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To pick two examples, restaurants and tattoo artists can get booked up months in advance. When you ask about availability for tomorrow evening, they won't quote
by philh 10y ago
To pick two examples, restaurants and tattoo artists can get booked up months in advance. When you ask about availability for tomorrow evening, they won't quote a price, they'll say "sorry, we're full".
You might be able to start a negotiation with them, if you're willing to spend way more than the default, but they won't start it for you. And they might say "no, not for any money" (which might mean something like: "I'm pretty sure my price is higher than you're willing to pay, and I don't want a reputation that I'm willing to balk on my commitments for money").
- vinceguidry 10y agoThat's a good point. But if Frank Sinatra or POTUS wanted to buy up your entire restaurant and force you to invalidate all of the bookings for that evening, you'd accommodate them, right? There is a price you can buy a professional at.
- philh 10y agoMore or less, but they aren't necessarily going to admit that unless you can credibly signal that you're willing and able to pay their price. Brett probably did have a price (say, a billion dollars), but the person in question didn't make the right signals, probably because they weren't willing or able to pay the price.
- BlackFingolfin 10y agoIf you did that, wouldn't the customers whose already agreed-upon reservations you just ditched be rightfully upset, and call your behaviour "unprofessional"? I think the professional response here would be "sure, I'll sell the restaurant to you, but only after I had a chance to fulfill the obligations I entered into, as otherwise my professional reputation gets tarnished".
- vinceguidry 10y agoYour professional reputation should have a price, equal to an amount of money that would make it so you don't have to ever work in that field again. You can explain to your customers that POTUS bought you out and offer a generous gift, paid for by POTUS.