Have you ever gone to buy something and it seems like all the forces of the world are against you? I’m talking about walking into a store with money in hand, and yet the staff seems to do everything in their power NOT to help you? I know that sounds pretty ridiculous, but this is something that I observe all the time. And to make matters worse, I can think of a lot of other people that have brought it up as well! Why is this?? When I’m about to make a relatively huge purchase, shouldn’t there be a little more eagerness to work with me? Or are employees really just that apathetic? Here is an actual example that will illustrate my point. It took place last week when I went to buy some flagstone pavers for my gardens. To set the stage, … [Read more...] about Why Is It So Hard To Buy Something?
Humor
Buy Your Own Death Star for $852 Quadrillion
Okay, this one is too much fun to pass up. Consider it your Sunday comic blog post … A few weeks ago, MSN covered a quirky article from the blog Centives entitled “How Much Would it Cost to build the Death Star?”. Yes, that would be Darth Vader’s Death Star; the giant planet-like weapon from the first 1977 Star Wars movie (or Episode IV if you’re a true nerd!) The blog, ran by students at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, used some logical reasoning to estimate the size of the Death Star and roughly how much steel the creation would consist of. Here are the highlights: … [Read more...] about Buy Your Own Death Star for $852 Quadrillion
Wasted Time Waiting for Service Appointments Equals $38 Billion!
Every once in a while, I come across a great poll or statistic that makes me smile. This is certainly one of them. In an article from CNN called “Waiting for the Cable Guy is Costing Us $38 Billion”, it claims that American workers lost approximately $37.7 billion dollars in 2011 in the form of wasted time while waiting for in-home services and appointments. This is according to an IBOPE Zogby poll. Waiting for service is one of those things we occasionally have to deal with and cringe when we have to. There have been a number of times I’ve had to leave work early or even take the day off just to meet with someone about our washing machine, sprinklers, cable, etc. It’s bad enough that the only available hours are from Monday through … [Read more...] about Wasted Time Waiting for Service Appointments Equals $38 Billion!
