One wacky thing about the country is the absolute lack of professionalism around how people run businesses. Guys with no business cards. Biz cards with http://yahoo.com email addresses. Companies with no websites. Phones answered "hello? I'm cooking ; let me get Jim"
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3/ I think this is part of it, but I also think that there's (b) a cultural difference, where out in country people get most of their work from local referrals / word of mouth, also nit-picking is not as common (c) some degree of brain drain to citieshttps://twitter.com/RonColeman/status/1113792771062681600 …
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4/ Oh, also, flyers and menus with URLs that lead to dead websites, because they paid some teenager $90 four years ago to build a website and then entirely forgot about it, and the hosting wasn't paid. Seen that a dozen times. sigh
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5/ Past performance predicts future returns.https://twitter.com/ThePeoplesBacon/status/1113793712809807873 …
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6/ I called an excavator once, he said he'd be there on Wednesday. Called him again on Thursday, he said "oh, yeah, I almost forgot!". Then said he'd be there on Friday. He didn't show on Friday either.
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@LibertyFarmNH and I now use the phrase "I almost forgot" to mean "I TOTALLY forgot".Show this thread - End of conversation
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Maybe it's a test of the prospective employee's resourcefulness? I applied for a job where the posted email address was incorrect. Had to find the manager's personal email through a presentation he'd done a few years prior. Sent my CV to that one, and got an interview. /shrug
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I think you're just noticing stupid that wouldn't be noticed in the past. Before home computers and printers, you had signs (and resumes, etc.) made by a print shop. Someone behind that counter had an incentive no to be blamed for your stupidity...
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AKA the Shopkeeper's Editor.
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