Given increasing global instability, we strongly agree with the Army's recommendation to not let Army Reserve ESO drop lower than 195,000 Soldiers.
You insisted in that contract that they would pay a penalty if they did not put their metal into another Metro warehouse.
So basically it was a joint decision to go ahead with this program and these incentives, is that correct?
But you moved it to another warehouse, sometimes 200 feet across, and the result of that was it stays in your warehouse but it also lengthen...
Did the amount of the incentives dramatically increase?
The amount of the incentives dramatically increased. Is that correct?
So it was a joint decision to go ahead.
These deals were so important that they were taken to Metro's board of directors for approval.
The merry-go-round deals required Metro to organize and pay for thousands of truck shipments between its own warehouses.
It is a 2-year wait. That is the answer.
If they chose to live up to a contract, do not most people you deal with honorably live up to their contract?