Entry: Titles Are For Losers. Gay Losers. Monday, February 23, 2009



I've had to watch a bunch of training videos on account of a new job (and by "new" I mean "three months old"), and apparently - this is news to me - even the mentally disabled should be treated with respect. I know how crazy that sounds, but I guess it's true. And judging by the eight or ten hours of videos I've seen, this is news to everybody. I imagine that if one were to take the time to count the number of instances of the word "respect" in these dozen movies, one's head would explode because of the cranial bomb secretly placed there. It's that many.

I GET IT. PEOPLE DESERVE RESPECT.

I wish the movies had bothered conveying any kind of useful skills (though of course I wouldn't have needed them even then, as I not only excel but literally define excellence in everything I do. Which means, basically, that in most fields "excellence" is defined as "marginal competence or familiarity", so people in all those fields you can totally feel good about yourselves.) instead of harping on something that a person would have to exhibit as a core belief before even getting around to watching the movies. For instance, juggling. How cool is juggling? The answer may surprise you!*

Also: Oafy doesn't seem to have ever realized that she is not a kitten, which is *adorable*. Also she likes snuggling and bellyrubs. Aww. So adorable.

 

*Answer is not surprising. Answer is nine.

   6 comments

Inventory Management Software
April 12, 2009   10:41 AM PDT
 
I agree with you..
great posts.
Saladin
February 26, 2009   03:49 PM PST
 
Oh, trust me. If it is anything, gotten is what it is.
Emily
February 26, 2009   02:10 AM PST
 
I don't think you get it.
Ariella
February 26, 2009   12:59 AM PST
 
But still, now you know how to handle yourself if a mentally disabled person needs you to fix his TV.

But you've always known what to do in that situation. It's why you've been carrying that hammer around for the past eleven years.
Saladin
February 24, 2009   07:40 PM PST
 
Actually, it's about working with mentally disabled people. And while I realize that that's a stickier situation on account of they don't really know how to stick up for themselves, still it's absurd.
Ang
February 24, 2009   05:19 PM PST
 
Ah yes, customer service videos. Where the videos are all about being nice, but have no useful information about your company, product or how to fix it if the customer is unhappy. Because, really, if you make them happy enough, they won't care that their product is horrible.

Or something. Which is why I am no longer (for now anyway) in the customer service industry.

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