{"id":15394,"date":"2019-05-29T11:56:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T19:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=15394"},"modified":"2019-06-28T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T22:56:15","slug":"15394","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=15394","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/karsh_1280p.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/karsh_1280p.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"karsh_1280p\" width=\"330\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/karsh_1280p.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/karsh_1280p-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/karsh_1280p-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m known as a good guy who will do almost anything for his friends and clients. The operative word here is &#8220;almost.&#8221; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Every once in a while I am pushed into a corner that requires me to stand up for myself. This usually happens after repeated offenses severely test my patience. Then I am forced to show how really tough I can be. <\/p>\n<p>Today was one of those days, and I absolutely dread these days. I rely on others to do the right thing. Obviously, that&#8217;s not possible to do at all times. However, when a repetitive pattern develops that threatens my business and the standards I live by, I <em>will<\/em> put things right for myself and say &#8220;<em>Next<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>P.S. <em>A Farewell to Arms<\/em> by Hemingway was published 90 years ago this day. <\/p>\n<p>(Photo above: Yusuf Karsh, 1957)<\/p>\n<p>Will my photo below ever be published &#8211; when the car owner gives the story to another magazine <em>after<\/em> it was promised and photographed by me? It&#8217;s sloppy messes like this that give automotive journalism and photography a bad name. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/randywells_B1A1464ps1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/randywells_B1A1464ps1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"randywells_B1A1464ps\" width=\"330\" height=\"219\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/randywells_B1A1464ps1.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/randywells_B1A1464ps1-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/randywells_B1A1464ps1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN I&#8217;m known as a good guy who will do almost anything for his friends and clients. The operative word here is &#8220;almost.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,3,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15394"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15603,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15394\/revisions\/15603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}