We have a customer who's obscenely wealthy, I'm talking ferrari enzo in the garage and a private jet kind of wealthy. He spends a lot of money with our company each week. Great, right?
Well, no, actually.
You see, he has a small staff that attend to his every whim, while he derides them and bawls at them in front of their colleagues and his visitors, often including us, while we're working in the house. It's embarrassing, but hey, it's not our place to comment.
Only today, I became the target of his vicious temper. Right from the moment I walked in, he was on me, telling me I am always late and getting later, and to add insult to injury, did it in front of one of his staff. That was bad enough, but when he snapped at me in front of his daughter, I decided enough was enough.
I phoned my partner, advised him that our client was bawling at me, and could he come sort the vase (We're florists) out before I ripped out several internal organs and replaced them with Amarylis.
As a result, I have decided that I will have nothing more to do with this man, and, if this ever happens again, we will tell him to shove his flowers where the sun don't shine.
No-one is so rich that they can pay for the removal of my dignity.
Cheers
Bearcub