Originally Posted by
Rob.Singer
Early on in my work career a great, black company leader told me that if I were to be anything even close to successful the rest of my life, I should seriously think about committing to always doing what I say I will do--and in the very few instances something gets in the way of that, to let the other party always know in advance, if possible. That is, in a nutshell, the very, very best way to gain other people's trust--and to keep it.
I did what he advised, and to this day, other than loving my family and treating them with respect, it is THE most important active part of my life. So no Alan, I will never tip those whom I have said I don't tip. Being trusted also means one should not lie. I rarely do, either in person or online or anywhere else. And when I do tell an infrequent non-truth, it never has anything to do with trust, help, or in any way that might even slightly hurt someone somehow. In essence, white lies that everyone comes up with occasionally.
redietz, lack-of-civility should in no way be confused with how I confront public liars of my person or those who verbally have attacked my family. I'm no pussy. And in person, if I'm purposely crossed then the other person might not like how that eventually turns out. I believe in giving everybody except drunk drivers and child molesters a fair and second chance. Remember I went on Fezzik's radio show to face him? I also was filmed for the travel channel in Anthony Curtis' office, went to meet up with Bob Dancer at the old Aladdin, met with talked to & was interviewed by the wizard, tried to meet the wizard and his pack of geniuses, walked into a Skip Hughes meeting by member-invitation but was told to leave by him, and after Jeffrey Compton went storming into my book publisher's office screaming how he was going to sue me & them I went right back over to his to discuss it. But when people don't learn and again can't be truthful or decent then l'll boldly get back in their face.