racist magazine printers.
so lately i’ve been contacting a bunch of magazine printers to try and get a decent quote for my magazine printing. why? because i’m poor and not funded by a huge corporation or anything. therefore, how much my magazine costs to print DOES matter. i’m doing it out of my own pocket, so obviously i shop by price.
to some printers, though, this is an unthinkable crime or something. i’ve gotten a couple phone calls from printers that just tried to make me feel bad for looking for a cheap price. or they say, go to china and get it printed. no, smart ass, i can’t wait 4 weeks to get the issue back.
the other day some guy called me and was like, “i’m calling from blahblahblah about a quote i sent you,” and i honestly replied, “i’m not sure which quote was yours, since i’ve gotten so many.”
he continued with, “yeah, you shop by price, right? going to go with the shop with spanish americans running the printers because it’s only whatever’s cheapest that matters, right?”
first, this sentence was screwed up because he was trying to be politically correct while being completely politically incorrect. why not just say: “going to go with the cheapest shop of beaners, eh?”
second, i messed up. what i really should have replied with was something about that racist line cause racism is not cool. but i was so thrown off guard by that line that i didn’t even know how to respond. it was so out there. that and he ended with the part about being cheap, as opposed to ending at the spanish americans line (during which i opened my mouth but he continued, so i changed what i was going to say). instead, i replied to the “cheap” aspect of it. and i feel bad that i did. i said, “well, it’s not like i’m made of money. i’m doing this out of my own pocket.” really what i should have said is, “well, i was going to consider you guys but since you are a racist asshole, i’ll probably take my business elsewhere.”
the interesting thing is that after i said what i said to him, he instantly seemed to be less of an asshole. his voice got a lot softer, and he was like, “yeah, we all have to survive.” i wonder if it is because his business is failing that he is such a turd or what. either way, though, that’s no way to treat a customer. and the thing is, some other companies that run the same presses as their company does still does it cheaper. so like, if it were the exact same magazine practically, why wouldn’t i go with the cheapest one? of COURSE price matters.
but yeah, i screwed up. now i let him get away as a bigot. and that sucks.