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I tell this story to tie in to someone I have talked about a lot in regards to how your attitude is now in purchasing transactions and how that could play out post SHTF in a barter situation.
You never know at first glance where someone is "at" when you first deal with them.
Some have noticed and some know that I've been sporadic posting the last couple weeks. We've been helping with two medical emergencies involving extended family and friends.
So we are in "the big city" shuttling people to hospitals in various forms of injury- nothing minor and nothing easy.
Both are ambulatory but barely.... So we pull up to get them and via lack of sleep I leave car door open on my side while I walk around to assist. Big parking lot, plenty of options for going around, backing up, etc. I screwed up leaving the door open- yes without a doubt. This was not to be nor was a 5 minute episode, but it did take approximately a minute to get them in.
Guy pulls up and drop his wife off who is perfectly mobile, moving fine, etc. She says passing by- "shut that car door" and keeps moving. We glance her way, think a few choice words and keep assisting the others.
Not 10 seconds later the guy in the car that dropped off the women lays on his horn, holding it down for approximately 5 seconds. I wave my hand to him, shake my head and point towards the person we are assisting who is by this time 95% in the car.
Guy lays on his horn again, longer. That breeched my wife's breaking point.
Now for those that have met her at campouts, etc. they know her as a nice, quiet, helpful and definitely not very dominant gal. So this sort of behavior is NOT normal for her.
I heard "I BEG YOUR PARDON!" And saw her walking towards his car.
Oh boy... It's on now.
Mentally and physically exhausted, stressed past the breaking point, she exhibited behavior unlike her normal behavior. While she never touched him or his vehicle, I did have to intercede. I have no doubt she would have definitely changed his attitude.... However that was not the best move at that particular junction.
I have talked before on the podcast and here that you really won't know where people are "at" mentally when trying to deal with them in a SHTF situation.
The idea to barter to make a profit seems less and less "profitable" when you consider things like this.
The person you are dealing with might have just lost a family member, they might have "nothing to lose" and when you reject a deal they offered you, it might be easier for them to shoot you in the face than to "haggle" or "dicker" with you for something they really need.
Also, the other major point is KNOWING YOUR CREW. That doesn't just mean "oh their is Bob, and Tim, and Tyrone..." That means knowing how people deal with stress- REAL STRESS. You can induce SOME of this in training. Just understand that someone will deal easier with someone shooting at them, than later having to live without a family member.
How do we overcome this? Being able to "read" people and survey the scene. Avoid all, BE FLEXIBLE- a reoccurent theme in what I preach if you noticed ;)
Most of all, we want to avoid having to barter with someone that's on that level. Everyone wants to talk about "barter items" and dreams of having little "stores" set up and stuff like that. The reality of the situation is going to be much different.
Robert
You never know at first glance where someone is "at" when you first deal with them.
Some have noticed and some know that I've been sporadic posting the last couple weeks. We've been helping with two medical emergencies involving extended family and friends.
So we are in "the big city" shuttling people to hospitals in various forms of injury- nothing minor and nothing easy.
Both are ambulatory but barely.... So we pull up to get them and via lack of sleep I leave car door open on my side while I walk around to assist. Big parking lot, plenty of options for going around, backing up, etc. I screwed up leaving the door open- yes without a doubt. This was not to be nor was a 5 minute episode, but it did take approximately a minute to get them in.
Guy pulls up and drop his wife off who is perfectly mobile, moving fine, etc. She says passing by- "shut that car door" and keeps moving. We glance her way, think a few choice words and keep assisting the others.
Not 10 seconds later the guy in the car that dropped off the women lays on his horn, holding it down for approximately 5 seconds. I wave my hand to him, shake my head and point towards the person we are assisting who is by this time 95% in the car.
Guy lays on his horn again, longer. That breeched my wife's breaking point.
Now for those that have met her at campouts, etc. they know her as a nice, quiet, helpful and definitely not very dominant gal. So this sort of behavior is NOT normal for her.
I heard "I BEG YOUR PARDON!" And saw her walking towards his car.
Oh boy... It's on now.
Mentally and physically exhausted, stressed past the breaking point, she exhibited behavior unlike her normal behavior. While she never touched him or his vehicle, I did have to intercede. I have no doubt she would have definitely changed his attitude.... However that was not the best move at that particular junction.
I have talked before on the podcast and here that you really won't know where people are "at" mentally when trying to deal with them in a SHTF situation.
The idea to barter to make a profit seems less and less "profitable" when you consider things like this.
The person you are dealing with might have just lost a family member, they might have "nothing to lose" and when you reject a deal they offered you, it might be easier for them to shoot you in the face than to "haggle" or "dicker" with you for something they really need.
Also, the other major point is KNOWING YOUR CREW. That doesn't just mean "oh their is Bob, and Tim, and Tyrone..." That means knowing how people deal with stress- REAL STRESS. You can induce SOME of this in training. Just understand that someone will deal easier with someone shooting at them, than later having to live without a family member.
How do we overcome this? Being able to "read" people and survey the scene. Avoid all, BE FLEXIBLE- a reoccurent theme in what I preach if you noticed ;)
Most of all, we want to avoid having to barter with someone that's on that level. Everyone wants to talk about "barter items" and dreams of having little "stores" set up and stuff like that. The reality of the situation is going to be much different.
Robert
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