Your own marketers are giving you a bad name

February 26th, 2008 Anthony

I just got off the phone with a nice Indian-sounding gentleman named Kevin, who was trying to convince me to change my electricity supplier to his company.  He was trying to point out how much my bill has increased in the last few months, and what a great deal he could give me.

But I missed every third word.  I’m not great with accents to begin with, and the amount of static in the line was not helping.  Then the line cut out for 5 seconds.  We tried to continue, and the line cut out again.  So I hung up.

Kevin called back, and I explained that I’m not going to trust my electricity needs to a company that can’t make a phone call.  I’ve since googled the company, and couldn’t find any mention of it.  Also not sure how they obtained a list of customers belonging to a competitor (my current provider), or how they got my billing history.  I’m certainly not impressed.

So, do you know how well your company being represented?

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Funny Spam

February 26th, 2008 Anthony

Generally, I hate receiving spam. Probably 80% of the email my work account receives is spam, which makes Monday mornings a drag as I sort through my emails. But every now and then, I get one that stops me in my tracks.

If you think about it, you could come up with all sorts of amusing ways this proposal could have taken place. Did he gift-wrap his “p0rn star” instrument in a ribbon? Was there a piercing involved?

I leave you with:

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