scheming daemons
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:21 PM
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Today, I caved and I'm so ashamed |
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I had scheduled a 1pm meeting with the customer.
At 12:30, they called and said they had a conflict and asked if I could move the meeting to 3pm.
I (gulp) caved and said yes.
I'm so ashamed. I should've stood firm on the 1pm time slot and told them to go to hell. What was I thinking?
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:22 PM
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1. Yeah, because that's EXACTLY what happened. |
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:23 PM
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2. Someone's qualified to be President! |
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:26 PM
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3. There was no NFL game or Republican debate today at 3pm so you did fine. |
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:43 PM
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6. The speech will be BEFORE the game. |
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Excerpt: A White House official says "We won't conflict with football," meaning an early time frame for the speech. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/obama-jobs-speech-congress-joint-session_n_944322.html
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Thu Sep-01-11 02:31 AM
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20. Thanks for posting that, I was wondering about that. |
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Seemed like a bad time to have a speech. Should have an interesting quip about enjoying football, imo.
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:29 PM
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4. Was your customer just jerking you around? |
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Sounds like a rough business if your clients behave like Republicans.
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:30 PM
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5. Hahaha! The horror! I'd tell all parties to 'get over it'. |
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:45 PM
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7. You're a beast and should be fired for your compromise or accomodation. n/t |
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:49 PM
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8. Only took you 3 hours to come up with this one? |
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You should check your talking points email sooner.
:rofl:
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scheming daemons
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:52 PM
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10. only took a couple minutes......and it is FDLers like you that |
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have "talking points" and are organized.
I'm just a lone citizen defending a President against unwarranted attacks.
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Thu Sep-01-11 06:26 AM
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Is that the new insult of the day?
:rofl:
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:49 PM
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Wed Aug-31-11 10:57 PM
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11. Do you capitulate all the time like this? |
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Wed Aug-31-11 11:02 PM
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12. Well, being that the customer is always right, I think you did the correct thing. |
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Wed Aug-31-11 11:12 PM
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15. ....and DU has become a perfect example. |
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of the "cutomer" always being right, that is.
Congrats, indeed.
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Wed Aug-31-11 11:08 PM
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13. Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin. |
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I mean WTF people??? This shit is beyond ridiculous.
Thanks for trying, SD.
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Wed Aug-31-11 11:12 PM
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14. And the difference is..... |
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this customer has not made you look gullible as hell for the last two years!!
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Wed Aug-31-11 11:18 PM
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16. OK that's a funny analogy we can laugh at but it's naive. |
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In the real world we'd be asking where "Mrs. Scheming Daemons" was at around 12:30.
He's got to start drawing boundaries, backing up his verbal positions and saying "no" to Republicans or they will simply push harder. These guys are not the sane Republicans of old. The new Republicans are ideological sharks so "reason and compromise" just translates as "blood in the water" to them. With no immediate legislation at stake this might have been a good time to pick a public fight with Republicans and win one even if the victory was small.
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Wed Aug-31-11 11:24 PM
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17. A more apt comparison would be if you had a meeting with a competitor who wanted you out of business |
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Edited on Wed Aug-31-11 11:25 PM by Azathoth
And once you agreed to his "request", you then turned to your fellow co-workers and told them they would have to rearrange their schedules because you wanted to accomodate the guy who was trying to put them out of business.
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Wed Aug-31-11 11:35 PM
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18. Some idiot double booked President Boehner's schedule, so he told his admin assistant to fix it... |
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fair enough. I hope he remembers some flowers on Secretary's Day.
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Thu Sep-01-11 01:25 AM
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19. well you should have attended at 1 anyway |
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and then call them big fat jerks, wave your arms, use your bully pulpit, look like an idiot
and lose a customer! yay.
the crazy here is thick today ;)
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Thu Sep-01-11 04:05 AM
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21. You played your customer perfectly. |
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Now you look reasonable and he looks like a smarmy doofus.
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Thu Sep-01-11 06:27 AM
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23. you were the one bragging and saying "bwa ha ha ha ha!!!" |
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crowing about Obama's brilliant dickishness (that was your word).
Well if you go that route, then this is indeed a humiliating defeat, and you have no place mocking anyone.
Not everyone went that route, fortunately.
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Thu Sep-01-11 05:40 PM
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Thu Sep-01-11 05:42 PM
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25. So you concede that Boehner is the customer ... |
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that Obama needs to please.
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Thu Sep-01-11 06:59 PM
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26. I'm outraged and once I get today's talking points I will tell you exactly why I'm outraged! |
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Um....no memo yet so I'll use yesterday's TPs...
You're spineless and you don't fight!
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Thu Sep-01-11 07:27 PM
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27. It depends on whether the "customer" is trying to ruin you, your family, and your community or not. |
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Most businesses don't have to deal with customers like that, they call the police on them.
Ones that do, like parole officers, don't cave. They order the criminals about without compunction.
This is more like the position Obama is in than a business, by far.
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Fri Sep-02-11 06:06 PM
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28. Oh YES. The "Customer" is always right! |
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Obama must bend over for his favorite customers....The Republicans! NOW I understand. Brilliant analogy!
You will know them by their WORKS, not by their excuses.
Solidarity! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Fri Sep-02-11 06:20 PM
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31. That's how I interpreted it. |
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Of course, it's never a good idea to accommodate the customer to the point you go broke.
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Fri Sep-02-11 06:07 PM
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29. OMG you've shown them how weak you are! |
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You spineless thing you! They will walk all over you from now on!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I hate to tell you this, but I've caved numerous times on such things. :hide:
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Fri Sep-02-11 06:26 PM
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32. Republicans are our customer? Well, that certainly explains a few things. |
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I'll take "Ham-Fisted Analogies" for $500, Alex.
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