Pet Peeves-Business & Otherwise

So, at the risk of sounding like I'm whining, let me begin with Managers in companies who get insulted or offended and behave dismissively or rude when a sales person calls, regardless of how professional the call may be. This makes me crazy because each of these companies has something to sell. They usually have their own sales force trying to sell their goods/services to consumers or other businesses or at the very least a Marketing program calling on or soliciting directly or through e-mails. We are never rude or dismissive to legitimate sales calls from companies....especially local companies who we view as neighbors. We try to find ways to work with local companies so we can support them, especially during these difficult times. But yet, some managers sometimes forget that their company has something to sell also and they certainly wouldn't want their representatives treated rudely by their prospective clients. So, my thought for the day...is to be respectful to the professional people calling on your company. You don't have to buy anything from them, just be nice.
Another pet peeve: Why can't Comcast keep their signal strong enough to give me consistent service that doesn't include tiling or freezing television shows?
National pet peeve: Nancy Pelosi....'nuf said.
I see where NJ ranked in the top ten states in trouble. Excellent. Spending more than their taking in our state has mismanaged their (oops, I mean "our")money like the Federal government. Christie's considering declaring a state of emergency when he takes office in order to try to get something done. It's about the $7-8B shortfall. ouch
How come the Federal and State Government is allowed to make a financial mess and walk away somehow blaming us?
Weekend stuff:
2 books:A Dangerous Liaison by Carole Seymour-Jones; A new biography of Simone De Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. No, it's not one of those boring, high brow things. It's filled with great drinking, sexual rivalry and betrayal and the dangerous ideas that led people to experiment. How Sartre compromised with the Nazies and fell into a Soviet honey-trap and best of all...revealing darker, more dangerous side to their philosophy of free love, including Simone's immoral behavior in order to keep Sartre. Good Stuff. 2.When March went Mad by Seth Davis celebrates the 30 year anniversary of one of the great college basketball games ever when Bird's Indiana State met Magic Johnson's Michigan in the '79 NCAA finals. Great story telling at it's competitive best.
My final peeve has to do with the movies. I want to go this weekend but...hey guys...we live in New Jersey not Iowa or Nebraska. How do they come out with a movie like Precious, hype it on every electronic and print media outlet and internet getting everybody worked up in a lather to see it and then not show it anywhere in our state? No, I'm not driving into New York to see it. I live in New Jersey...NOT New York. Play the movie so I can drive to it without making 3 rest stops on the way to one of the "tunnels" or stop talking about it.
There, I feel better already...hope you have a great weekend too.
Reach higher.