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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (97187)4/22/2001 8:53:11 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 436258
 
I haven't really noticed a degradation in service lately myself. I noticed one a while back when the job market got tight. New hires without much experience. I handle as many transactions as I can online.

Yesterday I rented a trailer at U-Haul, and had to have a trailer hitch installed. The lady ahead of me was also driving a Land Rover - which needs a different adapter on the wiring harness than the one it comes with. To have the dealer do it costs $150, she told me. No problem - the guy at the U-Haul center was from El Salvador and was really good at fixing things. Cost me $15. People from poor countries know how to fix things. Americans have to throw things away because nobody can fix things.



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (97187)4/22/2001 9:15:59 PM
From: Les H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
or they start substituting tossed salad for what was formerly about one-third of my sashimi... they didn't do that to me three weeks ago.



To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (97187)4/23/2001 12:36:06 AM
From: LLCF  Respond to of 436258
 
Just look at the CPI... it's so unrepresentative it's stupid.

DAK