Saturday, June 28, 2008

charity/ fun/ bad customer service

Jun 25 Charity: What a coincidence. I wrote about Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie donating to charity. Today I was watching So You Think You Can Dance, and the Children's Leukemia Research called again. I think they called some months ago. This guy James asked if I could donate $150 or $100 and I say no. Then he asks, "I don't mean to be a bug, but last year you donated $10, can you donate this much again?" I said no and thanked him and then hung up.

When he first called, I thought it was a job. Psych. When I got home, my sister took a message about the fire department calling me. I don't remember applying there for a job. Then I called the 1-800-761-2315, and it's actually a charity asking for money to take kids to a ballgame. Psych again. I got an answering machine. Won't be donating there, but if you are interested go and donate.

Jun 26 Job: So I looked for Capital Health and I was right about the address. It was good to also go there anyway to see how long it took for me to get there, and find the elevators to the wing and find the room. It was kind of complicated.

Fun: It was cool at work today. I worked at the register and asked what sandwich this guy ordered. His voice sounded familiar, his face looked familiar with lighter hair and a thin beard.

Me: Drew?
Drew: Yeah, Tracy?
Me: Yeah. Do you have a graphic design job?
D: Yeah, after Nait, I worked for Nait. Now I work for Apple.
Me: I'm getting my diploma in Professional Writing at Grant MacEwan.
So that was cool I bumped into him. He is the 5th person I bumped into from Nait.

Back in 2005, I was working at Roots and in a period of 5 months, Josh came in, then Marcie, and Amanda walked by the store. Then in 2006, I bumped into Diana at bus stop in downtown. Well it's good that Drew remembers me. Unlike a week or so ago, I bumped into Miranda at the bus stop. She didn't remember me. I reminded her that we used to wait for the bus together from 2004-2005 so we were acquaintances.

You know what's interesting? Is that after I talked to Drew, I feel inspired. Yes, because when I bump into people from the past, I can proudly say I got a college diploma in Professional Writing at MacEwan.

Jun 27 News: There was another article about teen pregnancy on yahoo news, so I had to read it. It was discussing how teen pregnancy seems okay these days. They did mention new reality shows like The Baby Borrowers where 5 couples ages 18-20 will have to take care of a kid. Another is The Secret Life of an American Teenager about a girl who is pregnant.

I want to say that on Degrassi: The Next Generation, they discussed about it. There is the character Manny who got pregnant at 14, and got an abortion. They did show how she had to tell her mom the truth and it was hard with all the crying. Then it showed Liberty getting pregnant and giving the baby up for adoption, after she and JT can't afford to take care of it.

Recently there is the character Mia who is 16 and is raising a kid. The father another teen didn't take responsibility. Then he did for a few eps, then he quits again. Throw in Desperate Housewives where Bree's daughter gets pregnant and Bree ends up pretending she's pregnant and that her grandson is really her son.

Jun 28: I was on twop.com and read that The Secret Life of an American Teenager is a tv show created by the creator of the show I hate 7th Heaven. It's on ABC Family and here's a preview you can check out. I actually found myself kind of cringing when I was watching it. Well it's got good talent like Molly Ringwald from 16 Candles playing the mom, and Josie Bisset is in it too. JB is from that tv movie I liked called Obituary. John Shneider, the dad from Smallville.

Look the tv show Smallville is very anti-sex. Seriously. There are so many episodes where the characters experience kryptonite and they act all sexy and badass, and afterwards they forget what happened once the kryptonite fades off. Being sexy is bad and you shouldn't act sexy. Oh man, I'm probably going to end watching American Teenager after all. Well there was the show Gilmore Girls where the mom got pregnant at 16 and raised the kid.

Also an ep of Veronica Mars was this girl asked VM for help because someone had drugged her with this abortion pill forcing her to miscarry. It is later the best friend of the girl did it.

BF: I did it for you. Did you really think either of those guys were going to be good fathers? In the end you're going to be divorced with a baby to take care of.
I see that BF is right, however it is wrong of her to make the decision for her friend without telling her. After something like that, I doubt that they will ever be friends again.

http://abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/section_Shows+Secret-Life-Of-The-American-Teenager/page_Video-AmericanTeenager_SneakPeek

One more thing I would like to add is that I want to defend ABC Family. They did a really good show called Kyle XY which is very family based. I went on Wikipedia and learned that season 1 had 10 eps, season 2 had 23 eps, and now season 3 coming out in Jan. 2009 will have 10 eps.

Last night I went to a party with my work. It's their 8th anniversary that they owned the restaurant. All 14 of us were there. We went to the River Cree Resort and Casino. There is a really good buffet and I got 2 plates full of seafood like clams, shrimp, crab legs, fish and chips. I ate pasta salad and mixed rice, mashed potatoes. I skipped dessert.

Bad customer service:
I'm reflecting back on the past and how back in the end of summer 2004, I had worked at $1 Store Plus and there were a lot of bad customers complaining. I remembered talking to my friend Angela on the phone and telling how to badly handle customer complaints. A then tells me to do the opposite.

However, if you hate your job and you don't care if you get fired, or if you want to get fired, or you work at a good job and you will be leaving within 2 weeks, then follow my bad tips. Or say you hate Walmart, so you get a job at the store so you can give bad customer service. Afterwards, the customers will tell everybody how bad Walmart is due to your behaviour.

When someone is complaining to you, act like you're bored, tired, and not paying attention. Have your eyes half-closed. The customer will get mad at you for looking at him/her the wrong way. Or you can really push it by having your eyes droop to the point that they are barely open, roll your eyes and mock them. It would certainly work better if you are a teen or in your twenties. Then when you are young, you can pass off as not knowing better.

When they complain to the manager and tell them to get you fired, the manager will then fire you for a job you hate, and/ or doesn't really matter if you are going to leave real soon anyway. I did this once back when I was 13 to my sister who was 15. She did say: "And if you keep looking at me like that, I'll kick your ass." Back in 2007, I wrote the entire scene like a script to Angela and asked who is wrong or more wrong.
A: In this case, your sister. However, it sounds more like 2 immature siblings arguing.

The lesson is to be aware, the person you may be provoking is a rageaholic, someone with an anger management problem.

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