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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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02-26-2008, 08:08 AM
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Super Moderator
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Location: Georgetown MA
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Dale Carnegie
Friggan work is making me take it and I hate it.....every Tuesday morning for 12 weeks.  Only week 4 and I can't take anymore of this "Van down by the River" crap. WTF, I'm in IT, what the hell does it matter that I can't get Touchy Feely with a Customer, I'm supposed to be Rude, Crude and Demeaning....that what IT does.
8 weeks and counting |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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02-26-2008, 08:16 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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sorry for your pain  |
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02-26-2008, 10:02 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
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My father took that course a gazillion years ago now. He's been gone four eyars and was 78. I think he took the course in his twenties.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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02-26-2008, 11:57 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Friggan work is making me take it and I hate it.....every Tuesday morning for 12 weeks. Only week 4 and I can't take anymore of this "Van down by the River" crap. WTF, I'm in IT, what the hell does it matter that I can't get Touchy Feely with a Customer, I'm supposed to be Rude, Crude and Demeaning....that what IT does.
8 weeks and counting |
Sorry that IT steorotype went away after the Y2K crash. |
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02-26-2008, 02:12 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
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You're company must be doing well, that's usually when you see all the bs better yourself classes come along.
You can get lots of brownie points (and since in your in the weight loss contest, I want you to have lots of brownies  )
say "all questions have value" the HR bobbleheads luv that stuff.
Oh well, at least it breaks up the daily grind, even though you're now further behind because of this class and that added stress can't help customer relations ..... I got it, sign up for a time management class.  |
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02-26-2008, 02:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
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I'm not getting a warm, fuzzy feeling about you right now. |
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02-26-2008, 03:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
I'm supposed to be Rude, Crude and Demeaning....that what IT does.
8 weeks and counting |
see how perfect the mold fits me as an IT guy . Im rude , crude and I love it . |
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02-26-2008, 03:20 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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that's it, make the users tremble to approach.
Then you job goes halfway around the world.
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02-26-2008, 03:25 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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I don't want them to tremble.....I just want them to think.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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02-26-2008, 03:34 PM
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Captain Pete
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CT
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Just make sure there not trying to tell you something in a nice way. |
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02-26-2008, 03:39 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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You mean that snot a coffee cup holder on the side of my laptop?
Or the I can't see the screen, it's still dark. Did you open the laptop? Uh, no.
Or I can't get to the internet. I can boot my machine but the battery is almost empty. We have a power failure, I'm calling you on my cellphone
That kinda stuff?
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02-26-2008, 03:54 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Thats part of it.....or how about when they ask a question and I walk over to there desk and look it up in the help screen....that they don't want to use
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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02-26-2008, 04:04 PM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
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Just think how much better you can get along with your wife after the training is complete....
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“It’s not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Antonin Scalia
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02-26-2008, 04:04 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Uh oh. the old F1 issue.
Wish you could hit that remotely.
Take their machine away for a week while you 'fix' it.
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02-26-2008, 05:22 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Consider it part of your moderator training |
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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02-26-2008, 07:18 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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I have no idea what you guys are talking about
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02-26-2008, 08:28 PM
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Super Moderator
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Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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02-26-2008, 08:29 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nightfighter
Consider it part of your moderator training |
Wise-ass  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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02-26-2008, 08:33 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People.
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Oh,
so what the heck do you need to go to that for?  |
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02-26-2008, 08:39 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
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I took that 20 years ago and hated it while I took it, used some of the lessons afterwards, enjoyed it and now wish a company would pay for me to go again....
Looks great on the resume too...
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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02-26-2008, 09:52 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
I took it, used some of the lessons afterwards
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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02-26-2008, 11:09 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nightfighter
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See, prior to my eye opening experience from Dale Carnegie training, I probably would have told you to effing blankety blank, however, the kinder, more refined version of me coridally invites you to &&#^@ yourself  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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02-27-2008, 01:54 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People.
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I read that book,,,,, lol,,, $ucked,,, |
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02-27-2008, 12:54 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
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it's ok TDF, just tell them to restart and it will be okay.
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