SUBMITTED: Monday, April 09, 2007
POSTED: Monday, April 09, 2007
In February, Mr. Y took a live Abundance Course from me in Chicago. Mr. Y came into the class with a chip on his shoulder and did not participate in most of the exercises held during the class.
I have been teaching the Release Technique for over 30 years and never had one person react like Mr. Y. The course is an experiential course and not a lecture. We are actually teaching people how to let their negativity go on an experiential level.
When I noticed Mr. Y was sitting back and judging what was going on, myself and my staff spent a considerable amount of extra time to try and help him. I'm talking about a total of a few hours with him personally.
It is clear to me that he showed up to totally make us wrong. I will be more than pleased to have somebody within your organization call up each and every one of the 47 people that were in the course to find out what their reaction was to the program and the benefits they received during this weekend.
We have a luncheon prepared by each hotel that we do this course on Sunday afternoon because we have a lot of material to cover so we need this time so that students can work with each other during the meal time and get the mazimum out of this course. We ask everybody to chip in $25 for the hotel-prepared meal.
Mr. Y did chip in his $25 and while in line to pick up the meal, he proceeded to take six portions for himself. When I asked him to wait until others received their meals (which was specifically prepared for each student by the hotel), he immediately got insulted and walked out. All I was asking him to do was wait until others got served, then he could have more.
When he came back with his Subway sandwich, I offered for him to take all the food he wanted now that everyone had been fed. He refused.
When the exercise which was being worked on by the students during lunch was finally presented in the classroom, Mr. Y again refused to participate.
When asked what Mr. Y, a young man from Columbia, did for a living, he told us he worked out for a living. Again, another example of tremendous arrogance from this man.
Had he been unhappy after the first evening, even though it is not our policy to give refunds for a live class, I would have given him a refund. However, the young man stayed through the whole class and never once complained or asked for his money back excpet for the very end of the entire class. I equate his behavior like someone who goes to a restaurant and eats the entire meal, never once complaining. After the meal is over, he asks for his money back.
This young man seems to be extremely disturbed and while we tried to help and satisfy him, it just seems like no matter what we did, we could not satisfy him.
Since my staff and myself live in Los Angeles, when the class was over, we had to go to the airport to catch the last plane out of Chicago so that we could be home that evening.
As the police told him, if he had a problem with us it is a civil matter not a criminal matter.
It is unfortunate that this man refused to learn a process that has been taught to thousands of students over 30 years. We only wish him all the best and hope he finally finds some peace of mind.
Yours truly,
Lawrence Crane