Tuesday, March 17, 2009

We the Sheeple of the United States. . . .

A topic has run though my mind allot recently so I thought I would post about it. It has a lot to do with the change in America and where we are heading.

Now you may not believe what I have noticed to be correct, and that’s fine, for now we can all have our own opinions. My point is, if you really think about it, television impacts society more then most of us realize. I am sure we are all thinking, ok the violence, sex and the news reports do effect us. What I think we are missing are the subliminal ideas to get us used to certain things without us knowing about it.

For example, how many shows / movies in the past 10 years have had an African American President? There was a time when that idea was not the norm, now it is. You can apply that to other things as well, like homosexuality and the lack of monogamy in young lifestyles.

What scares me are the movies and shows that are starting to highlight governments run by Kings, and the glamour that comes with it. Is this a foreshadowing of Obama’s “2nd” Term? Is that when we actually use the constitution as toilet paper and start anew? I certainly hope not and that I am crazy for thinking it.

With all the spending, and the lack of respect for the general population, I am SCARED for the way we are heading.

When I started this blog I mentioned something about sheeple. . . well We the Sheeple of America . . .

It’s happened so BBaaaaaaa . . . . . where do I get my cut?

Monday, March 2, 2009

Where to start?

Ok – I was about to blog about another observation but at work today several things jumped out that to me should be Headlines.

Mainly it’s about the apparent lack of ownership of our actions. I have 3 examples that demonstrate this. Two that really deal with my point and the last also highlights why customer service sucks in this country.

Example 1 – My co-worker received a call this morning from his apartment complex asking for the keys to his apartment. They said the new tenant was ready to move in and they wanted to know why he didn’t turn them in. Confused he asked to leave so he could go straighten things out. It was his understanding his lease went till March 31st so he hadn’t packed or made arrangements yet.
An hour and a half later, the update was that he did give his 60 day notice at the first of January to vacate – thus breaking his lease a month early and requiring him to be out by March 2nd. As he came back to get his computer and things I overheard him say, “I can’t believe they didn’t tell me that was the case or remind me to be out”

Lesson – the phrase should be “I’m a moron, and should have read the document I signed”

Example 2 – Another co-worker made a call this morning concerning his daughter and her recent speeding ticket. Apparently she neglected to tell her parents about this issue and now has a warrant out for her arrest. The co-worker was trying to “fix” the ticket to have it go away, but quickly found out that wasn’t an option. So the next step of course was for him to pay it. Now the lesson is a gray area but for me this is the course of action I would choose.

Lesson – Tell the girl to take care of it, and if needed let her go to jail. What better example of consequences is there then a night in the joint! Obviously she wanted to handle it on her own since I wasn’t notified about it when she got it.

Example 3 – Once again, another co-worker has apparently been getting emails from a customer complaining about his services. Finally it came to a head today and he wants to escalate it to upper upper management. I hear her tell management about the situation and that this customer has complained in every email and I quote “he complains so much I don’t read half the emails.” I then hear the manager say “he must be the type of customer that can’t understand and if HE can’t understand then it’s our fault.” – INSAINE

Lesson – Listen to people, read their emails and because you don’t want to be bothered shouldn’t be a sufficient excuse. DO YOUR JOB! Apparently it has become the norm to do the opposite.

End of rant.