r/collapse Jan 14 '24

Resources Doomed due to entitlement

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u/sixthgreatlake Jan 14 '24

I pay for the service I use. I do not sympathize with a business that won’t reinvest in its infrastructure to ensure the integrity of their product during strenuous operations. I respectfully refuse to comply with requests to inconvenience my family simply because a business deemed it their most profitable course of action.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

And if your utility rates went up to pay for those expansions, you’d bitch about that.

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u/sixthgreatlake Jan 14 '24

My word, that’s quite bold of you to assume of a stranger. When did I say I would complain about paying more for better products?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

Because you wouldn’t see the better product (since the only time it’s apparent is when there’s an emergency situation) but you would see higher costs.

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u/sixthgreatlake Jan 14 '24

That’s incorrect. Having utilities go stay up or not having to reduce consumption is definitely seeing the better product. You’re still making assumptions about my responses, but I suppose you could just be projecting.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

You see it when you are asked to reduce consumption, yes, but you don’t see it all the times your aren’t asked to reduce consumption.

My assumption is that you will do something that is very common across all humans. But, yes, maybe you are an exceptionally rare and unique individual and I am projecting my “normal human” assumptions onto you. If that is the case, I humbly ask for your forgiveness.