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- From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: The Baldridge award (was "AT&T Universal Card (tm? by AT&T)")
- Keywords: AT&T UNIVERSAL CREDIT CARD VISA
- Message-ID: <43n8035Yb8nC00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 18:45:52 GMT
- Article-I.D.: amdahl.43n8035Yb8nC00
- References: <9a7q03Nob4P.00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <edBi036nb71i00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <1992Nov4.151636.24273@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Reply-To: jsp@pls.amdahl.com
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- mpb@troy.uucp (22161-bunz) writes:
-
- }Personally, I'd question the ability of the customer trying to pay
- }the bill, didn't they even look into the window to see if they
- }could see the address?
-
- }The customer may also place the check between the form and the
- }window, so maybe we should require all checks be transparent.
-
- }Really though, how hard is it to place the form into the envelope, then
- }look at the envelope, just to make sure the address is visible?
-
- My god, you missed the ENTIRE fucking point! It is EXACTLY this type
- of who-cares, blame-the-stupid-customer, point the finger ANYWHERE but
- at the real problem attitude that has sent U.S. businesses into the toilet.
-
- Yes, I freely grant that this specific problem with the bills is a small
- thing. Yes, I grant that the customer COULD avoid any problem by checking
- the address before sealing the envelope. But why the hell SHOULD the
- customer have to?
-
- The fact remains that many people at AT&T ROYALLY SCREWED UP! A bad
- mistake was made, whatever you can say about the problem having a
- work-around. And the proof that it was indeed a mistake is that they
- changed it.
-
- --James Preston
-
-