[nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes interview, Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed. June 22, 8:00 pm EDT

[Kirt Manwaring]

Josh,
  True.  But most humans aren't dirtbags.  Using the two in
conjunction is probably the ideal.

On 6/22/11, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> See, your example is, imo, a prime case of where technology can
> play a good role in these types of situations.  Technology can't
> try to...  take advantage of you like a human.  Sorry if that
> offended anyone.
> Just my thoughts,
> Josh
>
> sent from my Apex
> Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bernadetta Pracon <bernadetta_pracon at samobile.net
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:03:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes
> interview,Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June
> 22, 8:00 pm EDT
>
> Yes,as a matterof fact, I've had that issue once.
> A cab driver tried to tell me I gave him a five, not a twenty.
> In the
> first place, he had misquoted my fair purposely;I took the cab to
> a
> local FedEx, something I had done before and I knew full well
> that he
> tried to overcharge me.  When I confronted him about overcharging
> me, he
> started stumbling over his words saying"Well,you had three boxes,
> and a
> dog,and..." Then I reminded  him that he can't charge me extra
> for
> bringing my guide dog, and he couldn't charge me for bringing my
> boxes,
> because it's not like he helped me load or unload them, and that
> the
> whole idea was just preposterous.  I gave him a twenty and asked
> him to
> give me back the change he owed me.  (Now, keep in mind, I told
> him I
> was paying him the standard fair of that rout, and that I was
> initially
> planning on giving him a small tip,but now that he's been so
> shamelessly dishonest and rude,he wouldn't get an extra cent.) He
> insisted for a few minutes that in fact, I owed him money,
> because the
> bill I gave him was a five,not a twenty.  So I said, "ok, let'sgo
> inside
> the FedEx, and I'll ask one of the people there what the bill
> is.".  At
> that point,he backed down and said forget it, ok.  And gave me
> back a
> few bills and tried to drive off.  I threw him another curveball
> when I
> proceeded to check the bills he gave me with my IBill,and found
> he gave
> me three ones instead of a five and two ones.  Without a word,he
> briskly
> traded the one for a five,and sped off.  He was absolutely
> furious.
> SowasI, because I couldn't believe someone would be such a piece
> of
> scum, and not once but a few times, but I was glad that in the
> end,I
> didn't fall  for his low scheme.
>
> Bernadetta
>
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