February 5, 2007

The Top Ten Things You Shouldn’t Say to Your Glass Supplier

By Paul Bieber

Mr. Letterman has cornered the ‘Top Ten List’ on his show…but wait, just the other day I was going through his trash and found this reject:

THE TOP TEN THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY TO

YOUR GLASS SUPPLIER

10. Sure, you can take a verbal order from me.

9. You’ve known me for years…who are you going to believe, me or Dunn & Bradstreet?

8. Why not? The architect says you can drill thirty-eight holes in that glass!

7. Everybody else accepts my backcharges.

6. I don’t care if I have to wait six months for the glass, you have to match the price with domestic glass.

5. You must cut my prices so I can survive against my more efficient competitors.

4. I need to change the size on the cut-size order given you two weeks ago.

3. Sure, I buy less from you than the other guy, but you still have to give me a better price, so, someday you have a chance to get back in here.

2. My son wants a job for the summer…where can you place him?

1. Nobody else charges me the energy surcharge!