Kent McMillan, post: 420461, member: 3 wrote: To tell you the truth, this was the first time that I gave a client a bill and they handed me an envelope full of money. Well, maybe it was only about a grand in hundreds and maybe a #10 envelope can hold more, but in my decades of work that was a first. Invariably it's a check, not cash.
I suspect that some of you deal more frequently with customers who paid in cash, so here's the question. Do you usually check the money as you're standing there or do just take the envelope and count it later? What's the protocol?
I had a guy I found in a dump under a pile of visqueen along the Kuskokwim River in McGrath that looked like the most vagrant homeless order a survey, and when I told him he probably wanted to know how much it would cost, pull $5k of cash and gold nuggets out of his torn up pants then handed it to me paid in full and said "do it!" Messed up corporate accounting big time when I got back to town!
Holy Cow, post: 420708, member: 50 wrote: You just reminded me of the great story on 60 Minutes this past Sunday featuring the kids from a specific school in Mississippi. The kids featured looked very "hillbillyish" including one wearing overalls. But, the focus of the segment was on how they are all learning to play chess and doing a fantastic job of it. Footage included their presence at the National competition where two of there teams did extremely well.
Saw that.
Not too far from here up
In Pike County. Very backwoods rednecky area.
Some benefactor poached the instructor from Memphis where he was working with inner city kids with the same results.
Good report
Selling my company vehicle that had been taken care of but getting up in miles and at the point to either fix or replace with a new vehicle. I cleaned it up nicely and put a fair price on it. Told each and every inquiry all the issues and they took that thing to every mechanic in town that confirmed what I had told them. They acted like the truck was brand new and they were going to pay too much. But we didn't lower our price. Finally one guy inquires and just looks at the truck. Doesn't start it or even drive it. Didn't even open the hood. He pulls out his old check book and write the check for the whole thing and give us the number to the bank to call and confirm. Called the bank and they stated that what ever he wrote the check for, it was good. From the look of the feller, you wouldn't think he had two quarters to rub together.