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Ah yes, contracts, a fake warm and fuzzy. So what happens at 72 hours and one minute when neither of your suppliers can get to your location because the roads a
by ewams 15y ago
Ah yes, contracts, a fake warm and fuzzy. So what happens at 72 hours and one minute when neither of your suppliers can get to your location because the roads are blocked?
Or they have no employees because they are taking care of their families or even injured from the storm?
Or they oversubscribed their service and don't have enough fuel?
Or it is commandeered for the greater good?
Many a company have relied on "contracts" and used them as assurance that a service will be available only to be shown otherwise.
- kristopher 15y agoAlthough very loaded, Fukushima recently had a very similar problem. Generators unfortunately are not everything -- perhaps more companies should think about how to gracefully fail instead of try to keep the ship afloat no matter the odds.