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minus-squarebigkahuna1986@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up16·19 hours agoWhy have great service and be profitable when you can have terrible service and be 1.6% more profitable?
minus-squareTenderizer78@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoCorrection: Be just as profitable but cash out on that profit slightly sooner.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoMore like far less profitable over years, but far more this quarter. And when it inevitably goes south because you’re squeezing too hard? Who cares, on to the next company!
Why have great service and be profitable when you can have terrible service and be 1.6% more profitable?
Correction: Be just as profitable but cash out on that profit slightly sooner.
More like far less profitable over years, but far more this quarter. And when it inevitably goes south because you’re squeezing too hard? Who cares, on to the next company!