Regardless of the job, when your customer starts threatening to go to your boss with a complaint, the relationship HAS to change.
Do you disagree with that thought? On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com>wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Jerry Johnson<jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If in fact Gates was threatening the cop by asking for his badge number, > and > > promising to rain hell down on him, in front of other cops and witnesses, > > the police officer's ability to just "walk away" may have been limited > for > > both pride and legal and professional reasons. > > WTF? Threatening the cop by asking for his badge number? That should > be every citizens first response. If there is not immediate danger to > life and limb then I'm not going to do a damn thing until the cop > shows me that they are, indeed, a cop and have identified themselves. > And promising to rain hell down on them? How is that threatening? If > the cop is doing the right thing, he's got a whole review process > already tilted in his favor and a powerful union backing up his ass. > > Sounds like police state talk to me. They work for us. Period. A tough > job, no doubt, and I am happy that they do it. But every citizen has > the right to be presented with identification of the person exerting > authority in the situation and to loudly proclaim that they will seek > legal recourse under their rights. Unless the dude is seriously > obstructing an critical investigation or threatening them with > non-legal (i.e., physical harm) means, that is the end of the story. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300881 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
