[quote=DWCAP]Flu, I know that life gets in the way, but is there anything I can do to help get this site going. If nothing eles, itll give me a place to vent. I dont know what do to though, and it is your idea/site, so well, I guess I just wanna scream in a way they will actually hear. [/quote]
I can’t make any promises, but I’ll see if I can slap some thing together. On the boring side, maybe a petition drive, awareness of the deep sh1t our politicians are signing up, or more importantly. On the not so boring side, a place where we can ridicule this ridiculous mess. Humor goes a long way, and I’ve always wanted to put up a site full of crass-ness. Afterall, I got hours of entertainment reading fvckedcompany.com.. Unfortunately, someone already took fvckedcountry.com 🙂 Anyway, if you want to help, I need a bunch of zingers that sort of mock the entire situation. Republics, Democrats, alike.
Cheer up buddy….In these really screwed up times. You really need to think with a level head.
Uncertain times, means opportunities, both at the personal level and financial level. And besides, there’s more to life than really taxes,money,and some dumbxsses up in washington.
In some sick and twisted way, I’m sort of much happier these days than compared to the dot.com buble rush rush days. Back then I had a completely miserable life, because there was never enough time to get stuff done right, because there was so much competition. You got an idea, you got 5 other people crawling up your ass trying to step over you. But with slowed economy, I’ve noticed also the sort of competition has subsided. And that’s great for folks that like to do things right.
For instance, one of tiny things I’m trying to do is put together an e-retail storefront to sell purely “discretionary spending items”. I’m not expecting to be profitable for the next 4-5 years. But you know what? It’s great… because no one else would be dumb enough to build a competing site right now…I can take my jolly time putting it together the way I(we) want it, rather than do everything half-ass/timed to market sort of way.
(Oh, yeah, I can lower my taxes a little for the next 3 years too. HAHAHA)…
What’s the hurry? Not like we’re gonna get another round of stimulas checks 🙂 It’s great bonding time with my spouse whom I never agree with on how things should get done…
I’ve also noticed that people at retail stores are generally a lot more friendly and helpful these days. I guess because they want your business, but also, because I guess with less customers, they’re more willing to talk to you.
Customer service, or lack there of use to infuriate me, and I’m not the demanding kind of person. But, lately, people are actually pretty courteous and helpful.
Just the other day, I took my daughter to the toy store to look around, and the store clerk (this cute little college girl) was showing my daughter around, showing her all the latest cool stuff, and spent some time playing with her. That would not have happened last year, or the year before, when there was all that easy heloced money floating around, in which customers were chasing merchants, not the other way around.
When the economy was on fire, people that did their jobs right weren’t distinguished from people that do their jobs in a half-ass way. Some people got arrogant and got away with it. You had your half to quarter ass realtor or loan broker, or your 1/8 ass tech worker, or your half ass mechanic that didn’t give a sh!t about your problems because there where 24 other bimmers obtained from heloced homes lined up for service ….
Well,that’s about to change really really really soon. It’s not about being able to be a bitchy customer.. I can expect to get treated well as a customer the same way others expect me to treat them when they are my customer.
I went to a pumpkin patch the other day out of suburbia for the first time. (Yes, I know, I’m not the kind of rustic type of person). But you know what, those folks were some of the nicest people I met. It’s sort of nice that in these times, there’s a return back to basics where human interaction actually takes place in where you go shopping,entertain,etc.
