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Is it the English geek in me that gets so offended by shitty speech patterns in telemarketing scams?
On the office answering machine this morning, the message left from the night before: "Hiiii, this is Mallory, from WestTech Systems... um... we're a blah blah"
Other automated messages left on the office machine: "Um, hi, this is John and I'm calling from United Insurance. Um, we're calling you because blah blah."
"UM" pisses me off. "UM" is overused. "UM" is not professional.
You are supposedly representing a professional organization. Do you really think that writing a script that includes the so-called word "UM" is going to make me think that YOUR business is the best available?
Um, not so much.
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Headlines in today's local Republican rag blare "STEM CELL DIVIDES AMONG FAITH".
Here's a suggestion, don't act on it right away, just think about it.
Stem cell research is like abortion. If you don't agree with it, DON'T PARTICIPATE.
You don't agree with stem cell research? Don't contribute any of your fiddly bits. Don't contribute any of your money. But then (and this is important) don't then think that you can benefit from the scientific knowledge gained. Don't think that should you and yours have need of the health benefits that you can blithely appear at hospital with your insurance card in hand and be able to walk again.
Of course, this is America, and you certainly CAN fight stem cell research tooth and nail, and when your kid falls from a blind in a tree from drinking too much beer while hunting deer, you can scream just as loudly at the doctors to help him as you did when standing outside the courthouse shaking a handmade sign that swears the doctors will burn in hell.
Oh, wait, no, that was you standing outside the abortion clinic, pretending to not recognize the nurses inside because you were there last week.
On the office answering machine this morning, the message left from the night before: "Hiiii, this is Mallory, from WestTech Systems... um... we're a blah blah"
Other automated messages left on the office machine: "Um, hi, this is John and I'm calling from United Insurance. Um, we're calling you because blah blah."
"UM" pisses me off. "UM" is overused. "UM" is not professional.
You are supposedly representing a professional organization. Do you really think that writing a script that includes the so-called word "UM" is going to make me think that YOUR business is the best available?
Um, not so much.
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Headlines in today's local Republican rag blare "STEM CELL DIVIDES AMONG FAITH".
Here's a suggestion, don't act on it right away, just think about it.
Stem cell research is like abortion. If you don't agree with it, DON'T PARTICIPATE.
You don't agree with stem cell research? Don't contribute any of your fiddly bits. Don't contribute any of your money. But then (and this is important) don't then think that you can benefit from the scientific knowledge gained. Don't think that should you and yours have need of the health benefits that you can blithely appear at hospital with your insurance card in hand and be able to walk again.
Of course, this is America, and you certainly CAN fight stem cell research tooth and nail, and when your kid falls from a blind in a tree from drinking too much beer while hunting deer, you can scream just as loudly at the doctors to help him as you did when standing outside the courthouse shaking a handmade sign that swears the doctors will burn in hell.
Oh, wait, no, that was you standing outside the abortion clinic, pretending to not recognize the nurses inside because you were there last week.
