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Old 12-12-2004, 10:51 AM   #86 (permalink)
Pat
 
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Re: Crashed day before yesterday


: I've always found "the middle ground" to be a good starting point in any
type
: of negotiation. Sometimes it yields results and other times it doesn't.
When it
: doesn't you can always escalate incrementally right up to and including
the,
: "I'll call the newspapers, my congressman, and my lawyer", level but if
you
: start there you're basically screwed if the people you are negotiating
with
: decide to dig in their heels.
:
: Regards,
: Bob Hunt

I've always thought it is best to try and figure out the other person's side
of the story or what they expect. In this particular case, while they knew
they had done something wrong, they probably didn't see it as a case of a
premeditated trap for a cyclist (as it wasn't, most likely).

Pat in TX
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