If a Male Service Provider Fails to Complete the Service, Does He Still Deserve to Be Paid?
2006/5/11 22:07:26
What follows is an exploration of a matter of professional ethics within a certain industry. An industry is an industry, regardless of what it does or how it gets done, what it's called or how it gets called. "Call" can also be a verb, used as the colloquial term for a certain standard procedure within an industry — for example, "calling a male service provider," where "male service provider" can also be substituted with a certain type of animal. Of course, male service provision became an industry not because it can be placed after the verb "call." Nevertheless, regardless of whether the verb is "call" or "find," male service provision has irrevocably become a massive industry.
The flourishing of an industry necessarily gives rise to corresponding traditions and industry rules. Since it is a service industry, it inevitably involves the question of service satisfaction. If the customer is unsatisfied, everything else is just blathering. Although blathering is merely a function of the mouth, a male service provider absolutely cannot complete all required tasks using only the mouth — at least not all customers would allow a called male service provider to possess only one function that doubles as blathering. So if a male service provider fails to complete the service, does he still deserve to be paid? This is not an idle question — it concerns the life and death of an entire industry!
Some say that once service has been provided, payment should follow. But service does not merely represent process — the most important thing about service is results. Without good results, any service is meaningless. Others say that at the very least, a discounted price should be charged. But an incomplete service amounts to an absolute zero — demanding payment amounts to robbery, which is completely unreasonable. Still others call for usage-based billing like China Telecom or Unicom. This is even more unreasonable: what the service demands is not traffic volume. The generation of traffic is unrelated to the ultimate purpose of the service demand — it is merely a byproduct and absolutely cannot form the basis for a fee.
So, if a male service provider fails to complete the service, does he still deserve to be paid? This question shall be left to everyone for discussion!
Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/5/12 20:23:47
You bunch of male ape-men have consistently failed to satisfy this lady. This lady does not intend to pay you any fees whatsoever!!! This is hereby announced.
If you have any objections, you are welcome to file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Association within 15 days.