Without telling tales out of school, let’s say I have a friend who knows someone who works in the same line of business I do who had a coworker who tried to mislead a client in order to make a bigger profit, according to this friend, and getting their stories straight, the planning and plotting went something like, “so when our customer asks, we’ll just tell him…”

My reply — I mean — this person’s reply went something like this:

I’m not here to get one over on our customers. Each day that I don’t have to get one over, just shoot straight with a customer, is a good day. My plan is to have nothing but good days, which means we don’t take part in getting anything over on anyone. That’s not who we are, and that’s not what we are here to do. So, let’s take it one day at a time, like a drinker who’s tempted but strong enough to resist the temptation of just one drink. Let’s see, just for today, if we can’t keep that streak going. I’d like it to last as long as I work here.

Accidents will happen, and it’s not a perfect world. Who knows what tomorrow brings, or if someone among us will figure the best solution to a problem is to fast talk his or her way around it (and I cannot convince them they are only fooling themselves)? As this day comes to an end, if I can walk up to that sign board in my mind and add a plus-one to its tally, then today was a good day.

 

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