{"id":17704,"date":"2021-01-12T08:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T15:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=17704"},"modified":"2021-01-12T08:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T15:43:46","slug":"overnight-news-dear-jeff-bezos-heres-how-sales-clerks-get-fired-try-it-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17704\/overnight-news-dear-jeff-bezos-heres-how-sales-clerks-get-fired-try-it-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: Dear Jeff Bezos: Here\u2019s how sales clerks get fired. Try it. It\u00a0works."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_16586\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ya think it's easy?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHow ya gonna keep \u2019em chained to a\u00a0desk?\u201d<\/p><\/div>If a sales clerk in a brick \u2019n\u2019 mortar store got pushy with his political opinions, I&#8217;d be gone forever. Forbade me to express my own views? So much the worse. Shut down the competition? Arson ain&#8217;t in me \u2013 but I ain&#8217;t everybody.<\/p>\n<p>So: Jeff Bezos: My wife, who until this weekend <em>loved<\/em> Amazon Prime, is in the process of firing you. Had you had sense enough to fire the Marxists who took over your business, you could have kept her \u2013 and millions like her.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, well. Here&#8217;s you chance to learn to do better going forward.<\/p>\n<p>A simple maxim from retailers of old: &#8220;The customer is always right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What does it mean? Shut the flock up and take the money.<\/p>\n<p>Try it. It works \u2013 where what you&#8217;re doing now reeks.<\/p>\n<p>In other news:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing Wire:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/compass-files-for-ipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Compass files for IPO.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redfin:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/survey-remote-work-migration-homebuyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Survey: One-Third of Homebuyers Would Relocate If Remote Work Becomes Permanent; One-Third Already Have.<\/a> Remote will have become a must-have for recruitment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing Wire:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/what-bonds-are-telling-us-about-the-housing-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What bonds are telling us about the housing market.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyler O&#8217;Neil:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/tyler-o-neil\/2021\/01\/11\/breaking-parler-sues-amazon-asks-court-to-reverse-illegal-death-blow-n1331525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parler Sues Amazon, Asks Court to Reverse Illegal &#8216;Death Blow&#8217;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Davidson:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/12\/the-biggest-gun-forum-on-the-planet-was-just-kicked-off-the-internet-without-explanation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Biggest Gun Forum On The Planet Was Just Kicked Off The Internet Without Explanation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victoria Taft:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/victoria-taft\/2021\/01\/10\/the-left-tries-another-high-tech-lynching-of-clarence-thomas-and-his-terrorist-wife-after-trump-rally-n1328575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Left Tries Another &#8216;High-Tech Lynching&#8217; of Clarence Thomas and His &#8216;Terrorist&#8217; Wife After Trump Rally.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Townhall:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bethbaumann\/2021\/01\/11\/watch-antifa-demands-a-local-bookstore-stop-selling-andy-ngos-book-about-antifas-nasty-tactics-n2582974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antifa&#8217;s Determined to Prevent a Book About Their Tactics From Being Published.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Washington Examiner:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/new-role-for-antifa-bidens-shock-troops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New role for antifa: Biden\u2019s &#8216;shock troops&#8217;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ron Paul:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/featured-articles\/2021\/january\/11\/the-war-on-terror-comes-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The \u2018War On Terror\u2019 Comes Home.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Stacy McCain:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/staying-sane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Staying Sane in a World Gone Mad.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Spencer:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2021\/01\/fascism-comes-us-robert-spencer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fascism Comes to the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PowerLine:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2021\/01\/the-deep-state-is-rattled.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Deep State is Rattled.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Taibbi:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/we-need-a-new-media-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Need a New Media System.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Sowell:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/thomassowell\/2021\/01\/12\/is-truth-irrelevant-n2582977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Is Truth Irrelevant?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow ya gonna keep \u2019em chained to a\u00a0desk?\u201dIf a sales clerk in a brick \u2019n\u2019 mortar store got pushy with his political opinions, I&#8217;d be gone forever. Forbade me to express my own views? So much the worse. Shut down the competition? Arson ain&#8217;t in me \u2013 but I ain&#8217;t everybody. So: Jeff Bezos: My [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17699,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17699\/overnight-news-2121-tops-2020-on-day-9-jeff-bezos-and-amazon-web-services-present-the-trillion-dollar-unforced-error\/","url_meta":{"origin":17704,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: 2121 tops 2020 on Day 9: Jeff Bezos and Amazon Web Services present the trillion-dollar unforced\u00a0error.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As I have been warning for a while, big companies are being taken over by their most-Marxist employees. 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In other news: Housing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":67,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/67\/two-out-of-three-aint-bad-when-purchasing-a-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":17704,"position":3},"title":"Two out of three ain&#8217;t bad when purchasing a home","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Good income, good credit and a sizable down payment. That's what it takes to buy a house. Everyone knows that. But here's some good news: Two out of three ain't bad. The Republic's version is here. Here is a more permanent link.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Real Estate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13017,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13017\/nobody-cares-about-your-m-o-till-they-see-its-skinnin-cats-big-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":17704,"position":4},"title":"Nobody Cares About Your M.O. &#8216;Till They See It&#8217;s Skinnin&#8217; Cats Big Time","author":"Jeff Brown","date":"August 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"In almost every baseball game you'll ever see, there comes a point when the starting pitchers run into a situation on which the game's outcome will likely pivot. Take last night for instance -- the Padres\/Cubs game in Chicago. Padre's starting pitcher Keven Correia had a rocky first inning. 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