Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Can't Think Of Better Way To Spend $400 Million Dollars
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
are calculators ever wrong?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Making Sense Common Again
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
UPDATE!! Two Doors Better Than One Rant!!!
i was driving home from harrisburgh sunday night and i saw THIS on a door...maybe remember a bit ago my rant about having one door locked . this doesn't SOLVE the problem, but sure does help! thanks gas station owner!
Commander-In-ChiaF
do NOT adjust your eyes or political party...this is NOT a spoof...I repeat, this IS NOT a spoof...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Two Doors Are Better Than One
This one FIRES ME UP..(see photo for scene set-up) I used to feel silly and be kinda embarassed when I faceplanted INTO a door because one side would be LOCKED. People would giggle or compassionate ones would give me the "oh, are you okay?"... But EVERY TIME, store owners would do or say nothing. Why the f^%& would you have two doors if you're not gonna use 'em? And they give ME "that look"..for what..for pushing on a door that says "PUSH" on it?! Now, I just look back and laugh, yeah, I know who the REAL(ly) dumb one is...
Bullshit
To summarize: I applied for an Assistant Ideal Services Manager position at, we’ll say Hotel 101, back in July. I spent almost two hours filling out the paperwork, signing every release imaginable. Then, I went for an interview and met with 5 different managers - including GM. Two months later (!) got called back to meet with another manager, Food & Beverage Mgr. I've been doing this kind of work since I was 15, so I'm familiar with how all this goes. I wrote the thank-you cards (to EACH one, individually), followed up with supporting documents, resume addendum, phone calls and other inquiries --as requested. There finally came a point where, for the first time ever, I felt embarrassed to actually ask again the status of the position, as it had been so long and I had followed up so many times.
So, today, you can see the final response below (perhaps to better understand, read below first). I understand that a hotel is in the business of providing services to guests and being hospitable, not in hiring people. But courtesy is pretty important to me and the lack of (in my view) coupled with a few other red flags I won't go into led me to decide (yesterday) that I wouldn't take the job had it been offered to me anyway.
But I can't help but to wonder... I sure wish I knew what it is - in my old age - that's not cuttin' it. Used to be, there was NEVER an interview, deal or fill-in-the-blank I couldn't score. Now, I find myself sitting across the table from blank stares (lack of sleep? zoning-out? husband/wife problems? financial woes? Xanax?!) , leaving people --what SEEMS to be -- more baffled than before I met them.
I've tried every other LOGICAL and RATIONAL approach, but none seems to answer or even lend itself to explaining the phenomenon. So, I'm left, for now, to wonder if there is something about my energy aura or my DNA frequency that isn't meshing well with professional public.
Maybe the cosmic juices in my fifth house of the rising Aries on the third quarter of the waxing moon just, well...
I know PART (perhaps a big part) of the reason I get the nails-down-a-chalkboard reaction when dealing with professionals is that I see through bullshit. I have a degree in political science and work on elections and campaigns -- I do bullshit for a living. I can see it, smell it, produce it (quite well when necessary, too, I might add) and, worse of all for "them", I can spot it a mile (or kilometer, just to be culturally sensitive) away. I'm not saying that everyone's a bullshitter, but the world DOES run -- in large part -- on bullshit. "Can I help you with anything today, sir?" Bullshit. "Your call is very important to us, please stay on the line.." Bullshit. "Just $29.99 a month! Read the bullshit fine print. "Elect Meeeee & I'll get you outta Iraq, Gitmo, lower unemployment, fix financial chaos and bring healthcare reform" Got a dumptruck? "Forgive me father, for I have sinned...ask and ye shall receive...why are things so miserable if.." Eternal bullshit. Swine flu, "terrorism", G-20, Green Job hype, Global Warming (Climate Change?!), fashion, oil/gas/petrol, babies killed by stray bullets while sleeping on couch, "justice" system, jails, cigarettes, extra large coffee (aka Venti or Grande Supremo), illegal drugs, red tape, bureaucrats, bombs, landmines, crumbling bridges and roads, planned obsolescence, treatment of veterans, poor people, hunger -- wait, stop RIGHT NOW and take a look around you...see all the "stuff"...now think, THERE ARE PEOPLE, A LOT OF FUCKING PEOPLE, STARVING TO DEATH AS I TYPE, HUNGRY FUCKING PEOPLE...people DYING from lack of food while others die because there's too much of it - whew, taxes, patents, lawsuits, tanning beds, pharmaceutical commercials, Miss Cleo, The Fed, Republican, Democrat, charging a fee to pay your bill over the phone, buses that come late..or not at all, parking tickets, paying for stuff that should be free (water, walks on beach and other things readily available in nature) and, FINALLY...male bovine excrement, all BULLSHIT.
My point? Maybe, JUST MAYBE...the system at least operates -- however poorly, unequally and inefficiently -- and that's what matters. Changing it would, well, require change. Expensive change. Uncomfortable change. Disruptive change. Much of the change that I would support would be fairer practices, equaler (never mind Webster, for effect) treatment of people and MOST OF ALL = efficiency. Things, as I see them, today are fucked up. At least if we're gonna have to so much "stuff," have it make sense * (for just one example, see below) ! Here, again, is where I get bucked by "the system." Having some stuff run inefficiently, it's argued, creates or preserves jobs - jobs thought to be unnecessary** given today's technology.
How about "the system" preserves, maintains and perpetuates the current wealth/power/political system?! Do oil companies own alternative energy patents and are hindering alternative or even FREE energy? Electric cars?! Do telecommunications giants own phone, bandwidth and wireless patents? Do drug companies own life-saving technology that would either cure or allow folk to get OFF the drugs they make money on? Is the proposed “healthcare reform” bill a Pharma-Government Complex, much like the military-industrial complex? If you were a baker, would you hold classes to teach everyone to bake? If you were a mechanic, would you show someone how to pull out the dipstick (i know, i know..) from under the hood of their car or charge them $59.99 for a "service checkup cause you have a mortgage payment to make"?
I guess that's why I'm not a businessperson or have a lot of money. My way of life and of doing things would cause an awfully big raucous to "the powers that be" - from the Fed Chairman to your local baker to that fucked-up meter maid who started writing my ticket as I was 15 feet from my car then said she HAD TO finish because she started and the tickets are in chronological order and every one needs to be accounted for. So I guess it's no wonder then why I find myself and my views not fitting in with those of the rich, powerful, big-wigs, "shot-callers", ticket writers or other charlatans.
Until then, I'll continue to keep one hand in bullshit and use the other to wipe it off (better go man-hug than hand-shake next time you greet me then). And I'll keep using cliche's like if you can't beat 'em, join 'em and keep your friends close and your enemies closer when people ask me why I do what I do, although what I really want to do is launch into the aforeasserted (I did indeed mention, but asserted more, hence my new word).
By the way, I'm happy doing work at my non-profit, campaigning on weekends and serving up Chinese food...just won't get a lot of money doing it.
On that note, have a great day everyone!
Always,
-Scott
* (example from above): think of cell phones that break and/or lose signals in "dead zones," but we just recently lost contact with a rocket/explorer almost 8 BILLION miles away, so NASA claims. Okay, maybe one more for effect: why not make the WHOLE PLANE out of the stuff they make the black box from? Oh come on, you’ve heard that one before!
** (from above) Wanna know the world's MOST UNNECESSARY JOB?! Casualty Assistance Calls Officer - That guy who is sent to soldier's wife/family & delivers the news that destroys (yet more) lives. Dead soldiers are unnecessary.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mr. Hiring Man
Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Subject: RE: Hotel 101 Update
To: David Scott Greer
Good Morning David,
Yes, we went with another candidate. Good luck with everything and I will keep your resume for future opportunities.
Mr. Hiring Man
________________________________________
From: dscottgreer@gmail.com [mailto:dscottgreer@gmail.com] On Behalf Of David Scott Greer
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:01 AM
To: Mr. Hiring Man
Subject: Re: Hotel 101
Good Morning, Mr. Hiring Man -
Has a decision been made yet?
Thanks,
-David "Scott" Greer
484-702-2111
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Mr. Hiring Man> wrote:
Hi David
I just wanted to let you know that we will be making our decision the week of September 28th regarding the Asst. Ideal Service Manager position.
I do apologize for the longer than normal process, however we are extremely busy with G-20 summit preparations.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if you have found another position. Thank you.
Mr. Hiring Man
Human Resources Manager
Hotel 101