It's horrible that this young man lost all his things, but I have to wonder if posting the storage company's number here, with the implied purpose being for everyone to call and (in their view, I'm sure) harrass them, is a legal liability for GS.
It's horrible that this young man lost all his things, but I have to wonder if posting the storage company's number here, with the implied purpose being for everyone to call and (in their view, I'm sure) harrass them, is a legal liability for GS.
How would calling up a company and saying that you're disappointed with them and implying that you will keep that in mind for future business endeavors with them be a legal liability?
It's not that anybody is implying that somebody blow up public storage locations...it's not that anybody is suggesting that their networks get hacked into and disabled.
What it does is to let them know that they may have a public relations disaster on their hands.
The implicit threat is that they saving that $8,000 may end up costing them more than $8,000 worth of business in the long run.
I am not sure how individuals calling this firm up would cause a liability to this web site.
I am not sure how individuals calling this firm up would cause a liability to this web site.
That wasn't my point. It seems to me that using this forum to call for a lot of people to flood a business with phone calls could be construed by that business as harrassment. I'm no lawyer, but when it comes to protecting what paw and others have worked so hard to build, I'd rather we err on the side of caution.
I'm so sorry for that young man. I can't imagine being prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice and coming home to this.
I am glad you posted this, however. It's not for the storage company, but perhaps it's a place to start remembering that even though personally one may disagree with the military activity and war in progress, those who go to serve us, need our support when they return. I have no specific suggestions but if I was in a position to do something, I'd like to do something special, just for their willingness to serve.
I called, e-mailed and forwarded the information on to my distribution list as well - at least ten of the women on my list are mothers of soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. I'm sure they'll have a thing or two they'd like to say to the customer service department.
Sounds like something TWI did to me while I was a Way Corps resident.
We were allowed to store several boxes of personal belongings in a storage room that was provided.
I was sent to another campus and while I was away some bone head leader named John Lynn made a decision that they were going to throw out any belongings that were not claimed by those at that certain campus. He failed to think about those who were away.
What gives people the right to throw away others personal belongings. I had personal stuff in there that can not be replaced. When I returned to the campus and found out about it and spoke up, all I told was that it was a decision made by top leadership and nothing could be done.
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Linda Z
It's horrible that this young man lost all his things, but I have to wonder if posting the storage company's number here, with the implied purpose being for everyone to call and (in their view, I'm sure) harrass them, is a legal liability for GS.
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How would calling up a company and saying that you're disappointed with them and implying that you will keep that in mind for future business endeavors with them be a legal liability?
It's not that anybody is implying that somebody blow up public storage locations...it's not that anybody is suggesting that their networks get hacked into and disabled.
What it does is to let them know that they may have a public relations disaster on their hands.
The implicit threat is that they saving that $8,000 may end up costing them more than $8,000 worth of business in the long run.
I am not sure how individuals calling this firm up would cause a liability to this web site.
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That wasn't my point. It seems to me that using this forum to call for a lot of people to flood a business with phone calls could be construed by that business as harrassment. I'm no lawyer, but when it comes to protecting what paw and others have worked so hard to build, I'd rather we err on the side of caution.
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I understand.
If they have a problem or a concern, I'm sure they'll edit as appropriate (or delete the whole thread).
I do appreciate and share your concerns, though.
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I'm so sorry for that young man. I can't imagine being prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice and coming home to this.
I am glad you posted this, however. It's not for the storage company, but perhaps it's a place to start remembering that even though personally one may disagree with the military activity and war in progress, those who go to serve us, need our support when they return. I have no specific suggestions but if I was in a position to do something, I'd like to do something special, just for their willingness to serve.
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Complaint lodged with the customer service rep...
I do use storage facilities from time to time and have used Public Storage in the past. I l let them know that
I will not be using them in the future.
Thanks for the heads up.
I'll send it down the email chain as well.
Companies like that will have to do one helluva a lot to ever earn back my respect or my money.
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I called, e-mailed and forwarded the information on to my distribution list as well - at least ten of the women on my list are mothers of soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. I'm sure they'll have a thing or two they'd like to say to the customer service department.
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Sounds like something TWI did to me while I was a Way Corps resident.
We were allowed to store several boxes of personal belongings in a storage room that was provided.
I was sent to another campus and while I was away some bone head leader named John Lynn made a decision that they were going to throw out any belongings that were not claimed by those at that certain campus. He failed to think about those who were away.
What gives people the right to throw away others personal belongings. I had personal stuff in there that can not be replaced. When I returned to the campus and found out about it and spoke up, all I told was that it was a decision made by top leadership and nothing could be done.
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