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Few can dress up nonsense in finery like we [[Legal eagle|eagles of the law]]: to “use [[endeavour|endeavours]]” is to embark upon an action worthy of a memorialisation by [[covenant]]; to “try”, not so much, despite being the same thing. | |||
And a merchant who accepts responsibility only for her [[gross negligence]] promises little more than forbearance from outright [[recklessness]] in the performance of her bond. Yet counsel on either side (of the bargain; not the Atlantic!) nod along as if this is somehow | And a merchant who accepts responsibility only for her [[gross negligence]] promises little more than forbearance from outright [[recklessness]] in the performance of her bond. Yet counsel on either side (of the bargain; not the Atlantic!) nod along as if this is somehow all right. | ||
So it falls to us to ask: if one can sensibly commit to one’s “[[best reasonable efforts]]” — then why not something ''less'' than that? How about one’s ''worst'' [[Reasonable|reasonable efforts]]? A sort of [[cheapest-to-deliver]]; a high-jump clearance that leaves the bar a-wobble, but not quite on the crash mat; a leave outside off that brushes the stump but does not dislodge the bail. | So it falls to us to ask: if one can sensibly commit to one’s “[[best reasonable efforts]]” — then why not something ''less'' than that? How about one’s ''worst'' [[Reasonable|reasonable efforts]]? A sort of [[cheapest-to-deliver]]; a high-jump clearance that leaves the bar a-wobble, but not quite on the crash mat; a leave outside off that brushes the stump but does not dislodge the bail. | ||
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“we may have a [[Uberrimae fidei|fiduciary obligation]] and we will, if we really must, honour it — but not with any enthusiasm: we will do nothing in our power that we don’t absolutely have to: we will delay, ignore and quibble: we will lose correspondence, misdirect responses and at every turn raise spurious objections in the hope of so sapping your will to carry on that you won’t.”<ref>Why, by the way, aren’t mutual insurance companies, owned and run for the benefit of the insured, more of a thing? I have never understood this.</ref> | “we may have a [[Uberrimae fidei|fiduciary obligation]] and we will, if we really must, honour it — but not with any enthusiasm: we will do nothing in our power that we don’t absolutely have to: we will delay, ignore and quibble: we will lose correspondence, misdirect responses and at every turn raise spurious objections in the hope of so sapping your will to carry on that you won’t.”<ref>Why, by the way, aren’t mutual insurance companies, owned and run for the benefit of the insured, more of a thing? I have never understood this.</ref> | ||
We | We see “worst reasonable efforts” from organisations who know their captive customers have little realistic choice — banks, governments, insurers — and those — for example, mechanics — who suppose they’ll not see the same customer again anyway, at least until the exasperation of its last encounter has mostly leeched away and especially, those which are a bit of both: low-cost airlines, car rental companies and ticket booking agencies. | ||
So we can giggle, but for much of our rubbish modern lives, ''worst'' reasonable efforts are what we can expect from our rubbish modern overlords whose whole model — the presentation of [[Premium mediocre|the mediocre as premium]] — purport to deliver have sacrificed quality, bound and gagged, at the satanic altar of [[scale]]. | So we can giggle, but for much of our rubbish modern lives, ''worst'' reasonable efforts are what we can expect from our rubbish modern overlords whose whole model — the presentation of [[Premium mediocre|the mediocre as premium]] — purport to deliver have sacrificed quality, bound and gagged, at the satanic altar of [[scale]]. | ||
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And so we tolerate [[worst reasonable efforts]], each time taking mental notes for the forthcoming revolution, and trudge on, knowing deep down that the syrupy brown [[entropy]] with which the collected’s worst reasonable efforts have already doused the landscape scotches all hope of revolution ever catching fire. | And so we tolerate [[worst reasonable efforts]], each time taking mental notes for the forthcoming revolution, and trudge on, knowing deep down that the syrupy brown [[entropy]] with which the collected’s worst reasonable efforts have already doused the landscape scotches all hope of revolution ever catching fire. | ||
All | All right, I’ll hold. | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[Premium mediocre]] | *[[Premium mediocre]] | ||
*[[Net promoter score]] | *[[Net promoter score]] | ||
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*[[Best reasonable efforts]] | *[[Best reasonable efforts]] | ||
*[[Endeavour]] | *[[Endeavour]] | ||
*[[Best efforts]] | |||
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