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Prolijo wrote:
El C,
The issue being raised in this thread by most guys is NOT about the chicas RIGHT to ASK for whatever they THINK they can get, just the REASONABLENESS of that request given the tightness of the current economy.
That is completely beside the point of this thread! The point of this thread is whether the chicas are serving anybody's interest, INCLUDING their own, by holding out for amounts that it is increasingly less likely they'll be able to get.
That is completely beside the point of this thread! The point of this thread is whether the chicas are serving anybody's interest, INCLUDING their own, by holding out for amounts that it is increasingly less likely they'll be able to get.
It seems to me that the point of this thread is to discuss whether the economy has impacted price points at the HDR. Those that interjected their regard for the people delivering the services we seek opened the door for everything else. Want to reduce this to an economic debate. Cooollll!!
Being the good capitalist means buy low/sell high. So you want to buy low. Then get the price you want from whoever will sell at that price. But to pretend that statements like the above are not self serving is simply disengenuous. Which is a great capilalistic strategy if one can pull it off. I learned a long time ago, in capitalist school, that if someone can control the sellers price point then they are on their way to gaining an economic advantage in the marketplace. So being a good capitalist we also want to be able to judge what is in the seller's best interest. What is reasonable in their eyes. And in thier lives. Gaining control of the marketplace by any means possible is simply being a good capitalist.
At their best put downs, objectification and derogatory labels have been effective strategies to control the price points of sellers for decades. Not to mention win elections and control any other manner of resources. At their worst - being the good social psychologist I am, I won't even go there. This approach, I imagine, probably works with for some, and with come chicas at the HDR - some have told me some great gringo stories. But the approach does not work with all - therefore the tone of some in this thread.
Some of us are saying "what goes around comes around" What I am saying is that this brand of capitalism, controlling the marketplace through presuming to know and trying to control what is in the best interest of the seller is nothing more than privilidge shrouded in the same dogma that is alienating us from the rest of the world. Make no mistake some saw Bernie Madoff coming. And those standing outside his crib were not singing cumbaya.
So, I'm heading out in two weeks for my quartely pu*sy pilgrimage. What are chicas negotiating at the HDR? Any advice about my humanity can be checked at the door. I think by now everybody knows where I am coming from:-)
OldQDog