Thursday, November 11, 2004
Public - 5:00 PM
FUCK. This wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't recently written a similar letter to the same person. The difference is, this one totally caught me by surprise as I stupidly assumed that people in construction wouldn't let their feelings be hurt by my using bad words.
IN RESPONSE TO THEM USING BAD WORDS FIRST GODDAMIT
FUCK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James [last name deleted]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:58 PM
> To: Muzette Perry
> Subject: Recap of conversation with Andrade Trucking, letter
> to be sent
> to Andrade
>
>
> Muzette,
>
> At approximately 12:30 this afternoon, I received a phone
> call from Andrade Trucking regarding an unpaid invoice. The
> caller identified himself, but I did not catch his name.
>
> He asked about why the invoice had not been paid. I
> apologized, having just realized that I had let the invoice
> slip through the cracks. I then told him that there were
> disputes which I had intended to write a letter about. This
> seemed to make him mad, and so I offered to go over the
> disputes with him at that time.
>
> (The first dispute was about his truck reporting to the
> jobsite instead of the quarry and subsequently being loaded
> up with offhaul material on 8/12. This caused an aggregious
> delay for which Andrade intended to charge Underground.)
> (The second dispute was about the exorbitantly high standby
> charges for Andrade's three trucks delivering drain rock on
> 8/13. Discussion with Gustavo Elias-Cortes and Alfredo
> Escobedo led to the conclusion that these standby charges
> were also the fault of Andrade Trucking as we were expecting
> the trucks, but they made less than a valid attempt to
> deliver the rock.)
>
> He immediately became incensed as he knew full well what the
> dispute was about. He became very confrontational about
> these disputes, and I did my best to stay rational and
> logical. Initially, he cussed at me which caused me to cuss
> at him *only in response to him*. He took offense to my
> cussing, which only served to irritate and confuse me as he
> was the one who resorted to vulgarity first. Upon my
> pointing this out to him, he immediately denied it.
>
> This exchange went on for approximately a minute and a half.
> I do not remember any of what he had said nor what I had
> said. Following this, he resorted to simple responses, "Cut
> me a check," and "When will you cut me a check?" I informed
> him that "Underground will not be paying for those delays and
> standby time." He responded that he just wanted to be paid
> for the work he had performed so "I could be out of his
> hair." I informed him that I would "talk to my AP and have
> payment released this afternoon."
>
> At this point, he hung up the phone, and I started writing
> the letter to be sent to Andrade regarding the short payment.
>
> Hope this helps,
> James
>
> --------------------------------------
> James [last name deleted]
> Underground Construction Company, Inc.
> james@ratemypoo.com
> o: 707-go-bears x104
> f: 707-be-at-cal
> c: 707-i-miss-chenelle
> http://www.ratemypoo.com
> --------------------------------------
IN RESPONSE TO THEM USING BAD WORDS FIRST GODDAMIT
FUCK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James [last name deleted]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:58 PM
> To: Muzette Perry
> Subject: Recap of conversation with Andrade Trucking, letter
> to be sent
> to Andrade
>
>
> Muzette,
>
> At approximately 12:30 this afternoon, I received a phone
> call from Andrade Trucking regarding an unpaid invoice. The
> caller identified himself, but I did not catch his name.
>
> He asked about why the invoice had not been paid. I
> apologized, having just realized that I had let the invoice
> slip through the cracks. I then told him that there were
> disputes which I had intended to write a letter about. This
> seemed to make him mad, and so I offered to go over the
> disputes with him at that time.
>
> (The first dispute was about his truck reporting to the
> jobsite instead of the quarry and subsequently being loaded
> up with offhaul material on 8/12. This caused an aggregious
> delay for which Andrade intended to charge Underground.)
> (The second dispute was about the exorbitantly high standby
> charges for Andrade's three trucks delivering drain rock on
> 8/13. Discussion with Gustavo Elias-Cortes and Alfredo
> Escobedo led to the conclusion that these standby charges
> were also the fault of Andrade Trucking as we were expecting
> the trucks, but they made less than a valid attempt to
> deliver the rock.)
>
> He immediately became incensed as he knew full well what the
> dispute was about. He became very confrontational about
> these disputes, and I did my best to stay rational and
> logical. Initially, he cussed at me which caused me to cuss
> at him *only in response to him*. He took offense to my
> cussing, which only served to irritate and confuse me as he
> was the one who resorted to vulgarity first. Upon my
> pointing this out to him, he immediately denied it.
>
> This exchange went on for approximately a minute and a half.
> I do not remember any of what he had said nor what I had
> said. Following this, he resorted to simple responses, "Cut
> me a check," and "When will you cut me a check?" I informed
> him that "Underground will not be paying for those delays and
> standby time." He responded that he just wanted to be paid
> for the work he had performed so "I could be out of his
> hair." I informed him that I would "talk to my AP and have
> payment released this afternoon."
>
> At this point, he hung up the phone, and I started writing
> the letter to be sent to Andrade regarding the short payment.
>
> Hope this helps,
> James
>
> --------------------------------------
> James [last name deleted]
> Underground Construction Company, Inc.
> james@ratemypoo.com
> o: 707-go-bears x104
> f: 707-be-at-cal
> c: 707-i-miss-chenelle
> http://www.ratemypoo.com
> --------------------------------------
