I think I can handle that on my own. My disposition had gone flat - along with my tires, and dropping quarters in a slot for air was just the icing on the cake. There are some things you shouldn't have to buy - air is only one of them. Living and working amid the rural, agricultural scene, I know I am not the only one fed up with such changes in today's business practices. That's not the only new entry to today's businessman's dictionary.
Service calls now mean service charges, and advice is now accompanied by consultation fees.
We're charged for shipping, for handling, for delivery, for service, for enrollment, for cancellation, for estimates. For gosh sakes, the same inconvenient convenience store that charges you for air, will sell you a bottle of water for 89 cents and refuse use of their restroom to non-customers. For not succumbing to the trade's view of the bottom line, Land managed quite well in the business world. As the inventor of the Polaroid camera and founder of the Polaroid Corp., he was granted more than 500 U.S. patents in his lifetime. Undoubtedly, Land was successful and died a wealthy man - even if his bottom line never appeared on any financial balance sheet.