You Might Be in Hotel Sales if........... 1. You sat at the same desk for 4 years and have had 8 different bosses. > 2. "Going for cocktails and dinner," is NOT your > idea of a nice evening. > > 3. When someone asks you what you do for a living, > you lie. > > 4. You get really excited about a 2% pay increase. > > 5. You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom > closet, that is 3 stories > below the surface of the earth, with the air > conditioning working in winter, > and the heat blasting during the summer. > > 6. It's dark on your drive to and from work. (Or on > your bus ride because > you don't make enough money to buy a car) > > 7. Your annual makeup budget exceeds that of small, > third world countries. > > 8. You see a good-looking person and know it's a > guest. > > 9. You have to attend more meetings than you book. > > 10. You make $30,000 a year in salary, but have to > spend $50,000 a year > for suits, drycleaning and hosiery. > > 11. All the work you were hired to do gets done > before 9 and after 5.. > > 12. The term, "Total Account Management" is really > a synonym for "handle > all the favors, complaints, pricing, cancellations, > and 50-city, one-day > seminars for this customer, that has no real > business for you." > > 13. Your boss's favorite lines are . . . > a. "I never saw that contract......" > b. "Space? What space? We aren't holding any > space ...... " > c. "Explain to me what you were thinking when you > quoted this rate. . .." > d. "Promotion? I don't remember anything about > giving you a promotion." > e. "You need to have a sense of urgency......" > f. "We need to be thinking outside the box....." > > 14. 50% of the people in your company do not know > what you do, but think > that it involves eating and drinking a lot. > > 15. The other 50% of the people in your company do > not care what you do, so > long as you're the MOD, during the Vietnam > Veterans', "I Still Hear the Mean > Voices Talking to Me" conference, with the "Live Gun > Ammo Demonstrations", > trade show booked across the hall......In July, in > Chicago, when the > air-conditioner goes out. > > 16. Vacation is something that eventually becomes > part of your RIF package > a number of years later, because you were never able > to take any of it while > you worked there. > > 17. You refer to your purchase of a new dining > table as, "a hard goods > renovation." > > 18. Nepotism is encouraged, but incest; scores you > higher on the Devine. > > 19. Guest services, aren't, and Finance doesn't. > > 20. You dial "9" before the number no matter where > you are calling from. > > 21. Determining your bonus calculation requires the > services of a > mathematician from Stanford, a Celtic Druid priest > and a dart board. > > 22. Your toilet paper at home is folded in a little > triangle on the first > sheet. > > 23. Almost everything in your bathroom and kitchen > has your company logo on > it. > > 24. The first question your kids ask when you check > into a hotel is, > "Where's > the basket with all the goodies?" > > 25. When you check into a hotel, you unconsciously > inspect for dirt behind > doors, at bottoms of shower curtains and the overall > condition of floors. > > 26. You've realized that you really hate people. > > 27. You absolutely refuse to answer the phone at > home because you don't > want to talk to anyone. > > 28. If attending trade shows were a martial art, > you'd be a 10th degree > Grand Master by now. > > 29. The word "unacceptable" is completely over-used > in your vocabulary. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com

I might ask what does the below message have to do with genealogy? I do not believe that this should be posted on this website. Is there a webhost that is monitoring this site? S Goetz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Conrad" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 1:39 PM Subject: [NCWATAUG] You Might Be in Hotel Sales if........... > You Might Be in Hotel Sales if........... > > > > 1. You sat at the same desk for 4 years and have > had 8 different bosses. > > > 2. "Going for cocktails and dinner," is NOT your > > idea of a nice evening. > > > > 3. When someone asks you what you do for a living, > > you lie. > > > > 4. You get really excited about a 2% pay increase. > > > > 5. You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom > > closet, that is 3 stories > > below the surface of the earth, with the air > > conditioning working in winter, > > and the heat blasting during the summer. > > > > 6. It's dark on your drive to and from work. (Or on > > your bus ride because > > you don't make enough money to buy a car) > > > > 7. Your annual makeup budget exceeds that of small, > > third world countries. > > > > 8. You see a good-looking person and know it's a > > guest. > > > > 9. You have to attend more meetings than you book. > > > > 10. You make $30,000 a year in salary, but have to > > spend $50,000 a year > > for suits, drycleaning and hosiery. > > > > 11. All the work you were hired to do gets done > > before 9 and after 5.. > > > > 12. The term, "Total Account Management" is really > > a synonym for "handle > > all the favors, complaints, pricing, cancellations, > > and 50-city, one-day > > seminars for this customer, that has no real > > business for you." > > > > 13. Your boss's favorite lines are . . . > > a. "I never saw that contract......" > > b. "Space? What space? We aren't holding any > > space ...... " > > c. "Explain to me what you were thinking when you > > quoted this rate. . .." > > d. "Promotion? I don't remember anything about > > giving you a promotion." > > e. "You need to have a sense of urgency......" > > f. "We need to be thinking outside the box....." > > > > 14. 50% of the people in your company do not know > > what you do, but think > > that it involves eating and drinking a lot. > > > > 15. The other 50% of the people in your company do > > not care what you do, so > > long as you're the MOD, during the Vietnam > > Veterans', "I Still Hear the Mean > > Voices Talking to Me" conference, with the "Live Gun > > Ammo Demonstrations", > > trade show booked across the hall......In July, in > > Chicago, when the > > air-conditioner goes out. > > > > 16. Vacation is something that eventually becomes > > part of your RIF package > > a number of years later, because you were never able > > to take any of it while > > you worked there. > > > > 17. You refer to your purchase of a new dining > > table as, "a hard goods > > renovation." > > > > 18. Nepotism is encouraged, but incest; scores you > > higher on the Devine. > > > > 19. Guest services, aren't, and Finance doesn't. > > > > 20. You dial "9" before the number no matter where > > you are calling from. > > > > 21. Determining your bonus calculation requires the > > services of a > > mathematician from Stanford, a Celtic Druid priest > > and a dart board. > > > > 22. Your toilet paper at home is folded in a little > > triangle on the first > > sheet. > > > > 23. Almost everything in your bathroom and kitchen > > has your company logo on > > it. > > > > 24. The first question your kids ask when you check > > into a hotel is, > > "Where's > > the basket with all the goodies?" > > > > 25. When you check into a hotel, you unconsciously > > inspect for dirt behind > > doors, at bottoms of shower curtains and the overall > > condition of floors. > > > > 26. You've realized that you really hate people. > > > > 27. You absolutely refuse to answer the phone at > > home because you don't > > want to talk to anyone. > > > > 28. If attending trade shows were a martial art, > > you'd be a 10th degree > > Grand Master by now. > > > > 29. The word "unacceptable" is completely over-used > > in your vocabulary. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com > > > ==== NCWATAUG Mailing List ==== > A History of Watauga County, by J.P. Arthur > http://www.geocities.com/familysnooper/Arthur/contents.html >