A cleaner called who was upset about a water damage job. He had been called by a customer to clean up after a pipe had broken, but an insurance company got involved before he got started. He said he thought the adjuster hinted for a bribe when he was asked to bid on the job. He worked up a bid but didn't know what to do about a bribe so he didn't do anything. And sure enough, he was asked to leave and someone waiting around the corner got the job.
We had a motto in our company when we did a lot of water damage work back in the '70s. "If they stick their hand out for a payoff, shake it, but don't put any money in it." Insurance people aren't the only ones. Building and office managers are sometimes on the take. If you succumb to their level of society, you're the one who has to live with yourself. I think this is one of the reasons insurance rates are so high.
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