Breaking Up with Service Providers is Hard to Do

By Laura Petrecca

October 12, 2011

…It makes sense to scale back during tough
economic times. Yet, leaving a service provider — particularly a
long-standing one — has a different emotional feel than buying cheaper
groceries, cutting back on clothing purchases or shelving an annual
vacation.

It means severing ties with a person
who touches them (hairdressers, personal trainers), visits their homes
(landscapers, nannies, housekeepers) or knows intimate information about
them (accountants, as well as hairdressers, personal trainers and
others).

"There is a reason why these are
called personal services," says clinical psychologist Irene Levine.
"They are one-on-one personal relationships…"

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Category: KEEPING FRIENDS