Carole, Appolgy accepted, please be careful in the future! S.Goetz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Conrad" <[email protected]> To: "Sharon Goetz" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [NCWATAUG] You Might Be in Hotel Sales if........... > Oops!! I hit Wautaga instead of Wang, Velma in my > address section. Sorry. > > cc > --- Sharon Goetz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com