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Originally Posted by RogerF

once again another insulting comment from TZ has sparked this. I am SpeedstateG35C over there (Speedstate being the company I used to own but have sold, in case you were wondering)

Let me tell you my own little story. I don’t care about any of the unfairness anymore, I left it behind me a long time ago, it wastes a lot of energy. In my job, I also buy all the computer related stuff for my company. The head office has struck a deal with one of the largest PC manufacturers in the world (US based) so we buy almost all our PC’s and servers from them. Over a year ago, something went wrong with one of our servers and after that, everything that could go wrong with the repair, did. They completely fouled up. After a long talk with one of their senior account managers the air was cleared and he offered us a two day, all expense paid, trip to their Irish factory. We only had to wait for a slot. Months passed by, so I decided to make a call. Ah, yes, the trip…. You have to wait for a slot, I’m afraid. A year went by and I asked if I could have a talk with him. Ah, the trip, errrr, yes. To be honest, you ARE on the list but if a very promising prospect enters the scene, they go to the top of the list! WHAT??????!!!!!! I told him in polite words to STUFF that trip in a dark hole.

Now I can see the parade of couriers passing by with all kind of end-of-year gifts for members of our Commercial department, the management, etc. All I get (if we are lucky) are mass produced (pre-printed) Christmas cards from suppliers. This is how it works guys, it seems unfair but all these things come with the territory.

The same applies to three star restaurants with huge waiting lists (in my country we have 3 of those restaurants): if you belong to ‘the inner circle’, there’s no problem to get a table. And last but not least: all those TV and movie ‘stars’, famous footballers, ‘happy few’, etc., and not exactly strapped for cash are: a. asked for very lucrative commercials and endorsements, and b: get a lot of the stuff for free!