Contractors Hyperbole

I find the Home Improvement Industry to be a very challenging field, its either ‘Do-It Yourself’ or hire a Contractor. This post will focus on the latter, and their interesting rhetoric. Recently had to ‘monitor’ (be present) at my Mother’s house while several contractors vied for a chance to complete a floor tiling project; and I have noticed several ‘Talking Points’ that ALL Contractors seem to have. So here are some Talking Points that I have observed, and my interpretation of what they really mean:

Racism Workplace Etiquette

Racial Situations in the Workplace

An interesting take on how one can use racist attitudes to one’s advantage – they hit some things dead on, some they missed, entertaining nonetheless.

Defining an Era or Error: Pagers

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The Peter Principle

Peter Principle: The employee’s incompetence is not necessarily exposed as a result of the higher-ranking position being more difficult — simply, that job is different from the job in which the employee previously excelled, and thus requires different work skills, which the employee may not possess.

Cheap E-Way

Cheap E-Way

Ways to save and cut back

Most of this is logical (hopefully), but in a tight economy, there are many ways that people can save their money and cut back.

Write-Off

Register a small business. Do it.…

tan(004) – Road closures cause a logical mess with Paypal

Its really rude and abrasive to come into another person’s work area and go through their stuff; business and/or personal – usually they do it to snoop, lames. These types of people need to be dealt with; severely and swiftly.

Get your Sue on

We have, and will probably always be in a litigious era where lawyers run rampant trying to sue over every little thing. This leads to a tie up of our judicial system, which in turns causes taxpayers more money; and now, more than ever, we need to find ways to save money. Anyhow, enjoy:

(tan)001 – 100 days, protocol, half-sick

(tan)001 – 100 days, protocol, half-sick

Tangents: My favorite part of the day, as I gotta speak on all the cognitions running amuck in my head …

Half-Sick
Being half-sick is never fun; it is not the sickness that takes over your whole…

Presenteeism pt. 2

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Alternate iPhone App Stores

For all those that have jailbreaked iPhones and want to explore the further capabilities of their device, check out:

http://www.touchmyapps.com/

More and more of these stores are appearing to loosen Apple’s monopoly on the control of applications, and to increase the amount of applications that are available, but have been refused entry into Apple’s iTunes store.

Direct to the point

Especially now with this broken economy, salesman will use all sorts of tactics to prey on susceptible individuals. So my advice, especially when dealing with intelligent people, get straight to the point – we want the bread and butter, cut the filler. If an idea is solid, we will see it, if it’s loose, then we will tell you where to go.