http://schlachet.net/2008/05/apathy-is-the-new-mediocrity/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://schlachet.net/2008/05/apathy-is-the-new-mediocrity/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Reed Wed, 07 May 2008 11:13:03 +0000 http://blog.schlachet.net/?p=839#comment-168 Your post made me smile. When people ask me what the biggest difference between my homeland (US) and my current residence (Netherlands) two things come to mind: rights-on-red and customer service. The Dutch, themselves, even admit they have no customer service in NL. The woman asked you in Spanish if you needed any help. At least she asked. In Amsterdam you'd have to open a juggler to get any attention at all and then it's still 50/50 you'd get what you want. Anyway, so customer service is flagging in Silicon Valley, at least you can still take rights-on-red. Your post made me smile. When people ask me what the biggest difference between my homeland (US) and my current residence (Netherlands) two things come to mind: rights-on-red and customer service. The Dutch, themselves, even admit they have no customer service in NL. The woman asked you in Spanish if you needed any help. At least she asked. In Amsterdam you’d have to open a juggler to get any attention at all and then it’s still 50/50 you’d get what you want. Anyway, so customer service is flagging in Silicon Valley, at least you can still take rights-on-red.

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