While it hasn't been everyday for the last month or so I have really been blogging on this site, I think I have pretty much doubled it's content, and the best part about it no cursing, woohoo. I may have alluded to a few, I may have admitted in parenthesis where I might have wanted to, but isn't that part of the deal if you can admit where you would have done something but don't actually do it is that no progress?
Am I a cussoholic of course, I grew up in new jersey. Think about it the shared state bird of new york and new jersey is the middle finger(no not the pigeon though we do have a lot of them) cussing is like a right of passage when you understand that not only do some folks need to be cussed out but that you need to be the one to do it you understand what it means to have grown up in jerz(say joisey to me and you get cut, I ain playin). So the fact that I am about to hit 20 posts on this here blog and a good 10 of them will have been since september I'm going to accept my YAY ME!
Now yes I am random, I could have sworn I warned you of that ahead of time am I opinionated yup though I have not shown as much of that yet, but again it takes a bit for me to stop dropping the F-bombs to say whats on my mind. Cause sometimes you just gotta call it how you see it, if I think your a stupid , of a dumb , I'm going to say it because somebody needs to. And before you say ooh growing up in jersey is a cop out no it's not, while we may appreciate subtlety in jersey(mainly because if you dig to deep you will find where the sewage, garbage, toxic waster, or bodies are buried) we also understand when our time is being wasted and when we might need to just stop you off and make you cut to the chase. Another thing there is a certain understanding I have towards people who I can tell are trying to steam roll over you if they think you have a kind heart, hey I believe in the golden rule treat others how you wish to be treated so if you come at men acting like you have or want something shoved up your rear I will be glad to oblige you. I am nice not because I am hard wired to be but because I understand I can be a little overbearing and eviscerating when I go after people on certain subjects. I call it how I see it and if I realize you have no point and are just hoping to bully your way through fine we can get this on and poppin, see to me this isn't a popularity contest I have sat back and watched the popular folks. Come to find out they are the puppets not the puppet masters, they have to do and say certain things, wear certain labels, be at certain places, and pretend to like certain things.
I mean I thought you wanted to be popular so you could set the trend not show yourself to be the first person on the bandwagon when I realized that popularity lost it's luster to me. I would rather be myself saying how I feel, and what I think then just be the first puppet at the front of the crowd, why I mean what is the benefit in it? Am I doing something I like maybe maybe not, am I getting some unbelievable amount of power uh uh I'm being driven by the current personally I prefer to be that tree growing in the middle of the stream I may not be stopping anything but you are forced to recognize my presence. I don't have to obstruct the progress but if and I repeat if there is an objection I will raise it. And if someone feels they need to reach out to get out of the current come towards me and I will be there, just who I have always been can my style be argumentative sure mainly because when folks have the mob behind them they really like to use that extra weight to try and push you aside, but if you can stand your ground and make them actually prove they understand their own point a snow ball turns back from the beginning of an avalanche back to a snow ball.
Because the mob is not always right, the mob is just the easiest. See if you go along with everyone else most likely because they do not wish to admit off top they are fools there is safety in numbers, but the truly exceptional the brilliant never have a problem standing on their own and showing hey here's the truth as well as my data to back it up come and prove me wrong. It ain about the infamous and ethereal that but about what I have discovered and what I would like you to put to the test. Rarely do they wish to be tested, if you test them you will probably find the chinks, cracks, and fissures in their armor. But if you just bow to the weight of the mob behind them well hey I will get off because I had the majority with me and we were all wrong we're sorry but I mean how were we supposed to know. Which is basically the enabler of ignorance not having to think about what your doing and just saying oh well the crowd is with me doesn't make you right, hell it might even make you cruel. And the crowd can often and easily be cruel because as a faceless mass previously there was little to no accountability. I mean when 10 plus people are pounding the hell out of you where do their arms, fists, feet and weapons end and their faces begin you may see the blood lust in their eyes but will you see much else? I doubt it.
Well it's Monday morning I hope all have a great week coming up, as always if you have something you want to add feel free I don't have a problem hearing another persons opinion. Just understand if you are gonna parrot someone else to me I will cut you off mainly because I want to interact with you and if you do not have you own opinion I can go out here in the ether and dig up someone else's speech to cut and past all by myself.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Weapon X where are you when I need you
As mad as I am about the out come of the game I could kind of see it coming. There is a rule in Philadelphia for our team to be good we have to not only have a good defensive line and nice corners we have to have a hard hitting safety that makes you scared to run the ball. Brian Dawkins was that hard hitting safety. You would think you had something going and out of nowhere you see deuce zero slicing in to lay a hit on a running back or a tight end over the middle and separate them from the ball.
To lose Jim Johnson was hard, he was a great defensive coordinator for 10 years you knew just how dominant the defense was going to be, and the defense was dominant because his general on the field understood the type of play that not only he wanted but that we expect as Philadelphia Eagles fans. If you are going to come onto a field with us we expect to you be looking over your shoulder, we expect running backs to be out there with their heads on a swivel wondering when somebody is going to lay a thunderous hit on them. And that thunderous hit was gonna come from one source mostly one of our safeties whether it was the free safety or the strong safety one of them was going to come in there and nail you so hard your teeth chattered and your knees buckled.
Our offense may from time to time have been finesse but our defense we might bend but not only were we not gonna break we were going to pound the living hell out of you. It was nice to see our D hold it's own against the run and save a few huge pass plays our pass defense was pretty good two, we twice had blown coverages it happens in games and versus a good team that will cost you. We also had a lot of offensive miscues if you lose the turnover battle you usually lose the game. We lost the turnover battle as well, but 20 used to be damn good at forcing fumbles and from time to time he would even get an interception or two, I know I have to move on but basically I really haven't had a chance to express my sense of loss. I am a firm believer that some people should never don a different uniform then the one they initially wore, unless they did not show greatness in their first uniform. Michael Jordan should have always been a chicago bull, Allen iverson and charles barkley should have always been sixers, shane battier a grizzly, shaquille o'neal a laker, emmit smith a cowboy, Tj houshmanzada a bengal, bruce smith a bill, dante culpepper a viking, and Brian Dawkins should always have been an eagle. Hell I thought I saw some undeserving player sporting his #2 jersey on the field.
You earn greatness, if you haven't matched the numbers of the person who used to wear that jersey you shouldn't even touch it. Nobody has worn #92 since Reggie White left Philadelphia and nobody should be donning number #20 either. That man was an icon in our secondary over 10 years of duty patrolling our secondary, a pro bowler for most of them I am glad he is still having success in denver but yeah screw denver we got nothing for our weapon and in a game where any other time you would be scared to come over the middle the cowboys were way to comfortable
To lose Jim Johnson was hard, he was a great defensive coordinator for 10 years you knew just how dominant the defense was going to be, and the defense was dominant because his general on the field understood the type of play that not only he wanted but that we expect as Philadelphia Eagles fans. If you are going to come onto a field with us we expect to you be looking over your shoulder, we expect running backs to be out there with their heads on a swivel wondering when somebody is going to lay a thunderous hit on them. And that thunderous hit was gonna come from one source mostly one of our safeties whether it was the free safety or the strong safety one of them was going to come in there and nail you so hard your teeth chattered and your knees buckled.
Our offense may from time to time have been finesse but our defense we might bend but not only were we not gonna break we were going to pound the living hell out of you. It was nice to see our D hold it's own against the run and save a few huge pass plays our pass defense was pretty good two, we twice had blown coverages it happens in games and versus a good team that will cost you. We also had a lot of offensive miscues if you lose the turnover battle you usually lose the game. We lost the turnover battle as well, but 20 used to be damn good at forcing fumbles and from time to time he would even get an interception or two, I know I have to move on but basically I really haven't had a chance to express my sense of loss. I am a firm believer that some people should never don a different uniform then the one they initially wore, unless they did not show greatness in their first uniform. Michael Jordan should have always been a chicago bull, Allen iverson and charles barkley should have always been sixers, shane battier a grizzly, shaquille o'neal a laker, emmit smith a cowboy, Tj houshmanzada a bengal, bruce smith a bill, dante culpepper a viking, and Brian Dawkins should always have been an eagle. Hell I thought I saw some undeserving player sporting his #2 jersey on the field.
You earn greatness, if you haven't matched the numbers of the person who used to wear that jersey you shouldn't even touch it. Nobody has worn #92 since Reggie White left Philadelphia and nobody should be donning number #20 either. That man was an icon in our secondary over 10 years of duty patrolling our secondary, a pro bowler for most of them I am glad he is still having success in denver but yeah screw denver we got nothing for our weapon and in a game where any other time you would be scared to come over the middle the cowboys were way to comfortable
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Why I like the nice neighborhood liquor store versus the one down the street
There is a liquor store up in Germantown, down the street from the Wolfchase Galleria that I do most of my alcohol shoppin in. It's a good 15 minutes away from my house, why because I neither like the costumer service nor do I like the selection at the one in the neighborhood. Now yes I do live in a mostly black neighborhood and as such the liquor store has all of it's product behind bulletproof glass, I'm used to that. I am even used to them charging $2 or $3 dollars more then a liquor store in a more affluent neighborhood. What I am not used to is 1st the person selling me my alcohol not knowing their liquor, look I know you may be used to folks trying to drown their lives and miserable existences away in cheap alcohol. Maybe once in a blue moon they may throw a party and want the expensive stuff but for the most part it's rot gut all day.That does not excuse you from knowing your product, what if you have someone who just moved into the neighborhood that not only likes to buy the good stuff but on top of that like to buy the ingredients to make mixed drinks. If I want to talk to you or ask if you have any similar replacements what happens, oh you can't help me? On top of that just because the majority of your customers are lower middle class does that mean they deserve shoddy customer service? So yeah quickest way to get me to not shop at your establishment have shoddy customer service.
Now the one I like man, they have a big selection I can walk around the store, and if I talk to one of the sales staff they can give me some decent recommendations on what is a good replacement for something they either don't have or possibly that I have not tried before. Now understand when I go out to buy alcohol I usually on average spend between 60-100 bucks I'm usually either stocking up or restocking and trying to fill in what I need to make various drinks in case I throw a party or something. I like to drink and on top of liking to drink I also fashion myself a hobbyist bartender, so having the ingredients to make damn near anything is pretty high on my list. So if you treat me right anywhere from once to twice a month(I don't go every week like I used to economy is bad and I am trying to save up a little cash for the holidays) you're gonna get a decent sale.
Now some might wanna say well it is a liquor store in whats probably a less then stellar neighborhood doesn't matter I manage surveillance systems for liquor stores in far worse neighborhoods than this and the comparison of customer service between the two isn't even close. Hell you could barely tell what type of neighborhood is outside the walls(except for the bullet proof glass) by the way they treat their customers. In my mind those folks just understand rich or poor these folks are paying my bills if I treat them right they will continue to come in and patronize my business. Now granted in this neighborhood I think it is a just a matter of the customer base not believing that they deserve better service, I don't care how down and out I may be I ain got to spend my money with you. I just don't now unlike other products yes you can drink alcohol, Ijust doubt you are gonna wanna drink it every day in lieu of not giving me decent service.
Plus Wayne's wine & liquor has lots of sake and plum wine, and for a discerning customer like me the more exotic alcohol you have the harder it is for me to keep my spending below 60 bucks, because I wanna have the good stuff and lots of it. I don't know why but good customer service in my mind because it is so rare needs to be rewarded, I will shop at you establishment just to make sure you keep those type of employees around. Oh well enough mini ranting about lousy CS I hope you had a good weekend and a nice relaxing sunday
Now the one I like man, they have a big selection I can walk around the store, and if I talk to one of the sales staff they can give me some decent recommendations on what is a good replacement for something they either don't have or possibly that I have not tried before. Now understand when I go out to buy alcohol I usually on average spend between 60-100 bucks I'm usually either stocking up or restocking and trying to fill in what I need to make various drinks in case I throw a party or something. I like to drink and on top of liking to drink I also fashion myself a hobbyist bartender, so having the ingredients to make damn near anything is pretty high on my list. So if you treat me right anywhere from once to twice a month(I don't go every week like I used to economy is bad and I am trying to save up a little cash for the holidays) you're gonna get a decent sale.
Now some might wanna say well it is a liquor store in whats probably a less then stellar neighborhood doesn't matter I manage surveillance systems for liquor stores in far worse neighborhoods than this and the comparison of customer service between the two isn't even close. Hell you could barely tell what type of neighborhood is outside the walls(except for the bullet proof glass) by the way they treat their customers. In my mind those folks just understand rich or poor these folks are paying my bills if I treat them right they will continue to come in and patronize my business. Now granted in this neighborhood I think it is a just a matter of the customer base not believing that they deserve better service, I don't care how down and out I may be I ain got to spend my money with you. I just don't now unlike other products yes you can drink alcohol, Ijust doubt you are gonna wanna drink it every day in lieu of not giving me decent service.
Plus Wayne's wine & liquor has lots of sake and plum wine, and for a discerning customer like me the more exotic alcohol you have the harder it is for me to keep my spending below 60 bucks, because I wanna have the good stuff and lots of it. I don't know why but good customer service in my mind because it is so rare needs to be rewarded, I will shop at you establishment just to make sure you keep those type of employees around. Oh well enough mini ranting about lousy CS I hope you had a good weekend and a nice relaxing sunday
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Yay it's saturday
Looks like I am not officially working today. I say that because once we get past 12 o'clock on a saturday if I ain working I'm usually not gonna be working for the rest of the day.(by the way don't pay any attention to my seeming to have forgotten to turn my clock back I have. my desktop that I am currently blogging on is set to east coast time, if I was on my laptop it's set to central) This has been a hard week, I mean I've detailed some of my pains but nationally just wow. That rapist in cleveland where they are still trying to make sure they have all the bodies, the shooting at fort hood, then that maniac yesterday in orlando(and why go to your mama's house after you pull some crap like that. They ain gonna stop looking for you just cause your at MOM's pssssh) way too much mourning going on.
As for me personally I actually do have to go see a customer, his computer was down the other day and unfortunately I have not been back in his direction since wednesday so I need to go check on his situation. Past that I plan to lay back and relax too many long nights this week. Damn it I jinxed it now I gotta go work oh well will finish blogging later
As for me personally I actually do have to go see a customer, his computer was down the other day and unfortunately I have not been back in his direction since wednesday so I need to go check on his situation. Past that I plan to lay back and relax too many long nights this week. Damn it I jinxed it now I gotta go work oh well will finish blogging later
Friday, November 6, 2009
What do you say on a day like this
I say day but the majority of the fireworks happened yesterday, I know that MSNBC will have pictures and videos of the horror that was the Ft. Hood shooting they also have a video of something that man it's just so many pieces of disrespect rolled into one. The Dachau Germany photo, I wanna call that tasteless(no I am not gonna look for the link to that, there are words for that disgrace but they are against the rules of this blog), then they are more photos comparing our current president to hitler or at least his administration to the nazi (actually I have a friend who usually keeps up on this let me see if Laffy at political carnival already has it up, hmm nope not this time) germany. Msnbc has video of it but as it has the dachau photos sorry no dice. Besides that piece of poor taste being held up by a member of the "press corp" at the house minorities press conference(rally, secessionist meeting), the "patriotic geniuses" who don't know the difference between the declaration and the constitution seem to have failed civics in one other major area: Care of our flag. I mean you do know the rules don't you?
Every 6th grader should know this rule: Our flag is not allowed to touch terra firma yup our flag is to be handled with care, it's not allowed to touch the ground for it to do so is a disgrace to the flag. And for a flag to have touched the ground there are special rules for disposal here are the flag codes from ushistory.org . And I will commend them they are non partison in showing they're violations they just need to catch up with today and this rule in particular
And even if it is not an actual flag but the symbol of the flag, say on a rug(by the way if you are wearing US flag shorts that a violation too) and upholstered piece of furniture(that too is a no no), You can't have any symbols superimposed on the flag(you can take a photo in front of it I believe but you cannot be on the flag or have anything printed onto the flag). Now most patriotic americans if they see their flag falling should jump to either catch it or find some way to keep it from hitting the ground. But not the good old GOP flag hit the ground whoops they just picked it up and went about their little spectacle.
Now ladies and gentlemen I am all about a good debate. I have no problem talking to someone about an issue that we may not agree on, but if you are gonna throw around the word patriot first get a dictionary and find out what it means(websters has a website I'm not going to do it all for you) and then ACT LIKE ONE. Our country is in trouble on so many levels and yet a portion of our country is not only in lala land, but they are trying to force the rest of us to join them there while they play their violins like nero in rome. No thanks, I mean seriously things can be fixed if people work together but if all you can offer is an impediment get your cheeks off to the side so the rest of us can fix things. Maybe it's the poker player in me but when I look at a situation I always weigh my options and I go by the worst case scenario, if I do this this is the worst thing that will happen if I'm wrong and if I do that this is the worst thing that will happen if I'm wrong. And when I say worst I do mean worst, I get anal about it thing waaaay out there. And which ever options worst is less colossally terrible thats the option I pick. The problem is the right, republican or conservative citizens of this country only seem to drink the heavily spiked kool aid, or else only own rose colored glasses and contacts.
I say this because the positions they take if they are wrong man is it (and usually it works out that way) disastrous, I'd swear daredevil or stevie wonder could see the problem about to smack them in the head a mile before they do. Not only that but what ever happened to fact checking, or doing your research. How are you say 55+ complaining you don't want the government to touch you health care when you are about to get on MEDICARE which is a government health care plan? How can you listen to a bunch of charlatans talking about the EVILS OF GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE when if they are an elected official guess what they are getting government run health care and you are paying for it. I mean I would love to ask how clueless could you be but then all I would have to do is tune into Fox "News". I will not deny being a lefty, so that yes there is some bias to the way I see the world but my bias doesn't ignore facts, figures or logic. If your right and your data checks out your right, I have no problem admitting that now if your wrong can you do the same. I mean my favorite is being in say a business environment where you talk to one of them as they complain about how all liberals want a free hand out, don't want to work(with my liberal bootay sitting right next to them working), refuses to sacrifice or pull themselves up by their boot straps(I'm black so I ain even gonna touch that today, maybe in the future remember the no cussing rule).
You know what let me drop that, stupidity does make me cuss and I ain gonna do that here(now if I raid out to play and cuss up a storm I just do kay okay). Fort Hood wow, I mean the person who was supposed to be there to help the soldiers deal with their traumatic experiences during their deployment lost it right before he was to be deployed. Unfoturnately the man has a name that could be arabic, or middle eastern or of any other decent from that region with no religious tie to it what soever. In this day and age though people are lazy, they aren't really gonna do the research nope see it's those dang muslims. Xenophobia is not what we want to rule the day now or ever, all it leads to is pain and bad decisions, trust me hating someone or something because they are different then you never ends well.
I know this is a little deeper then I usually get with this blog, I do for the most part tend to keep this somewhat light hearted not because I can't discuss serious things, usually I just cuss while doing it
Every 6th grader should know this rule: Our flag is not allowed to touch terra firma yup our flag is to be handled with care, it's not allowed to touch the ground for it to do so is a disgrace to the flag. And for a flag to have touched the ground there are special rules for disposal here are the flag codes from ushistory.org . And I will commend them they are non partison in showing they're violations they just need to catch up with today and this rule in particular
Section 8b of the Flag Code reads, " The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground..."
And even if it is not an actual flag but the symbol of the flag, say on a rug(by the way if you are wearing US flag shorts that a violation too) and upholstered piece of furniture(that too is a no no), You can't have any symbols superimposed on the flag(you can take a photo in front of it I believe but you cannot be on the flag or have anything printed onto the flag). Now most patriotic americans if they see their flag falling should jump to either catch it or find some way to keep it from hitting the ground. But not the good old GOP flag hit the ground whoops they just picked it up and went about their little spectacle.
Now ladies and gentlemen I am all about a good debate. I have no problem talking to someone about an issue that we may not agree on, but if you are gonna throw around the word patriot first get a dictionary and find out what it means(websters has a website I'm not going to do it all for you) and then ACT LIKE ONE. Our country is in trouble on so many levels and yet a portion of our country is not only in lala land, but they are trying to force the rest of us to join them there while they play their violins like nero in rome. No thanks, I mean seriously things can be fixed if people work together but if all you can offer is an impediment get your cheeks off to the side so the rest of us can fix things. Maybe it's the poker player in me but when I look at a situation I always weigh my options and I go by the worst case scenario, if I do this this is the worst thing that will happen if I'm wrong and if I do that this is the worst thing that will happen if I'm wrong. And when I say worst I do mean worst, I get anal about it thing waaaay out there. And which ever options worst is less colossally terrible thats the option I pick. The problem is the right, republican or conservative citizens of this country only seem to drink the heavily spiked kool aid, or else only own rose colored glasses and contacts.
I say this because the positions they take if they are wrong man is it (and usually it works out that way) disastrous, I'd swear daredevil or stevie wonder could see the problem about to smack them in the head a mile before they do. Not only that but what ever happened to fact checking, or doing your research. How are you say 55+ complaining you don't want the government to touch you health care when you are about to get on MEDICARE which is a government health care plan? How can you listen to a bunch of charlatans talking about the EVILS OF GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE when if they are an elected official guess what they are getting government run health care and you are paying for it. I mean I would love to ask how clueless could you be but then all I would have to do is tune into Fox "News". I will not deny being a lefty, so that yes there is some bias to the way I see the world but my bias doesn't ignore facts, figures or logic. If your right and your data checks out your right, I have no problem admitting that now if your wrong can you do the same. I mean my favorite is being in say a business environment where you talk to one of them as they complain about how all liberals want a free hand out, don't want to work(with my liberal bootay sitting right next to them working), refuses to sacrifice or pull themselves up by their boot straps(I'm black so I ain even gonna touch that today, maybe in the future remember the no cussing rule).
You know what let me drop that, stupidity does make me cuss and I ain gonna do that here(now if I raid out to play and cuss up a storm I just do kay okay). Fort Hood wow, I mean the person who was supposed to be there to help the soldiers deal with their traumatic experiences during their deployment lost it right before he was to be deployed. Unfoturnately the man has a name that could be arabic, or middle eastern or of any other decent from that region with no religious tie to it what soever. In this day and age though people are lazy, they aren't really gonna do the research nope see it's those dang muslims. Xenophobia is not what we want to rule the day now or ever, all it leads to is pain and bad decisions, trust me hating someone or something because they are different then you never ends well.
I know this is a little deeper then I usually get with this blog, I do for the most part tend to keep this somewhat light hearted not because I can't discuss serious things, usually I just cuss while doing it
Thursday, November 5, 2009
And finally PRIMAL has made it back to tupelo
I mean granted I could have written this monday night because after the hullabaloo(shut it I know old word so what) of a flat tire, a flat spare, a drained battery and then still taking my tired dusty(actually my cousin decided he wanted to go and to hell with what me or the boss said) behind to jackson and gloster monday night I had made it to Tupelo(you know evil red under squigglies if I don't want to capitalize a letter I won't and if I want to make up a word, I like squigglies better then squiggles, I will) but since I still had car trouble I don't really count that. Now today we made it all the way out there with absolutely no car trouble so HUZZAH! On the way back we got a service call, one of our customers has a problem with his surveillance system(of his own making).
Now ladies and gentleman I am a fair man, I live by a simple creed if I don't work I don't expect to get paid(unless the reason I can't work is because you dragged me out somewhere and then forced me to wait for you all damn day and your taking you sweet old time, yes there was gonna be a 3 letter colorful metaphor there but I caught myself, showing up my time is money respect it or pay for it) but if I do work SHOW ME THE MONEY. Now while the customers system is under warranty so that anything system wise that goes wrong by no fault of the user then I have to show up with my trusty cd case, screw driver and other tools to try and fix it. Now if I show up and you've been on the internet have a bunch of viruses, registry errors, new programs on it, have filled up the boot drive to almost no space left and have 50 things trying to run at system start up, that is not system error but user error and just like anybody else I am charging you for the convenience of fixing your errors. May I cut you a deal sure, if you wish to call my boss you MIGHT get a better deal, but don't talk to me like hey lemme get that, or start trying to hustle me for some free, talking about how it broke down once I left or while I was here. I don't leave unless your system is working or else I tell you what is not working and we agree to come back in the morning. Period I am a professional, I'm human but a professional I do not like leaving you with shoddy workmanship period, looks bad on me and my company.
Now if I can get on the phone with you and talk you through it fine, I will no harm no foul, no fee. But if I show up it's a service call and unless you called the boss first and he said no fee, your paying at least the basic service fee. And depending on what you need done you may or may not have to pay more for it. Sometimes it is something simple, takes 15-20 minutes and I'm in and out the door small fee. But if it's something that is extremely complex and I gotta sit there and either start playing with the registry, removing and reinstalling programs, or completely reloading the system that costs more. And by the way unless you just completely bug the hell out of my boss I am not doing a reload onsite. Uh uh, I do not know what I'm gonna need that you don't have and I know I have or can get most of it back at the "shop" you wanna buy my tools from me fine, just like anyone else there will be a slight mark up but I will give you a free lesson. Again don't insult me by once I finish the work trying to talk me out of our already agreed upon price, two things are going to happen, if I do take less then we initially agreed upon it's gonna be extremely hard to get me to pick up the phone again when you call my number. Second any of the things I was willing to do because you were just a nice customer nope now I gotta get paid for every last thing. You play nice you get nice, there are customers who because they have such a great rapport with us I show up I work and I walk away without even worrying about collecting a dime. They scratch our back and I am glad to scratch theirs.
You are dealing with me trust me that is the list you wanna be on. You call and get through when I answer hell I will come out on a sunday for you(and yes I complained to my boss about working sundays but I have gone out for our better customers), because I understand you appreciate and understand how important my work is to you. You bought a surveillance system for you store because your trying your best to protect your property I appreciate that. You're not always sure who is gonna be the one to cost you money, or cause shrinkage but you would like me to help you manage it if possible. This isn't a problem, we are glad to help if you have a problem with me give me a call or give my boss a call and we can talk it out. Misunderstandings happen and we are all adults here, and like adults if we let cooler heads prevail we can talk it out.
Now I won't lie between dvr's and the various dvr cards we deal with sometimes I might be a little slow in remembering exactly what card you have or how your dvr in particular works but once I ask a few questions boom it usually helps me get right back up to speed. And while one of my coworkers may not be the worlds most patient don't worry I'm not gonna blow up on you, I understand if you were the most computer literate you probably wouldn't be calling me. You have a business to run and you want me to help you make things easier, and I am dedicated to doing that. Just don't think that me being nice means I'm a fool. You can call me buddy, pal, my friend whatever little pet nick name you have for me but once you start trying to screw me over, I'm blocking out the bull and focusing in on the business. My time is money, and if I'm not getting paid in some capacity for my time then I can spend my time elsewhere. By the way if I gotta drive more then 2 hours to get to your site be there when I get there I drove there I have to drive back and I don't wanna spend all day waiting to get my work done. If your not understand when I leave if I leave without working it's gonna cost more to get me to come back PERIOD. I've already wasted time and gas to get out there and for those past 2 hours that is pretty much my entire day dedicated to your site and your problems, now possibly there is other stuff I can do out there but if your the furthers drive you are my reason for being out that day and past you my schedule is clear unless there are other customers on the way back from you that I might be able to get to. No guarantees because you might need me for 5+ hours and travel time is included in my day.
And please don't nickel and dime me cause again you want me to pick up the phone when you are having a problem and might need me to make a long drive, or talk you through it. If you can't afford something that is okay I try to be honest with you up front, I don't like springing large bills on people I want you fully aware of what is happening, and aware of anyways that you can get things done efficiently and cost effectively.
Okay got rambley so yes, made it back to tupelo cleared up some business, on the way home cleared up one of two problems a pair of different customers had. One I need to go back to tomorrow and drop off some merchandise and give him a lesson while he decides what he wants to do about some system problems he is having. It's of a sensitive nature to him and I understand and respect that and will do all I can to help, but it is a slightly expensive process because of all the steps it is going to entail. He is gonna get my best effort and is going to hopefully be satisfied when I am done.
aiight I think this bad boy is long enough thanks for stopping by and reading and congratulations to the new york yankees 2009 world series champions my phillies just didn't have it in them this year, but it was a hell of a year and wow did they give me some great memories
Now ladies and gentleman I am a fair man, I live by a simple creed if I don't work I don't expect to get paid(unless the reason I can't work is because you dragged me out somewhere and then forced me to wait for you all damn day and your taking you sweet old time, yes there was gonna be a 3 letter colorful metaphor there but I caught myself, showing up my time is money respect it or pay for it) but if I do work SHOW ME THE MONEY. Now while the customers system is under warranty so that anything system wise that goes wrong by no fault of the user then I have to show up with my trusty cd case, screw driver and other tools to try and fix it. Now if I show up and you've been on the internet have a bunch of viruses, registry errors, new programs on it, have filled up the boot drive to almost no space left and have 50 things trying to run at system start up, that is not system error but user error and just like anybody else I am charging you for the convenience of fixing your errors. May I cut you a deal sure, if you wish to call my boss you MIGHT get a better deal, but don't talk to me like hey lemme get that, or start trying to hustle me for some free, talking about how it broke down once I left or while I was here. I don't leave unless your system is working or else I tell you what is not working and we agree to come back in the morning. Period I am a professional, I'm human but a professional I do not like leaving you with shoddy workmanship period, looks bad on me and my company.
Now if I can get on the phone with you and talk you through it fine, I will no harm no foul, no fee. But if I show up it's a service call and unless you called the boss first and he said no fee, your paying at least the basic service fee. And depending on what you need done you may or may not have to pay more for it. Sometimes it is something simple, takes 15-20 minutes and I'm in and out the door small fee. But if it's something that is extremely complex and I gotta sit there and either start playing with the registry, removing and reinstalling programs, or completely reloading the system that costs more. And by the way unless you just completely bug the hell out of my boss I am not doing a reload onsite. Uh uh, I do not know what I'm gonna need that you don't have and I know I have or can get most of it back at the "shop" you wanna buy my tools from me fine, just like anyone else there will be a slight mark up but I will give you a free lesson. Again don't insult me by once I finish the work trying to talk me out of our already agreed upon price, two things are going to happen, if I do take less then we initially agreed upon it's gonna be extremely hard to get me to pick up the phone again when you call my number. Second any of the things I was willing to do because you were just a nice customer nope now I gotta get paid for every last thing. You play nice you get nice, there are customers who because they have such a great rapport with us I show up I work and I walk away without even worrying about collecting a dime. They scratch our back and I am glad to scratch theirs.
You are dealing with me trust me that is the list you wanna be on. You call and get through when I answer hell I will come out on a sunday for you(and yes I complained to my boss about working sundays but I have gone out for our better customers), because I understand you appreciate and understand how important my work is to you. You bought a surveillance system for you store because your trying your best to protect your property I appreciate that. You're not always sure who is gonna be the one to cost you money, or cause shrinkage but you would like me to help you manage it if possible. This isn't a problem, we are glad to help if you have a problem with me give me a call or give my boss a call and we can talk it out. Misunderstandings happen and we are all adults here, and like adults if we let cooler heads prevail we can talk it out.
Now I won't lie between dvr's and the various dvr cards we deal with sometimes I might be a little slow in remembering exactly what card you have or how your dvr in particular works but once I ask a few questions boom it usually helps me get right back up to speed. And while one of my coworkers may not be the worlds most patient don't worry I'm not gonna blow up on you, I understand if you were the most computer literate you probably wouldn't be calling me. You have a business to run and you want me to help you make things easier, and I am dedicated to doing that. Just don't think that me being nice means I'm a fool. You can call me buddy, pal, my friend whatever little pet nick name you have for me but once you start trying to screw me over, I'm blocking out the bull and focusing in on the business. My time is money, and if I'm not getting paid in some capacity for my time then I can spend my time elsewhere. By the way if I gotta drive more then 2 hours to get to your site be there when I get there I drove there I have to drive back and I don't wanna spend all day waiting to get my work done. If your not understand when I leave if I leave without working it's gonna cost more to get me to come back PERIOD. I've already wasted time and gas to get out there and for those past 2 hours that is pretty much my entire day dedicated to your site and your problems, now possibly there is other stuff I can do out there but if your the furthers drive you are my reason for being out that day and past you my schedule is clear unless there are other customers on the way back from you that I might be able to get to. No guarantees because you might need me for 5+ hours and travel time is included in my day.
And please don't nickel and dime me cause again you want me to pick up the phone when you are having a problem and might need me to make a long drive, or talk you through it. If you can't afford something that is okay I try to be honest with you up front, I don't like springing large bills on people I want you fully aware of what is happening, and aware of anyways that you can get things done efficiently and cost effectively.
Okay got rambley so yes, made it back to tupelo cleared up some business, on the way home cleared up one of two problems a pair of different customers had. One I need to go back to tomorrow and drop off some merchandise and give him a lesson while he decides what he wants to do about some system problems he is having. It's of a sensitive nature to him and I understand and respect that and will do all I can to help, but it is a slightly expensive process because of all the steps it is going to entail. He is gonna get my best effort and is going to hopefully be satisfied when I am done.
aiight I think this bad boy is long enough thanks for stopping by and reading and congratulations to the new york yankees 2009 world series champions my phillies just didn't have it in them this year, but it was a hell of a year and wow did they give me some great memories
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Mostly laidback sunday
For those of you who do not know, I was born in philadelphia, pennsylvania. At the time my dad was in the marines (which consequently always gives me a nice bit of humor when it is time for me to give folks my birth certificate but I digress) and I was born on the base. As such I grew up a philly sports fan, and I mean a real fan I went to the games of pretty much all the teams Sixers, Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, Wings(the lacrosse team for those who don't know that name). And yes I am a typical philly sports fan I cheer if you play hard boo if your stinking up the joint and I will go down for you every year. I'm such a homer that I only watch the superbowl if my team is in it to not give any ratings to the other teams(yeah yeah I know but what about the game, while I am a football fan I wanna watch the eagles play). And kind of sick irony living down here in memphis tennesse I'm in cowboys country that's right no matter how much the cowboys are sucking at the time if they are on and my eagles are on the cowboys are on my TV. Thankfully I have found some sites with nice gamecasts/gamecenters etc that can if nothing else show me the play by plays. It's not the same as watching it but it is way better then waiting til after the game to watch the highlights on ESPN, or the NFL network.
Before you ask yes I anguish like most philly fans as the post season nears I don't care what sport because sometimes we will overachieve(sixers since AI left), sometimes we will come close (eagles almost every year), sometimes we will drive you insane(flyers I'm just gonna leave it at that) and of course sometimes we just win (phillies). I know we get trash talked to us because we are supposed to be the worst fans in the world, but come on we're pretty fair if you think about it if you play with all your heart here and leave it on the field, court, or ice we will love you forever. If all you ever do is run your mouth and under perform we don't need you. Call it blue collar, call it hard nosed we don't care if I got pony up money to see you play I better get my money's worth. Nobody embodied that more then allen iverson, anybody who says they don't get their monies worth watching iverson is lieing the guy leaves it all on the court. Every second he is on there, he may not go to practice but he plays til the final whistle and it isn't about his stats. A few years ago we had a game were he had 8 points but we were losing by double digits with a few minutes left, he had a streak I think he had scored double digits every game of his career to that point. We couldn't win he sat and let a few rookies get some playing time. Think about it, he could have been in the hall of fame or had the record for most games with 10 or more points but he ain about personal records he wants to win.
In my opinion billy king got fired two seasons too late. Yeah yeah I know what time it is yes I saw the phillies lose, it was a heart breaker we were where we wanted to be top of the 9th tie game, our closer at the mound. Good job by Johnny Damon, that double steal took away lidge's slider and as they say the faster it comes in the faster it goes out. Can we fight back to new york, yes we can. But not if our bats don't wake up yes we allowed a whole bunch of runs through either errors or boneheaded pitching but the last two games our offense has pretty much died when we needed it. It's kinda funny in each series before this we were kings of the RBI whether it was ruiz, howard, or werth we could get somebody on base and then somebody would drive the runs in. This series too many errors and just can't seem to get a decent rhythm going. I mean we can do damage with two outs we just aren't.
I know changed the entire direction of the blog, but as I have said before I am a random person. I have millions of thoughts pouring through my head at any point in time and what comes out is what comes out. Sometimes it will be entertaining, sometimes informative, sometimes it will be odd and wrong(though for the purposes of this blog I have tamped that down, but if you find my name on other sites well uncensored me it is). I think I am starting to like this format a little bit more. Say it the long way, yes I know I love the speed of a four letter send off but this is kinda forcing me to use the rest of my vocabulary which I have not done in a long time. I used to be a lot more creative, I won't say as prolific I mean I can spin a tall tale with the best of them(and might here), I can engage on almost any subject, but I do like to curse when I do it. Call it my small bit of rebellion against the rest of the so called intelligentsia, I hate pretense and pompousness it just irks the hell out of me. And as much as some say profanity is the domain of the small mind that is a lie. I mean think about it, if brevity is the soul of wit and the quickest way to tell someone off is a curse word, how is being profane small minded, in essence it is brief. In reality just like with free speech folks want to be able to say stuff and control what you say back to them, which in essense isn't free speech.
You can tell when somebody is trying to tune you up to curse them out, they just hope you don't oblige them. Usually I will on here I won't. Which is kinda funny I don't give this blog any pub currently as I don't know what I wanna do with it how can I ask folks to read it? I mean I have a few ideas, but as I have yet to really get them off the ground how can I tout my blog on such and such site? I mean yes I tout my ply blog mainly because it has a good year and a halfs worth of material. My rants of going to various places for work, driving here in the M or my visit to the ATL this year. My compositions on there are extremely scattershot to say the least, I don't think I have too many subjects of common theme on there save some rants about mississippi and tennessee drivers. I mean there are a few movie reviews(which I haven't done in a while, hell I went to see astro boy last week too it was good by the way), I think a few drink recipes, some pictures from when I barbequed over the summer(not of me barbecueing I was holding the camera).
IN essence it was like actually spending a few moments in my mind(trust me you don't wanna be in there too long I'm a little bit maniacal so you don't wanna be driven slightly mad thinking ok what is he serious about and what is he playing about) and yahoo 360 man that one well that one saw some extreme highs and lows, a few of the blogs on myspace too.
Ya know I don't wanna let this be too random, this was another glimpse into who I am. Yes blogging for the sake of putting something on this blog so in essence I get used to coming here to blog. To living within the rules I set for the blog and letting my creativity flow through it. I'm not really one for limits or rules, I have always had a problem with authority so to force myself to work within some is gonna probably pay dividends in the future. Hopefully you will see examples of that here.
Okay off to drown my sorrows in some alcohol after a tough loss
Before you ask yes I anguish like most philly fans as the post season nears I don't care what sport because sometimes we will overachieve(sixers since AI left), sometimes we will come close (eagles almost every year), sometimes we will drive you insane(flyers I'm just gonna leave it at that) and of course sometimes we just win (phillies). I know we get trash talked to us because we are supposed to be the worst fans in the world, but come on we're pretty fair if you think about it if you play with all your heart here and leave it on the field, court, or ice we will love you forever. If all you ever do is run your mouth and under perform we don't need you. Call it blue collar, call it hard nosed we don't care if I got pony up money to see you play I better get my money's worth. Nobody embodied that more then allen iverson, anybody who says they don't get their monies worth watching iverson is lieing the guy leaves it all on the court. Every second he is on there, he may not go to practice but he plays til the final whistle and it isn't about his stats. A few years ago we had a game were he had 8 points but we were losing by double digits with a few minutes left, he had a streak I think he had scored double digits every game of his career to that point. We couldn't win he sat and let a few rookies get some playing time. Think about it, he could have been in the hall of fame or had the record for most games with 10 or more points but he ain about personal records he wants to win.
In my opinion billy king got fired two seasons too late. Yeah yeah I know what time it is yes I saw the phillies lose, it was a heart breaker we were where we wanted to be top of the 9th tie game, our closer at the mound. Good job by Johnny Damon, that double steal took away lidge's slider and as they say the faster it comes in the faster it goes out. Can we fight back to new york, yes we can. But not if our bats don't wake up yes we allowed a whole bunch of runs through either errors or boneheaded pitching but the last two games our offense has pretty much died when we needed it. It's kinda funny in each series before this we were kings of the RBI whether it was ruiz, howard, or werth we could get somebody on base and then somebody would drive the runs in. This series too many errors and just can't seem to get a decent rhythm going. I mean we can do damage with two outs we just aren't.
I know changed the entire direction of the blog, but as I have said before I am a random person. I have millions of thoughts pouring through my head at any point in time and what comes out is what comes out. Sometimes it will be entertaining, sometimes informative, sometimes it will be odd and wrong(though for the purposes of this blog I have tamped that down, but if you find my name on other sites well uncensored me it is). I think I am starting to like this format a little bit more. Say it the long way, yes I know I love the speed of a four letter send off but this is kinda forcing me to use the rest of my vocabulary which I have not done in a long time. I used to be a lot more creative, I won't say as prolific I mean I can spin a tall tale with the best of them(and might here), I can engage on almost any subject, but I do like to curse when I do it. Call it my small bit of rebellion against the rest of the so called intelligentsia, I hate pretense and pompousness it just irks the hell out of me. And as much as some say profanity is the domain of the small mind that is a lie. I mean think about it, if brevity is the soul of wit and the quickest way to tell someone off is a curse word, how is being profane small minded, in essence it is brief. In reality just like with free speech folks want to be able to say stuff and control what you say back to them, which in essense isn't free speech.
You can tell when somebody is trying to tune you up to curse them out, they just hope you don't oblige them. Usually I will on here I won't. Which is kinda funny I don't give this blog any pub currently as I don't know what I wanna do with it how can I ask folks to read it? I mean I have a few ideas, but as I have yet to really get them off the ground how can I tout my blog on such and such site? I mean yes I tout my ply blog mainly because it has a good year and a halfs worth of material. My rants of going to various places for work, driving here in the M or my visit to the ATL this year. My compositions on there are extremely scattershot to say the least, I don't think I have too many subjects of common theme on there save some rants about mississippi and tennessee drivers. I mean there are a few movie reviews(which I haven't done in a while, hell I went to see astro boy last week too it was good by the way), I think a few drink recipes, some pictures from when I barbequed over the summer(not of me barbecueing I was holding the camera).
IN essence it was like actually spending a few moments in my mind(trust me you don't wanna be in there too long I'm a little bit maniacal so you don't wanna be driven slightly mad thinking ok what is he serious about and what is he playing about) and yahoo 360 man that one well that one saw some extreme highs and lows, a few of the blogs on myspace too.
Ya know I don't wanna let this be too random, this was another glimpse into who I am. Yes blogging for the sake of putting something on this blog so in essence I get used to coming here to blog. To living within the rules I set for the blog and letting my creativity flow through it. I'm not really one for limits or rules, I have always had a problem with authority so to force myself to work within some is gonna probably pay dividends in the future. Hopefully you will see examples of that here.
Okay off to drown my sorrows in some alcohol after a tough loss
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