Nothing in particular, gripes I suppose...
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Just a few business related "things" which intrigue me. The first of which is secretaries/receptionists. Not a thought which popped into my head this afternoon, just something Ive been observing for years... The biggest ars3holes always seem to have the most unhappy sounding secretaires/staff, most notible in the small 2-4 man sized companies. The kind that sound as if they are always in a flap. Yet the employee often stays there for years, despite the fact that you can tell what a misery their job most probably is. Muppets.
And rude receptionists. How on earth do they get away with being anything less but delightful?!? She is the face of the company, the most important person in many respects youd have thought. Can only be put down to "Boss doesnt care"
And liars. Why, when you return someones call and leave a name and number, do other (clearly lazy/busy) people within the company "pretend" to take the telephone numbers you give them? You can usually tell when they are "pretending" to write a number down, and after youve given them the second alternative number you then ask them to read the numbers back to you the line instantly goes dead. Had this happen quite a few times over the years.
Chap impressed me last week by not hanging up when asked to read back either of the numbers he had taken down afterwards, because his pen "went dry" ... a good 10 seconds after he'd taken down the second number.
That'll do for now
And no you cant have your 60 seconds back 
And rude receptionists. How on earth do they get away with being anything less but delightful?!? She is the face of the company, the most important person in many respects youd have thought. Can only be put down to "Boss doesnt care"
And liars. Why, when you return someones call and leave a name and number, do other (clearly lazy/busy) people within the company "pretend" to take the telephone numbers you give them? You can usually tell when they are "pretending" to write a number down, and after youve given them the second alternative number you then ask them to read the numbers back to you the line instantly goes dead. Had this happen quite a few times over the years.
Chap impressed me last week by not hanging up when asked to read back either of the numbers he had taken down afterwards, because his pen "went dry" ... a good 10 seconds after he'd taken down the second number.
That'll do for now
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