Dr.Midnight
Master
I'm not one to open up about things that are bothering me, but I have had a terrible streak of luck with deadbeat customers lately where I work. Let me tell you about the worst and most recent one. I have a customer that ordered over $3000 in product from me. The expectation is they pay for their merchandise within seven days. Well, we're at six weeks now and still no payment.
He's been textbook scum bag too. The first week I went in to collect I got, "I don't have my checkbook." Week two I hear, "My bookkeeper is going to mail it in." Week three, "My bookkeeper forgot to mail it, but she'll do it this week." Week four I'm told, "Come back and see me in an hour." Guess what happens when I come back. Dude disappears and no one knows where he went. Week five I'm told, "I'm getting paid for a job tomorrow. I'll get you paid then." Check never shows up. This week is week six. Today SHTF. He's out of excuses and he has nothing to fall back on. As of today, I'm harassing him and how dare I come into his place of business with an attitude. He threatens to kick my ass for my lack of professionalism. I dropped his statement at his feet and walked to my car with him cursing at me. Time to turn him over to a collection agency.
I just don't get it. I haven a lot of faults, but I try to live my life with a certain degree of honor, meaning if I have a debt, it gets paid no matter what I have to do. How this guy sleeps at night I'll never know. To top things off, he's not the only one I have like that. He's just happens to be the worst.
He's been textbook scum bag too. The first week I went in to collect I got, "I don't have my checkbook." Week two I hear, "My bookkeeper is going to mail it in." Week three, "My bookkeeper forgot to mail it, but she'll do it this week." Week four I'm told, "Come back and see me in an hour." Guess what happens when I come back. Dude disappears and no one knows where he went. Week five I'm told, "I'm getting paid for a job tomorrow. I'll get you paid then." Check never shows up. This week is week six. Today SHTF. He's out of excuses and he has nothing to fall back on. As of today, I'm harassing him and how dare I come into his place of business with an attitude. He threatens to kick my ass for my lack of professionalism. I dropped his statement at his feet and walked to my car with him cursing at me. Time to turn him over to a collection agency.
I just don't get it. I haven a lot of faults, but I try to live my life with a certain degree of honor, meaning if I have a debt, it gets paid no matter what I have to do. How this guy sleeps at night I'll never know. To top things off, he's not the only one I have like that. He's just happens to be the worst.