Comments on: Words on the Street

By: Luisa A. Igloria

Luisa A. Igloria — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:03:38 +0000

Y’all are h.i.l.a.r.i.o.u.s.

By: rr

rr — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:29:30 +0000

I know when I’m beaten. In future while enjoying the products and services provided by you and the owner/operator of Via Negativa I shall supply my own banana (slightly underripe) and my satisfaction shall therefore be complete.

By: Diogenes

Diogenes — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:48:46 +0000

Well, I’m no expert on case law, but I would draw your legal counsel’s attention to a couple of landmark decisions: Blood v. Turnip and Yeswehaveno v. Bananas.

By: rr

rr — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:47:43 +0000

I’m calling my lawyer.

I suspect she’ll tell me that your claim “customer satisfaction is Job 1” contains within it an undertaking of providing “customer satisfaction”.

Of course if you offered me a banana (slightly underripe) I would then be *completely* satisfied.

Just saying.

By: Diogenes

Diogenes — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:08:44 +0000

That's a tragic situation. I feel your pain. Thank you for letting me know, as requested. I would draw your attention, however, to the fact that neither I nor the owner/operator of Via Negativa have promised explicitly to do anything to alleviate your dissatisfaction, beyond ascertaining that our products were not to blame. You're on your own, lady.

By: rr

rr — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:33:42 +0000

A former colleague once informed me that persimmons were better than sex. I am not in a position to judge the veracity of this claim. And, as you point out, tastes vary.

However I feel your digression into the relative merits of various fruits is merely a diversionary tactic to disguise your lack of an answer to the basic problem which is, and remains, the incompleteness of my satisfaction.

By: Diogenes

Diogenes — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:23:56 +0000

In our experience, the pomegranate is the queen of fruits. However, there is no accounting for taste.

By: rr

rr — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:19:54 +0000

Hi Diogenes

Thank you for responding to my observation so swiftly.

You have asked for details of my “defective product”. I have to inform you that it is not the products, per se, about which I am making the remark. It is the lack of *complete* satisfaction.

So far, in my experience, *complete* satisfaction is only to be found in consumption of a banana (slightly underripe).

Yours sincerely,

A Reader.

By: Diogenes

Diogenes — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:09:13 +0000

Hi rr – I’m sorry to hear that. We will be happy to replace your defective product if you can supply some more details of the deficiency.

By: rr

rr — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:56:18 +0000

Hi Diogenes

I am not *completely* satisfied.

Yours sincerely,

A Reader