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Yesterday's Hero

Two sales. Out of thirty or more calls, I made two sales. What truly galls me is that I didn't do anything different today than I did yesterday. It is just that most of the calls I got weren't from people who wanted to set up service. Either they just want to buy a phone for their existing service (which for reasons I don't understand they can't do through me) or they had just bought service from someone else and did not take the multiple hints we drop that they should only call us back if they plan on buying another line of service, directing all other calls to customer care.

If every day were like yesterday, I could be looking at pulling in an extra grand or two a month. As it is, my efforts for this month have earned me just over $30 in commission. I hate the fact that there is nothing I can really do about it. One day of stupid people calling in can erase the previous day's gains.

Grrrrr.

Here is hoping for a better tomorrow.

Manic Depression Is A Frustrating Mess

Friday I had the best day I have had on the job. My sales were, compared to my track record, through the roof. Yesterday, I had one of the worst days I have had in a while. For people who are calling me, most of the people I had to deal with were incredibly cranky. I would expect them to be bitchy if I called them, but why call me if you don't actually want wireless service? I can't make you any less of a customer.

Then comes today. Today was a day sent by the gods, a blessing from my ancestors, a temptation from the path of true spirituality. Call it what you want, I kicked ass and took orders. I would never have believed that I could have a day like today. But I had it.

Now, there are two possibilities that lay before me. The first, my sales go back into the toilet making this day nothing more than a cruel joke. The second, sales actually stay the same or improve and I get rich.

Of course, we all know that me getting rich would break the laws of physics...

Domain Controller

   The internet is a great thing! Everyone should have an Internet business of their own. However, the first step to a great internet business is finding that perfect domain name. It's getting harder to find a decent one. There are people known as "squatters" who buy up domains in the hope that they can auction them off to make a profit. All the good names are gone - trust me! (Grrrr!)

   However, in the interest of helping our readers reach their dreams of internet riches, we here at IWDC have gone out and found a selection of interesting domain names that were available at the time of this writing. These names aren't the top shelf names that the squatters are hogging up (may they choke!) But, they are all begging to be made into a business. Here they are:

untrustworthy.info
problematic.biz
doofus.biz
thedoofus.com
doofusworld.com
simpleton.info
psychoslut.com
dorknet.net
pothead.biz
idiotgroup.com
abusivesalesman.com
foulsmelling.com
sexorgans.biz
bigtoes.biz
toches.com
brainless.com
cheater.biz

   When I started this little project, it was funny. But, then I saw all the unbelieveable domains that had been registered. Folks, people will buy anything! If you don't know, it costs at minimum $15 to register a domain these days. When I registered my first domain two years ago, it was $35, and that was cheap. The point is that some idiot paid real money for each of the following (I-can't-believe-they-exist) domains.

flybynight.biz
fishy.biz
virtualdork.com
ejerk.com
bonghit.com
idiot.com
mephitic.com
tonsil.com
smeg.com
ceramicgoddess.com
badhairday.com
liar.com
failure.com
gonewrong.com

Posted by: Jericho - 5/28/02 - 10:50 pm -

Wrapped around the Axle

   I used to keep an online journal. I think I've spoken of that fact before.

   A friend of mine told me that the journal was very different from this work. With the journal, she could keep up with my life. I talked more about what was going on day to day. Here, on IWDC, I tend to speak more about what's on my mind and how I feel.

   The awful truth is that IWDC is one of the few things "going on" in my life. I mean, work is keeping me mega busy. As I sit here, I have my work laptop open behind me - I'm waiting for the voicemail servers to work out their little quarrels and allow the new server in Hong Kong to play, too. I'm doing this on a national holiday. It's not unusual for me to work on holidays, but when I'm not claiming any overtime? I think I'm slowly becoming a workaholic!

   I spend more and more hours at work. I thought at first that I was excited that I was getting the work laptop because I could work at home now and then - ya know, admin voicemail systems in my skivies. But, I've come to find that the control freak side of me loves the idea that any time of day or night I can get into the system and make changes. Further, I'm facinated by the fact that I will be able to admin the HK server right from my own bedroom! I'm in love with this technical age!

   But, outside of work - that's all that's going on! I'm not writing. I see friends only now and then. I really haven't done much in the bonsai thing. I have another big project coming up this week, then we are finally going on our cruise for our honey moon. But, I'm so stressed out from work, I'm not sure I'm going to enjoy the trip. There is some part of me that wants to quit this job before I get any deeper. I hate the stress, the never-endingness of projects. But, the money is good and my bosses aren't pricks - I'd be shooting myself in the foot.

   So, you see, other than how I feel, there is nothing going on in my life. No one is missing anything!

Posted by: Jericho - 05/27/02 - 2:06 pm -

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