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While it's important to give a shit when dealing with customers, I wonder how useful "giving a shit" is when it comes to things like picking a conference table.
by CoolGuySteve 4y ago
While it's important to give a shit when dealing with customers, I wonder how useful "giving a shit" is when it comes to things like picking a conference table.
Was that really the best use of this CEOs time? Is the company that much better off because of their fancy table?
This adventure seems incredibly decadent and pointless to me. It's just a fucking table, focus on what matters.
- dhagz 4y agoThat was the whole point of the article - the process of <dealing with thing> was delightful because <thing needer> dealt with a <thing provider> that gave a shit.
- CoolGuySteve 4y agoYeah I know but in this case whether or not <dealing with thing> is delightful is undermined by the consideration that giving a shit about <thing> in the first place seems counterproductive for <thing needer>. Clearly there needs to be shit giving limits for both counterparties regardless of <thing>.
- mikkergp 4y agoI'm trying to understand your post. It seems like you're suggesting that picking out a table isn't that important, but my understanding of the post was that the person selling the table should give a shit, not the person buying the table. In which case I think it depends on if you're selling a commodity or a luxury. If you're selling a commodity focusing on one individual sale may not matter that much, you need to scale. If you're selling a luxury, it may very well be in the CEO's best interest to help sell an $8000 table to a company that is in the habit of buying $8000 tables.
- dennis_jeeves1 4y ago> It's just a fucking table, focus on what matters. Lol, it's the nerd equivalent of penny wise, pond foolish.