Delivery Truck Made A Mistake ..

[radioman]

Have him come out and help you fix it, and you wont tell his boss...

That's exactly what I would have done. If someone owns up to thier mistake, take responsibility, helps in labor getting things fixed/ make right then I won't make a phone call to a ... company/insurance/cops/etc... you pick .

I think people REALLY do deserve a second chance when they own up to it in this litigious society just like the delivery guy.

 

[blueriver]

I would call that a good idea! It looks like a repair job where an extra set of hands would help.

That's exactly what I would have done. If someone owns up to thier mistake, take responsibility, helps in labor getting things fixed/ make right then I won't make a phone call to a ... company/insurance/cops/etc... you pick .

I think people REALLY do deserve a second chance when they own up to it in this litigious society just like the delivery guy.

I was glad he took the responsibility and told me about it and I agree people do deserve a break ... I would have liked the extra hand BUT the truck was out ot Oklahoma City ... 2.5 hrs away. I just couldn't see asking him to come back that far.

 

[tmajor]

If you hadn't been so hard on the old bed, none of this would have happened!

 

[blueriver]

If you hadn't been so hard on the old bed, none of this would have happened!

Your absolutly right ... what can I say?

 

[GGB]

In this day and age, the delivery man did the unthinkable-he owned up to his mistake. Then, you did something almost as unimaginable-you gave him a break. Yes, there are still good people in this world.

A few years back, I had gravel brought in by a guy I'd been referred to. He and I hit it off immediately. I knew that he and his family had been very successful farmers, but got caught in the ag downturn in the early 80's and lost it all. We frequently talked about a number of subjects.

One time I had him bring a load of gravel for my barn lot. I had him
dump the leftover rock next to the barn. In the process of raising the bed, he was too close and one of the hinges put a slice in the wall of the barn-maybe an 1.5" wide and 8-10" long-no big deal. Well, it was a big to him-John had been delivering gravel for over 20 years, and had apparently never had anything like this happen. He was beside himself-he was really upset and wanted me to call his insurance agent to turn in the claim to get it fixed. I finally got him convinced that it was no big deal, and that under no circumstances should he turn in a claim. I told him I'd fix it with a little paint, which is exactly what I did. I told him to just pay it forward.....

John never forgot it, and later did some tractor work for me and wouldn't take anything in the way of payment. So in a way, my own good deed got paid forward if only to me, but I'd be willing to bet it got paid forward to many others ad well.

Sadly, we lost John a while back-I really miss him. But every time I see that slice in the barn, I feel good about how I handled a minor incident of life, and that I had the good fortune to know a great guy.

GGB

 

[Dennis Mickle]

So my wife orders a new bed ... says we wore the old one out !!:thumbsup:

It got delivered today and when the delivery guy in a Penske Rental Box Truck ... ya know one of those 24' jobs ... pulls up the first thing he says is ... I made a mistake and bumped into your gate... I asked him how bad and he says I cracked the post !!

Anyway bed's nice.

Many years ago I did about the same thing pulling a drill rig around a tight corner. I told the farmer that I pay for any damages. He said he had hit it with his hay wagon also and if I would help we could pull the ---- post out and be rid of it, so we did.
By the way I used to work out of Enid for the George E. Failing co.

 

[GGB]

Well worth putting in the gate post!!!!!

LOL!

Hadn't thought of it that way. Blueriver, was it "bragging or complaining"???

GGB

 

[Taylortractornut]

We had a driver we hired a th the landfill hit the building 5 times one week and denied 3 off those times. We have container dumsters with 3 phase motors on to to run augers to move sawdust. THey stick out in front of the can. We even humg markers down and he still hit it lol.

 

[k0ua]

In this day and age, the delivery man did the unthinkable-he owned up to his mistake. Then, you did something almost as unimaginable-you gave him a break. Yes, there are still good people in this world.

A few years back, I had gravel brought in by a guy I'd been referred to. He and I hit it off immediately. I knew that he and his family had been very successful farmers, but got caught in the ag downturn in the early 80's and lost it all. We frequently talked about a number of subjects.

One time I had him bring a load of gravel for my barn lot. I had him
dump the leftover rock next to the barn. In the process of raising the bed, he was too close and one of the hinges put a slice in the wall of the barn-maybe an 1.5" wide and 8-10" long-no big deal. Well, it was a big to him-John had been delivering gravel for over 20 years, and had apparently never had anything like this happen. He was beside himself-he was really upset and wanted me to call his insurance agent to turn in the claim to get it fixed. I finally got him convinced that it was no big deal, and that under no circumstances should he turn in a claim. I told him I'd fix it with a little paint, which is exactly what I did. I told him to just pay it forward.....

John never forgot it, and later did some tractor work for me and wouldn't take anything in the way of payment. So in a way, my own good deed got paid forward if only to me, but I'd be willing to bet it got paid forward to many others ad well.

Sadly, we lost John a while back-I really miss him. But every time I see that slice in the barn, I feel good about how I handled a minor incident of life, and that I had the good fortune to know a great guy.

GGB

Good Post.:thumbsup:

James K0UA

 

[blueriver]

LOL!

Hadn't thought of it that way. Blueriver, was it "bragging or complaining"???

GGB

Not bragging ... not complaining ... just taking it in stride.