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<p>[QUOTE="jmz, post: 10614371, member: 213084"]I was told this story when I got hired at FxF:</p><p><br /></p><p>A driver was making a residential delivery, and he accidentally knocked down the customer's mailbox. He apologized to the customer and promised to make it right. After his shift, he went to Home Depot, bought a new mailbox and post, then went to the customer's house and installed it for her. He apologized again for the inconvenience and the customer was very pleased with his actions. She was so pleased that she called his terminal and told the TM how wonderful he was for taking the time to fix it. The next day that driver was fired for failing to report an accident.</p><p><br /></p><p>Accidents happen, and it's usually not the end of the world. But if you cause damage to anything and don't immediately report it to your supervisor, there's no coming back from that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jmz, post: 10614371, member: 213084"]I was told this story when I got hired at FxF: A driver was making a residential delivery, and he accidentally knocked down the customer's mailbox. He apologized to the customer and promised to make it right. After his shift, he went to Home Depot, bought a new mailbox and post, then went to the customer's house and installed it for her. He apologized again for the inconvenience and the customer was very pleased with his actions. She was so pleased that she called his terminal and told the TM how wonderful he was for taking the time to fix it. The next day that driver was fired for failing to report an accident. Accidents happen, and it's usually not the end of the world. But if you cause damage to anything and don't immediately report it to your supervisor, there's no coming back from that.[/QUOTE]
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