Are you rude?

Customer Service? How about Customer Consideration? I don't mean that the Store Associate should be considerate of the Customer, I mean the other way around. Why must the Employee always have to be the nice one? The one who has to go out of their way to be nice or overly friendly? I think it's pretty common sense that you get what you give. Most of the times when there is a conflict with a store associate and a customer, its because the customer was rude first. I know. I have been on both sides. Think about it, the poor person behind the counter has to deal with many of “Us” every day. And you know, as well as I do that “We” are not a nice group of people. I have taken it upon myself to step up when I see or hear a customer taking their frustration out on a store employee. As a customer, we need to be more appreciative of the people that are there to serve us, be more thankful and considerate. But my all means, if you are treated bad, report it to a supervisor. Chances are it was the customer before you that got the associate all worked up and they are taking it out on you. I am sure this person must have some redeeming qualities that warrant they be paid to be in public view, after all they had to pass an interview... We hope! Be nice! You get what you give, and if you get nasty treatment, you probably deserved it! But then again, I do know that there are some pretty lazy, pathetic nasty employees out there too, why they even applied for the job in the first place is beyond me. When I see this behavior, I blame management. (snicker) Management sucks but that subject is for a different time.

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Pretty Cool!

I did not know this!

Did You?

Daylight Saving Time rules will change beginning in the year 2007.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins each year at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April in most of the United States and its territories. Clocks must be moved ahead one hour when DST goes into effect. DST is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the state of Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe DST).

Standard Time begins each year at 2 a.m on the last Sunday of October. Move your clocks back one hour at the resumption of Standard Time. Daylight Saving Time and time zones are regulated by the U. S. Department of Transportation, and not by NIST.

On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which includes changes in Daylight Saving Time, effective March 1, 2007. Therefore:

In 2006, DST will begin at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April (April 2, 2006) and Standard Time will begin at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October (October 29, 2006), as under the current rules.


However, beginning in 2007, DST will begin at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007) and Standard Time will begin at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November (November 4, 2007).

Free personality profile....

Here is mine! Enjoy! LOL

Updating your mobile phone or I-tunes is a regular occurrence. You are an early adopter and usually the first to have the very latest gizmo. You are stylish and take pride in your appearance

You are known to a lot of people and have many friends. Naturally some friends you class as closer than others. You will not waste time with you consider to be boring, prefering to keep company with more upbeat people with a positive outlook.

Friendly and fun is how your friends would describe you. Life is for living in the fast track and you could give lessons on this to most everyone. You can be seen making a mad rush from, thing to thing.

It won't have been the first time it has been suggested you spend a little more time to get in touch with your more reflective side.Though even the thought of this bores you as you can think of lots more interesting things to do.

You like a challenge and may be attracted by someone with a different maybe quieter personality and pursue them just for the chase. If they don’t then want to do all the exciting things that you do, you will get bored again.

Anyone you deem as too serious gets filed away as dull and inflexible. If you were to give them some time you might just discover your shadow personality!

You are a party lover and will be out on the town as often as finances, relationships and circumstances allow. You do not often turn down an invitation especially if it is to somewhere new and very “NOW”

Not for you an ivory tower, you like people and would wilt if you were deprived of company for any length of time.

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I guess I agree with it. Try it! It takes about 10 minutes and you have to register at the end to get your free mini report, but just click on the "don't bother me" buttons.. or give them a fake information.

How are you doing?

You know, that is a question we ask and get asked often many times a day. Are you one to ask it, and then not listen to the answer, or do you really care how the other person is doing. Or are you asked it and you answer with the standard “Good, thanks” or do you go into all your troubles or positives? I was on a job today and I lady came through the office to emptying all the smaller trashcans into her larger one on wheels. One older lady asked her how she was doing and her reply was not good. Seemed she was upset because her daughter had stolen money from her. $40.00. She said it was all the money she had to buy food with. She said all of this with a “woah is me” tone to her voice. The other woman who had asked made some small talk about the subject and the lady emptying the trash moved on to the next office. It really got me to thinking as to if someone really cares “How we are doing” Don’t ask if you don’t want to know. LOL But, after the lady had gone, the older lady turned to me and said “It’s always something with her!” She told me that the lady was always in a bind and the office had taken up collections for her in the past. I don’t think I would be asking her how she was doing anymore. What could you say instead of “How are you doing”? Unless you are genuinely interested in the answer. It just seems like standard chit chat that we say because we have to, it’s an ice breaker to get us to the guts of the conversation. Try telling someone you are lousy the next time the ask, I wonder if they will want to know more and offer a solution?

Live long enough to find the right one...

Thoughts?

Guess the Logo....

This is actually muich harder than I thought it was.

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Me...
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Wanna go for a ride?

Here's MACK! AKA Makepono, the one that this blog is named after. He loves to go for a ride! Today it was just a trip to McDonalds, but whenever I get ready to go someplace, he looks at me adn in hios own special way, asks if he can go too. It's really funny becuase he can tell and understands when I say no, he cant't go. When the answer is yes... he's the happiest dog in the world!

Gotta love a good Joan Crawford Video Mix!

No laughing or chair dancing! :)

Taking a Nap -- in the Empire State Building

Many recent studies conclude that we don't sleep enough during our working week. For example, the National Sleep Foundation -- the other NSF -- says that 40% of adults admit that the quality of their work suffers when they're sleepy. So what should we do? Take a nap during the day. But this practice is not widely supported by companies -- to say the least. If you live in Manhattan, a small company, MetroNaps, has a solution for you and is even "profiting from nonproductiveness," according to Wired News. All you have to do is to go to a suite in the 24th floor of the Empire State Building and pay $14 for a 20-minute nap in an adjustable and ergonomic chair. For people who don't live in Manhattan, Metronaps can rent you one of its pods for installation in your office. But you'll have to convince your HR department that you'll be more productive after a nap.

http://www.metronaps.com/