Strange answering machine message

[Roy Ulrich]

Pardon me, I've been watching this threat for a few days now and feel guilty
for not responding sooner. It sounds like this poor lady has a medical
problem - YES, bring it to her husband's attention if in fact he is a
doctor, retired or otherwise. Whether it's Alheimer's or alcohol, there is a
possibilty that she can be helped! It's not normal behavior! Take a moment
and care for a fellow human being for crying out loud and do what you can -
for the most part (in my experience), customers, clients, whatever, become
friends. Take a chance on helping them in their time of need. If you lose a
client because you demonstrated some compassion and caring, is that really a
big deal?? If you help someone get the assistance they need; well, what
could be more beneficial to your _own_ soul.? I too, was the first upon a
train / car accident in whichthe driver of the car lost (or won) the battle
with the train. I will never know, but in a client's own home, if the
situation arose, I guess I would do what I thought may be risky in terms of
my checkbook, but hopefully the _right _ thing. For what it's worth.

Roy Ulrich

-----Original Message-----
From: Maxpiano@AOL.COM <Maxpiano@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: January 23, 2000 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: Strange answering machine message


>In a message dated 1/22/00 11:56:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>jonpage@mediaone.net writes:
>
><< I guess the moral of this story is: don't interrupt the piano tuner  :-)
>>
>
>And to think I blamed their deaths on her old age and his complications
from
>open heart surgery.  One never knows how deadly this profession can be.
>
>Bill Maxim