people like to say that "life in the country moves at a slower pace" well, wake up call: so does life in Mexico and Kenya ...and there's a reason people try to flee from those places
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3/ country life: call a guy, make an appointment for him to show up in 3 days, call him again 5 days later, hear him say "oh, it's good you called - I almost forgot!" ("almost" ?)
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4/ country life: call a contractor, tell him what brand and color of paint he needs to bring with him ; he says "ok, great, you get that and I'll be there sometime next week"
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5/ country life: call a contractor, have him say "I'll be out with the excavator next week" call 2 weeks later "oh, yeah, next week" call 2 weeks later "oh, yeah, next week" call 2 weeks later "oh, yeah, next week" call 2 weeks later "maybe you should find someone else"
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6/ red tribe people: "the city is full of bug men and all REAL production happens in the country" me: hmmm
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7/ strongly suspect so ; I think
@ElamBend , who grew up in the boonies, IIRC, may have been the first to suggest this theory to me if you can maintain a schedule 4 weeks out, why drive a dumptruck in farm country when you can earn 3x in the burbs?https://twitter.com/thepiclord/status/1261302780595253250 …Show this thread
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TL;DR - there’s a reason
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Competition may be driving the "city" contractors more, if they dont adhere to their deal, someone else will... perhaps for less Country, not as much competition, thus the feet dragging, because business is almost guaranteed regardless of service ... wait, is that government?
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