A nice Motivational Story

No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.

Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point.
He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back passenger door for Harvey .

He handed my friend a laminated card and said: 'I'm Wally, your driver. While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd like you to read my mission statement.’ Taken aback, Harvey read the card.

It said: Wally's Mission Statement:
To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment.

This blew Harvey away. Especially when he noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean!

As he slid behind the wheel, Wally said, 'Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.'

My friend said jokingly, 'No, I'd prefer a soft drink.'
Wally smiled and said, 'No problem. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, water and orange juice.'

Almost stuttering, Harvey said, 'I'll take a Diet Coke.'
Handing him his drink, Wally said, 'If you'd like something to read, I have The Wall Street Journal, Time, Sports Illustrated and USA Today.'

As they were pulling away, Wally handed my friend another laminated card, 'These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you'd

like to listen to the radio.'
And as if that weren't enough, Wally told Harvey that he had the air conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for him.

Then he advised Harvey of the best route to his destination for that time of day. He also let him know that he'd be happy to chat and tell

him about some of the sights or, if Harvey preferred, to leave him with his own thoughts.
'Tell me, Wally,' my amazed friend asked the driver, 'have you always served customers like this?'
Wally smiled into the rear view mirror. 'No, not always. In fact, it's only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard the personal growth guru, Wayne Dyer , on the radio one day.

He had just written a book called You'll See It When You Believe It Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you’ll rarely disappoint yourself. He said, 'Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.''

'That hit me right between the eyes,' said Wally. 'Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to

change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.'

'I take it that has paid off for you,' Harvey said.
'It sure has,' Wally replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I'll probably quadruple it. You were lucky to get me today. I don't sit at cabstands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on my answering machine. If I can't pick them up myself, I get a reliable cabbie friend to do it and I take a piece of the action.'

Wally was phenomenal. He was running a limo service out of a Yellow Cab. I’ve probably told that story to more than fifty cab drivers over the years, and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like ducks and told me all the reasons they couldn't do any of what I was suggesting.
Wally the Cab Driver made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles.

How about us?
A man reaps what he sows. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up .

Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar

Cool stuff!!

makes you feel all warm and cosy inside!

Warm and Fuzzy could also work Morph

Nice story,

I'd rather not feel Fuzzy's insides.....

you talking from past experiences with this Fuzzy character?

Absolutely!!!, I only talk from XP... lol .mmm.. Did that give the wrong impression? ...

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.

Smaugaroo wrote:Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.

Wow... playburn you're famous... they already got legends about you and your experiments. :twisted:

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
If Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
he wasn't Fuzzy was he??

LOL, trust me, i have hair..

:shock:

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Is that a persian rug you have strapped to your chest?

This post went pear shaped :twisted:

Nice spotting Cornolio!!!!! lol, jammer ek is in 'n katterige bui...

Al julle mans daar innie kaap is maar katterig LOL! :twisted:

...en nou hoe jom jy daar by uit. het jy 'n boyfriend hier dat jy so akkuraat daai feit kan staaf...

Ok ok ek kan net sowel uit die kas uit kom aan gesien ek tussen vriende is op die forum! Ek het 'n ou in die kaap en sy naam is Playburn..... As hy met jou klaar gespeel het burn jy! :twisted:

'n Groot ronte van Aplous vir CorAnalio69. wat met die feit dat hy sterk gestaan het en nou "Man?" genoeg is om Voorrentoe te kom en uit die kas te val. Jy is Awesome... ek bly ek laat jou nog burn, het bietjie los gevoel vir my. Slet!

Ja dit sou los gevoel het hier by die einde rond want ek het gepoep!

lug leegte, ditsim!!!