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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vegas Vic, post: 2012045, member: 58810&quot;]I understand what you were posting about.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6">Disclaimer</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">It is not ok to be rude to anyone and I&#039;m clearly not saying it is.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Discussion</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I get where you are coming from most coin dealers are reasonable guys but there is a significant percentage, higher then seen in other retail sales where you get the dysfunctional comic book guy. Why coins has such a higher <b>minority</b> of those Simpson comic book guys I&#039;ll never understand, yet not only are they out there but a significant minority of others in the hobby actually encourage this behavior as you have seen from this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>For some inexplicable reason the fact that I say the dealer should rise above as a <b><span style="color: #ff0080">professional</span></b> and not sink below to the poor conduct of the rude customer has been twisted to mean that I condone rude behavior and think you can piss on anyone you want and it is acceptable behavior. <b><span style="color: #5900b3">I do not think that it is ok to be rude for any reason to anyone.</span></b> But after my decade of work experience of being a professional who deals with the public I definitely know how rude people can be. And trust me they are far less rude with a coin dealer then they are when dealing with me. My colleagues get the same experience as I do (just heading off the expected attacks, they treat all of us equally poorly).</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand how tempting it must be to snap at someone misbehaving. I do get it. But a professional, an adult, will rise above the insult and end the encounter in a professional way.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you get more money. The guy that you thought insulted you may not have thought they did and they turn around and buy your coin. And you go home with money in your pocket. Isn&#039;t that why you go to work? Isn&#039;t that why it is called work not volunteering? When I had a table at a show I never treated people intentionally rudely. If I the amateur can act that way I just don&#039;t understand how it can be so hard for someone who wants to be called a professional coin dealer. And as I already said I deal with much worse every day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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