I’m Done With B&H!! (Page 7): No, that means screw the union and serve the consumer. :)...

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

bull drink water wrote:

which is short for k**l the onion and screw the worker.

No, that means screw the union and serve the consumer. :)

Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!

henryp wrote:

I do not know how you came to this thoroughly inac... (show quote)

What! A smear campaign from Unions?? Say it ain't so! lol <sarcasm off> "Right to work" for ALL 50 states should be mandated.

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

WayneT wrote:

They should move them to Tennessee it's a right to work law state.

What does 'right to work mean' ? Does it mean you get paid s***e wages and no Benifits. I'm rethinking about shopping at B&H. I was there yesterday and saw protesters. It seems the warehouse was moved to Jersey so 300 people lost their jobs. The reason for the move was to prevent union organization.

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

People forget why we need unions and unions lifted up all workers.

LarryN wrote:

I can't resist the temptation to add my 2 cents. I... (show quote)

leftj Loc: Texas

sueyeisert wrote:

People forget why we need unions and unions lifted up all workers.

I think you mean they lifted up the fatcat/organized crime union bosses.

Retina Loc: Near Charleston,SC

LarryN wrote:

I can't resist the temptation to add my 2 cents. I... (show quote)

Please don't get me wrong: I still admire the USPS and even the DMV and think they get a bad rap. The point I was making is that rarely a single customer may get more than his share of bad experiences in succession. But being rare, the supplier can afford to make it up to the customer. (Not so with USPS, of course; most government workers have no room to make r********ns. Mistakes are permanent). Some companies maintain very strict procedures to prevent these errors, but even the best can slip when something changes. Whether in B&H's case this is a direct result of having their warehouse operations under new or adversarial management, others know better than I. But if the recent complaints against B&H are valid and the areas at fault are not tightened up, it just means some manager decided the loss of the occasional customer is cheaper than addressing the root cause. This is a valid business choice, but I hope this is not the case here.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Retina wrote:

.....(Not so with USPS, of course; most government workers have no room to make r********ns. Mistakes are permanent).....

Wait a minute! Our local postie is a great guy and totally reliable. I chased up the street to give him a tip at Christmas and at first he tried to refuse it, then said there was no need, and then got embarrassed. He said "You don't need to do that." I said "No, I don't, but I want to." He took it, and it may have made his day. I wish I had caught his smile on camera.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

The service from the USPS depends on location. While most of my experiences have been good, some have not. Especially with scanning locations for tracking. Same goes for UPS, Fedex, DHL, etc. mostly good, but not always. With UPS, it seems I am on the tail end of the driver's route as all of my deliveries are after 5:30 pm

Retina Loc: Near Charleston,SC

Peterff wrote:

Wait a minute! Our local postie is a great guy and totally reliable. I chased up the street to give him a tip at Christmas and at first he tried to refuse it, then said there was no need, and then got embarrassed. He said "You don't need to do that." I said "No, I don't, but I want to." He took it, and it may have made his day. I wish I had caught his smile on camera.

I was only addressing three rare successive messed up Priority Mail shipments, and I do say rare. I was trying to tell the author of the OP that it can happen even with good suppliers. Because there are so few customers with such an experience, a vendor (unlike a government agency where employees are usually bound by strict rules) will often go extra lengths to make good.

I do like seeing the accounts from all the average users who never had a problem. It is one reason why I decided to play the odds and go back to USPS. Oh, the middle aged career clerk who could not explain why it took ten days to move between two major point-to-point postal centers also smiled when he said he never uses USPS for the parcels he sends. He is also a really great guy and totally reliable, though he is probably a bit biased.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

All of the anti-union hypocrites can give back your overtime, your paid vacation, your health benefits. If you have none of these, or take advantage of any of these, then you can talk, otherwise, learn your labor history. And FWIW, I'm management in the middle of a labor dispute with a union.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

WayneT wrote:

They should move them to Tennessee it's a right to work law state.

It would make you happier if their workers needed food stamps? I think you meant right to work for less money state.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

WayneT wrote:

Being in a right to work state doesn't mean you can't unionize. It just means you are not forced to join. There have been many union v**es here in the larger auto factories; Nissan, Chevy, VW and they were v**ed down. People that work at these factories make a good living and are grateful to have the jobs.

You can Unionize but the union has no clout. If the non paying employees get all the services the union workers do, people don't have incentive to pay dues, and pretty soon you have no union, and no protection, and less benefits, etc., etc.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

WayneT wrote:

Being in a right to work state doesn't mean you can't unionize. It just means you are not forced to join. There have been many union v**es here in the larger auto factories; Nissan, Chevy, VW and they were v**ed down. People that work at these factories make a good living and are grateful to have the jobs.

In the VW case, VW was in favor of it, but Republican politicians scared the workers from v****g for it.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

leftj wrote:

It's not how much you make. It's how much you have to give up from what you make to support the union fat cats.

My dues is about $120 a month and excellent benefits are included. Without the union I would pay much more for health care than I pay in dues. I'd much rather make $50 an hour plus benefits, than $35 an hour without benefits. But I guess you are entitled to work for less if you wish.