I think that for some programs/persons, it takes going to that level where if you’re smart, you won’t go back no matter how good they later are said to be doing, because you know you’ve likely pissed-off somebody there to the point it would be stupid to go back[/quote]
I think the first half is dead right, the 2nd half is a given. Why go BACK to a program that has not only screwed you but dumped on you too?
If I consider a previously inept program (inept as in stupid, take me to the cleaners) for reinstating across sites it will be after careful consideration…sometimes this consideration is at the benefit of others.
I wait to see what transpires these days. I never jump on a new program.
This industry has been an eye opener for me. Wheel, deal, steal and pop a blade in your back…the things movies are made of.
I grew up in a country and atmosphere where things were done on a handshake and honoured as such. Something called the “right thing”. Word is taken as a given and a promise will be delivered. No matter what.
This does not occur often on the net and would make an interesting thesis. It has made me rethink the quirks and irks of human nature and re-evaluate the trust I would give ad-hoc to complete stangers.
Honesty and integrity have bowed down to the dollar and I find the screw everyone attitude that prevails in the new global market abhorent.
But, among that, there are many here who are wide awake and some are even friends. So, even in the dark times, human spirit prevails. As it should.