Thread: UK to cut 490,000 governent jobs

Originally Posted by triggerhappy2005

And this is not true. There's just as much selection as you would find anywhere.

As far as quality goes, this is Germany, it doesn't get better than this.

You missed the point. He isnt saying that germany doesnt have quality products. He's saying that the lack of competion is effecting the time line to have work completed. No sense of urgency.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

You missed the point. He isnt saying that germany doesnt have quality products. He's saying that the lack of competion is effecting the time line to have work completed. No sense of urgency.

And trigger is saying that there isn't a "lack of competition". Gumby did mention that he went to multiple shops....... His problem is with their lack of a sense of urgency, which has nothing to do with competition or a lack thereof, but as a distinction between what he deems a societal norm and what they(Germans) do.....

Originally Posted by hawgballs

And trigger is saying that there isn't a "lack of competition". Gumby did mention that he went to multiple shops....... His problem is with their lack of a sense of urgency, which has nothing to do with competition or a lack thereof, but as a distinction between what he deems a societal norm and what they(Germans) do.....

One lives in germany the other lives in france. That should be enough said in itself.

Originally Posted by triggerhappy2005

I lived in Germany for 15 years and I speak the language fluently. Plus I go there once a month. Any questions?

No questions. Just an observation of that you use to live there and gumby does live there. Could have sworn it was you in another thread that decided to tell someone else that you know more about what was going on because you live there. Well the same applies. I tried to tell you not to go there in that thread.

Originally Posted by hawgballs

And trigger is saying that there isn't a "lack of competition". Gumby did mention that he went to multiple shops....... His problem is with their lack of a sense of urgency, which has nothing to do with competition or a lack thereof, but as a distinction between what he deems a societal norm and what they(Germans) do.....

Well really, in most cases, companies thrive on great customer service because it gets them ahead of the competition. If there isn't much competition, then customer service doesn't need to be stellar. So customer service can indeed be linked to competition or lack thereof.

I've heard many small business make their pitch that they couldn't compete on some levels with other companies, but they could compete on the basis of customer service. If there was little competition, then that pitch wouldn't even be necessary.

That's what I was gathering from this.