tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post1597501704171104405..comments2024-03-29T03:30:42.787-04:00Comments on A Dark Planet: There are some things that smell so bad, even dung beetles won't push them.David Terrenoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-48212586408401539182008-10-30T06:26:00.000-04:002008-10-30T06:26:00.000-04:00I repeat political phone scripts, in monotone, to ...I repeat political phone scripts, in monotone, to check out clerks in stores. It seems to have a magical effect on their efficiency. See? There's some good in everything.<BR/><BR/>DreadBeneath the Carolina Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378676354922370500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-84905403676252893042008-10-29T18:54:00.000-04:002008-10-29T18:54:00.000-04:00I had just sold everything I owned - literally, ev...I had just sold everything I owned - literally, everything I owned other than my clothes - in an attempt to pay that quarter's college tuition. The alumni center would take anyone willing to come in and make phone calls and paid $10/hr. This was for the University of California system in the early nineties, when the UC system was a disaster, with budget issues, rising tuition, frozen admissions, etc. We had a rigid script to read from and had to ask for particular amounts. The first two people I phoned, both of their children had just been denied admission to the UC system. They were outraged that their kids - children of alums - had been turned down and that I was calling to ask for money for a system that had failed them. I couldn't disagree with them.<BR/><BR/>It went on like that for about another hour, disgruntled alums yelling at me, telling me what I could do with my request for money.<BR/><BR/>I spent another hour faking phone calls, then walked out and never went back.Jeff Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203724401430768684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-21059844663926191822008-10-28T18:42:00.000-04:002008-10-28T18:42:00.000-04:00And I get the feeling, she's worse than him. And s...And I get the feeling, she's worse than him. And she'll probably be back. He won't.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com