Is there anyone you would refuse to serve?

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43. I once refused to do business with a Republican jerk

Who had failed to communicate with me prior to assuming I would take his business.

The situation was complicated - he had boarded his horse with a person who was leasing our facilities. When she left, she told him to call me to arrange for me to board the horse. He never called. When she finished moving and the horse was still here, I had trouble contacting him since he never answered his phone and did not return messages for over a week.

I didn't particularly want to do business with him - he was high up in Jeb Bush's crony list - especially since I have a long standing attitude that people who do not communicate with me are problem clients. In addition, since I had never talked with him I had no contract with him to care for his horse. I also had no instructions as to amount and type of feed, no records, including state required certificates, no record of veterinary care, etc.

I finally left a message that if the horse wasn't removed by a certain time I would call the sheriff's office, report it as abandoned and have them pick it up and take it to another location. THAT message he got and returned. It was a pleasure to tell him I would not do business with him and his horse had to be removed before my deadline.