They will be serving you over the next week, and if you like them more, then I have some changes to make, so please let me know.  If you like me more, then I'll see you sometime after my week long vacation.  The important thing to me is that you get served.  Our relationship is important too, but, in the spirit of the Christian faith in which I was raised, I'm building an attitude that will serve me well even after I die.

There are other benefits to having competitors, but the main one is that customers can find a level of service that makes them happy.  The USSR comes to mind, where there was no competition.  Is that one of the reasons they used so much alcohol?  Alcohol does a good job at dulling pain.  It's like leprosy, a disorder that stops nerves from telling your brain that something is wrong.  Then you just ignore it until it kills you.

Anyway, before this email goes into a steeper and more deadly tailspin, I'll bid you farewell for the next week.

Farewell!
Dave