the = environment of their home." All I can say is AMEN, BROTHER. At the risk of starting a major flame = war... I can't think of anything much more offensive that having someone = smoke at close range while I'm working on their piano. I've been = tempted to open up a bottle of hammer hardner and ask the client to = smoke somewhere else, or they run the risk of blowing the place up. = (It's just a sick little fantacy, but still having her smoking down your = neck is pretty rude even if it is her house.) In sympathy for smokers, its an addiction, and I understand there are = cravings. But still it's a really rude client that lights up at close = range. I've got a bunch of smokey club venues that I won't tune for = until the air has cleared out the following morning. Some clients will = go into the next room to smoke after I've asked them not to smoke while = I'm tuning. Even though this is a small improvement, my clothes still = stink so bad that I have to get a shower and change when I get home or = my wife won't let me into the house. Good luck with the client. I personally keep a "do not call" list for = clients that insist on fumagating me with smoke while tuning. When they = call back, I just refer them to someone else. I haven't had the guts to = tell them that I won't tune for them anymore if they smoke. Maybe I = should adopt your idea, and face this head on. Cheers, Brian Henselman, RPT Austin, TX 78749 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/40/90/9e/73/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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