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Best Buy fail = I win!
Mikezilla:
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--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on January 10, 2011, 07:35:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on January 10, 2011, 05:41:26 pm ---I work at a bank, if I screw up, I have feds breathing down my neck, not to mention Im a manager so Im responsible for an entire branch.
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I think that you picked the absolute worst possible example of responsibility on the entire planet ... not really up on current economics, are you ?
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I am up to current economics thank you, notice how I didnt say WHAT bank, but you assume most banks work with money right? Not ALL the American banks are in the toilet now anyway, most of them are back to being in decent shape. What Im saying is, like everyone else mentioned, is that if I screw up, I have to honor my mistake. If I quote a CD rate wrong, I have to give it to the customer at what rate Im quoted at. Like others have said, you need to eat the cost because it was your mistake. Thats all I was saying. RayB pissed me of at his "You Americans" remark. I hate that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
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25 years in financial services in both Canada and the US specializing in risk management and compliance, which makes me believe that it is unlikely that *you* are eating the cost of your mistakes (other than perhaps a hit on your perfomance review), but rather it is your employer ... and people seem to believe that it is OK to rip off corporations.
And, yeah, I can understand the incendiary nature of the "You Americans" remark ... we Canadians get that stuff all the time ... mostly from "You Americans"
:P
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I still have a bottom line Im supposed to hit for the branch, so if Im paying some dude extra money off a CD for half a million dollars for a year, Im going to eat the mistake, thats less money I can work with to rate match other people, lose out on possible promotions, bonuses, etc. Pretty much exactly what Vigo said. And yes, given how some corporations aquire money, I dont feel bad for "ripping them off". Take a bank I used to work for, US Bank. They rip people off all the time, why do you think the banks had to overhaul the way fees get incurred? Because some senators son got ripped off and bam. Now the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- is changed. The problem with these corporations is that they have SO MUCH MONEY. I really dont think Best Buy is going to be hurt by the mistake. How often does that happen anyway?
Well, RayB has had some scathing remarks before, and I have never mentioned anything about Canada at all except that I want to go there. Im just tired of the blanket remarks like that. It just seems like the trend. "Talk ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- to americans cause its their fault all our economies are tied into theirs so when their ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- hits the fan, so does ours". :blah:
But I get your joke. :cheers:
Mikezilla:
--- Quote from: Vigo on January 11, 2011, 12:04:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on January 11, 2011, 11:47:35 am ---
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on January 11, 2011, 11:30:35 am ---
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on January 10, 2011, 07:35:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on January 10, 2011, 05:41:26 pm ---I work at a bank, if I screw up, I have feds breathing down my neck, not to mention Im a manager so Im responsible for an entire branch.
--- End quote ---
I think that you picked the absolute worst possible example of responsibility on the entire planet ... not really up on current economics, are you ?
--- End quote ---
I am up to current economics thank you, notice how I didnt say WHAT bank, but you assume most banks work with money right? Not ALL the American banks are in the toilet now anyway, most of them are back to being in decent shape. What Im saying is, like everyone else mentioned, is that if I screw up, I have to honor my mistake. If I quote a CD rate wrong, I have to give it to the customer at what rate Im quoted at. Like others have said, you need to eat the cost because it was your mistake. Thats all I was saying. RayB pissed me of at his "You Americans" remark. I hate that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.
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25 years in financial services in both Canada and the US specializing in risk management and compliance, which makes me believe that it is unlikely that *you* are eating the cost of your mistakes (other than perhaps a hit on your perfomance review), but rather it is your employer ... and people seem to believe that it is OK to rip off corporations.
And, yeah, I can understand the incendiary nature of the "You Americans" remark ... we Canadians get that stuff all the time ... mostly from "You Americans"
:P
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Sure they can. They can take the money right out of any bonus earned. They could also fire you, demote you, cut your salary, etc. If employees screw up big enough, they will eat their mistakes. Business 101.
That's beside the point though, You say it's the customers fault for ripping off these corporations, I say it's the corporations job to ensure they don't get ripped off. Best Buy could have made sure they got $50 for Mario Galaxy by putting a $50 price tag on the game. Putting a $20 price tag on Mario Galaxy is a pretty good way to ensure the customer buys it for $20. Not the customers fault that he/she pays the price on the tag. And being American has nothing to do with liking the $20 price tag and jumping on the deal.
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See, right on the money, AGAIN Vigo. :applaud: :cheers:
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Vigo on January 11, 2011, 12:04:52 pm ---Sure they can. They can take the money right out of any bonus earned. They could also fire you, demote you, cut your salary, etc. If employees screw up big enough, they will eat their mistakes. Business 101.
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In many jurisdictions, for financial services, taking the money from the employee would violate a number of regulations. The other stuff falls under the bad performance review and also ends up costing the employer still more money. Business 102.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 11, 2011, 12:56:14 pm ---
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Pulp Fiction?
CheffoJeffo:
You can penalize them, but you can't take the same amount of money right out in financial services.
Doesn't really matter anyway as that was a specific response to a specific situation that is unrelated to the topic at hand.
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