loveslife Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I run my own teeny, tiny little business and a client of mine always takes her time paying me. I'm always chasing after her for my money. Her response is always, I'm so sorry, I had all these bills to pay. She always apologizes and eventually sends what she owes. I've come to expect this even though it's pretty insulting that she talks about having bills to pay as her reason for not paying me. Guess she means important bills. As far as I'm concerned people should not purchase something they don't have the money for. That's the way it worked in the good old days. If someone hires me to provide a service I think they should have the money to pay. SAME FOR RELATIONSHIPS, huh? Should people be prepared to treat someone else with respect and kindness if they're asking that person to let them into their life? Isn't it kind of insulting otherwise? And even though the bottom line is always that it says more about the other person than it does about us, shouldn't it be expected that the other person is going to live up to their "side of the bargain"? I know I'm kind of rambling here, but I think the same attitude of "buying on credit even if we don't have the money" is true about the way a lot of people look at relationships. BUT, we don't have to be the "lending institution" that gives everything away to people who have no "credit."
Trialbyfire Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 Solution to late payer: Give sufficient notice of fee schedule changes within the confines of legal/regulatory requirements, that any late payments will be charged debit interest at a rate of 20%, compounding monthly, calculated daily. As for respect and kindness, you're assuming that everyone has a similar mindset to what respect or kindness entails. For example: Person A believes that courtesy is an important component of respect. Person B was raised in a barn and doesn't see courtesy as a component of respect. Neither is right or wrong, but the two are incompatible.
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