An absurd situation

R.H.Campbell · 2005-08-15T20:07:14+00:00

I really thought I'd heard it all until this afternoon.Got a call from a woman moving into a home with an alarm I had installed some years ago, and that had been non monitored for a couple of years. We made an appointment for tomorrow morning to hook it up to the CS, and when I arrived home, my wife said the woman had called to cancel the appointment. So curious as to why, I called the lady and found that she had made an appointment with a large company who promised to send out a French speaking salesman. Now since I knew this company and their rates, I pointed out to her that she was going to have to pay $10 a month more for service, get limited warranty and service compared to my offering, and burden herself needlessly with a three year contract.Her response to me for why she was going with them was..." you're not a Francophone from Quebec"....!!! Talk about "reverse bias". I get by in French, and my son is fluently bilingual, but her reasoning (if you want to call it that) was that I was not Canadian French from Quebec, so she chose not to deal with me....For the first time in my life I simply had no answer !! But I couldn't help thinking..."Lady, if you're that stupid that you want to go for that kind of deal simply because I don't come from Quebec, then go for it...."Gawd, proves the old adage...a fool and his money are soon parted.RHC

Aug 15, 2005 20 Replies

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petem 20 years ago

Just a little question..

does the large corporation have there head office in montreal?(st-Leonard) and would it be that they have offices in Ottawa, hull, Quebec city,chicoutimi(now saguenay) Toronto,and Vancouver(surrey)

if so I think I know witch one you are talking about..

"RF Dude" a écrit dans le message de news: _BwNe.13551$ snipped-for-privacy@news20.bellglobal.com...

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