The bottom line versus integrity

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    OK, I've enjoyed reading your responses to my rant. I'm really not a
saint, and wasn't trying to make myself out to be one. I do charge a fair
fee, depending on the needs of the piano, and what needs to be done to it.
I'm really not going to starve, ever, that was just a figure of speech. I do
love what I do, but I love to eat too.

    I just get tired sometimes of people who think that they have a right to
other peoples money, but don't have to deliver anything except hot air in
return.
    Oh well, I guess that is the way it just is in this world. I can't
change how other people live their lives, so I guess I'll just have to
change the way I react to them.


Kevin E. Ramsey
ramsey@extremezone.com
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Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: The bottom line versus integrity


> Kevin writes:
> << The point is; for what do we work?
>
> For money, when possible.
> For love, when there is no money
> For "The greater good" when there is no love or money to be had
>
> >>Some people are in the business
> > for the bottom line only. All they care about is how much
> > money they can get for the least amount of effort.  (snip)
>
>      In  truth, I do not seek additional effort for any given amount of
pay,
> I do care about how much time is required for a dollar.  This is a
necessary
> thing.
>
> >The
> > price on my integrity is so high, that I'll probably die and be buried
> > in a paupers grave like Mozart. The blame belongs to my parents who
> > taught me right from wrong.>>
>
>    Anybody can starve to death on principle, that is the easy way(though a
> bit rocky there at the end).  The trick is to learn how to make an ethical
> position be worth something.  I have known wealthy crooks and starving
> saints, and there is certainly a way to thread a moderate path between the
> two without compromising one's integrity.  We should all be able to profit
> from one another's experience in this field, it just takes a little
> tolerance.
> Regards,
> Ed Foote RPT
>