Wriggle Room
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deoridheWhat part of "We are a research and development company" did you not understand? Yet again, someone refuses to believe me when I say we don't have a marketing department, and then wants to talk to the president. Yeah, sure, I'll just get him right on the line for you then! I mean, he has nothing better to do than take marketing calls; it's not like he's an engineer who works or something. And, of course, you don't want to leave a message; you'll call back later. Sorry, honey, he'll still be in his meeting. It's a long meeting; one for the rest of his life.
People, believe me when I say we don't market things.
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I discovered a lovely new manga recently called Petshop of Horrors. The premise is that D (our lovely and creepy main character) owns and runs a pet shop that caters to the dreams and loves of people, often with disastrous consequences. It's haunting, psychological, and decidedly bloodthirsty. I can't help but wonder what pet I would take home from the Petshop... personally, I'd rather work there, but not take home a pet.
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Wendy Elizabeth:
Take advantage of all opportunities. You must develop your creativity and talents. You are determined to prove yourself to others. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind. You have a discriminating nature coupled with perseverance and family pride. Your independence and freedom are important to you.
You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You have a diplomatic flair to your nature. Equality and fairness are important to you. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. You are compassionate, highly imaginative and creative. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You are a constructive thinker. You have a need for monetary security. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts.
Wyndi Elyzabithe:
Take advantage of all opportunities. You must develop your creativity and talents. You are determined to prove yourself to others. Your independence and freedom are important to you. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind. You have a discriminating nature coupled with perseverance and family pride. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically.
You have a need to communicate and express yourself. You are inclined to over intellectualize, and hate to be misquoted. You have a diplomatic flair to your nature. Equality and fairness are important to you. You must learn to give the same freedom to others that they want for themselves. You are compassionate, highly imaginative and creative. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You are a constructive thinker. You have a need for monetary security. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood.
Anderson:
You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You must learn to give 'wise' service and not be a martyr. There is a need to learn to evaluate family ties properly. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions. You try to be prudent. You have good business acumen. You have a great deal of loyalty to those you love. You have much inner strength. You must learn to give 'wise' service and not be a martyr.
Deoridhe Grimsdaughter:
Your world, good or bad, revolves around your family. You are determined and loyal, and your word is your bond. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You have a great deal of loyalty to those you love. You have much inner strength. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. There is a need to learn to evaluate family ties properly. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood.
You are adventurous with a tendency to be foolhardy. You are aggressive and definitely have leadership abilities. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. You have a need to be up front. You try to be prudent. You have good business acumen.
You strive for perfection and worry when things don't turn out just so. You enjoy doing a job well. You tend to procrastinate. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. You are always involved with projects and things to do. You have a need to earn money to prove your success to society and must learn the true value of material gains and status. There is a need to learn to evaluate family ties properly. You have a need to be up front. You are soft-hearted with a charitable nature. You need to learn proper evaluation of labor and work. You can be either a compulsive worker or a professional loafer. You need to learn the true value of material possessions. You have a natural protection in life. You are always saved - especially from yourself. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion.
...There are an awful lot of repeats in that. Of course, the repeats could be because all my names are freaking long.
You're pi, an irratonal number, commonly mistaken
for a yummy treat. You've probably chatted
with Olle The Greatest at least once.
what geeky number are you?
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< /H. S. Kim >
People, believe me when I say we don't market things.
I discovered a lovely new manga recently called Petshop of Horrors. The premise is that D (our lovely and creepy main character) owns and runs a pet shop that caters to the dreams and loves of people, often with disastrous consequences. It's haunting, psychological, and decidedly bloodthirsty. I can't help but wonder what pet I would take home from the Petshop... personally, I'd rather work there, but not take home a pet.
Wendy Elizabeth:
Take advantage of all opportunities. You must develop your creativity and talents. You are determined to prove yourself to others. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind. You have a discriminating nature coupled with perseverance and family pride. Your independence and freedom are important to you.
You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You have a diplomatic flair to your nature. Equality and fairness are important to you. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. You are compassionate, highly imaginative and creative. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You are a constructive thinker. You have a need for monetary security. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts.
Wyndi Elyzabithe:
Take advantage of all opportunities. You must develop your creativity and talents. You are determined to prove yourself to others. Your independence and freedom are important to you. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind. You have a discriminating nature coupled with perseverance and family pride. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically.
You have a need to communicate and express yourself. You are inclined to over intellectualize, and hate to be misquoted. You have a diplomatic flair to your nature. Equality and fairness are important to you. You must learn to give the same freedom to others that they want for themselves. You are compassionate, highly imaginative and creative. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You are a constructive thinker. You have a need for monetary security. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood.
Anderson:
You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You must learn to give 'wise' service and not be a martyr. There is a need to learn to evaluate family ties properly. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions. You try to be prudent. You have good business acumen. You have a great deal of loyalty to those you love. You have much inner strength. You must learn to give 'wise' service and not be a martyr.
Deoridhe Grimsdaughter:
Your world, good or bad, revolves around your family. You are determined and loyal, and your word is your bond. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You have a great deal of loyalty to those you love. You have much inner strength. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. There is a need to learn to evaluate family ties properly. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood.
You are adventurous with a tendency to be foolhardy. You are aggressive and definitely have leadership abilities. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. You have a need to be up front. You try to be prudent. You have good business acumen.
You strive for perfection and worry when things don't turn out just so. You enjoy doing a job well. You tend to procrastinate. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. You are always involved with projects and things to do. You have a need to earn money to prove your success to society and must learn the true value of material gains and status. There is a need to learn to evaluate family ties properly. You have a need to be up front. You are soft-hearted with a charitable nature. You need to learn proper evaluation of labor and work. You can be either a compulsive worker or a professional loafer. You need to learn the true value of material possessions. You have a natural protection in life. You are always saved - especially from yourself. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion.
...There are an awful lot of repeats in that. Of course, the repeats could be because all my names are freaking long.
You're pi, an irratonal number, commonly mistaken
for a yummy treat. You've probably chatted
with Olle The Greatest at least once.
what geeky number are you?
brought to you by Quizilla
< H. S. Kim >
- What went wrong in the last century is a fascinating political argument. I haven't a clue if I agree or not, yet; I've only read it once. I highly recommend you read it too, however!
< /H. S. Kim >
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Date: 2003-09-11 02:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-11 12:56 pm (UTC)---
When someone asks to speak to the marketing department, say "speaking." And then feel free to say "no" to whatever telemarketing scheme they have. If they know your company that little, they rarely have legitimate business with you. (Kind of the way I screen calls at home -- if they can't pronounce my rather simple last name, I doubt they offer too much of value. Though I have to at least listen, on the off chance that it's a potential job calling for an interview.)
Telemarketing games
Date: 2003-09-11 02:49 pm (UTC)Re: Telemarketing games
Date: 2003-09-12 02:17 am (UTC)I temped at a company in Colorado Springs years back and got a funny story. The receptionist had an emergency doctor appointment, so the head of purchasing agreed to fill in. A telemarketer called, and was extremely rude when told the company was not interested. About an hour later -- when the head of purchasing was back at her desk -- she got a call from the same guy, who wanted to complain about the "rude secretary." The head of purchasing then blistered his ear before refusing him a second time. :)
Re: Telemarketing games
Date: 2003-09-12 05:30 pm (UTC)