I'm for most of it. About 95% for it I guess. Sometimes I am on the fence about creating embryos to harvest stem cells. It's all a little too much like the Matrix to me. I know that at that stage there is no memory but the fact the embryo can develop into a person with thoughts and emotions makes me feel a little weird. But, since I haven't really researched either side that much I'm going to side "for it" just because of the potential benefits to sick people.
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CO Meeting w/Elders ("Lazy elders", Tattoos, Auto accidents)
by doinmypart ina few points from the 2006 biannual c.o.
meeting w/elders & ms. the theme was "take a personal interest in others"...phil 2:4,5. shepherding work.
we have lives in our hands.
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If a JW out in service caused an auto accident I'm almost positive an attorney would name the WTS in a lawsuit.
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Outsourced Call Center Frustration
by Bstndance infor the most part i have never had a problem with call centers based in india.
whenever there seemed to be an issue, i chalked it up to a communication issue.
today, however, is a different story.. i booked a trip on delta but my frequent flier account is with continental.
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Bstndance
Oppsss nevermind
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Outsourced Call Center Frustration
by Bstndance infor the most part i have never had a problem with call centers based in india.
whenever there seemed to be an issue, i chalked it up to a communication issue.
today, however, is a different story.. i booked a trip on delta but my frequent flier account is with continental.
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Bstndance
I heard some places train their people by watching Friends so they can understand some of the cultural differences. I do feel bad sometimes because people are calling them for help with products and things that the people working in the centers can't afford.
Andre: I would have said, "one second let me get her" and then came back on with a high pitched voice. HAHA
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Outsourced Call Center Frustration
by Bstndance infor the most part i have never had a problem with call centers based in india.
whenever there seemed to be an issue, i chalked it up to a communication issue.
today, however, is a different story.. i booked a trip on delta but my frequent flier account is with continental.
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For the most part I have never had a problem with call centers based in India. Whenever there seemed to be an issue, I chalked it up to a communication issue. Today, however, is a different story.
I booked a trip on Delta but my frequent flier account is with Continental. The good news is I can earn Continental miles when I fly Delta but I have to call Delta. I call the 800 number and after a ton of voice prompts I get connected to somewhere halfway around the world and am asked all the same questions I just was prompted to answer. I then ask if I can add my Continental number to the reservation. Immediately the guy shuts me down and says I have to call continental. Why would I call them when I'm flying Delta? He wouldn't answer and proceeded to ask if I wanted to know rental car rates at my destination. Oy vey!
I humored him and called Continental. I was connected with a nice person in Houston who told me that I have to call Delta. I totally understand and told them how I was told to call them. I wasn't going to get upset at someone telling me the right info. I called Delta again ready for war. Well after all of the prompts I'm connected with a woman with a southern accent. She didn't ask me any of the info again and took care of what I needed in less than 20 seconds.
My experience wasn't that bad. But, I believe a company that actually cares about their customers would make sure that people wouldn't have to play call center merry-go-round.
Anyone else have bad experiences with outsourced call centers?
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OMG I'm becoming a wikipedia addict!
by TresHappy in.
i find myself there several times a day.
anyone else?
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Bstndance
oh yeah, I'm a Google Earth junkie too!!
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Do you get speeding tickets often, or get away with alot of traffic tickets
by JH in.
i didn't get a ticket in over 15 years, although i drive alot.. i always wear my seatbelts, never go more than 10 to 15 mph over the speed limit, and make decent stops, not dead stops, but decent ones..... here in quebec, if ya do a lousy stop, but that i mean if you don't completely stop, they call tha an american stop here.
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I only had one speeding ticket. It was from a speed trap a cop set up in the "Big Dig" in Boston. Coming off the Tobin Bridge heading down into the tunnel towards Storrow Drive. As soon as you enter the tunnel the speed limit drops. There were three lanes. The right lane was blocked with cones and the cop was in the center lane parked. He had two cars pulled over then pulled me over. While he had me pulled over he got another car. He told me my ticket should be $350 but he would be nice and only make it $75. I wanted to fight it but when the court date was set, I was living in California. My driving record never transferred and I paid the $75.
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Sick and Twisted Wishful Thinking
by Bstndance intoday i was one the phone with my mom and she was telling me that as she was driving back home she saw alot of smoke coming up near her house.
as she got closer she found out it was an old abandoned factory.
then she said, "i was hoping it was the church".
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Today I was one the phone with my mom and she was telling me that as she was driving back home she saw alot of smoke coming up near her house. As she got closer she found out it was an old abandoned factory. Then she said, "I was hoping it was the church". WHAT? She lives across the street from a Catholic Church. Now, I'm not a fan of the Catholic religion, but I would never wish their church would burn. I just thought it was sick. What would she say if she heard someone wish the Kingdom Hall would burn? I called her out on it but she feels justified because she's a JW.
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OMG I'm becoming a wikipedia addict!
by TresHappy in.
i find myself there several times a day.
anyone else?
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Bstndance
i love wiki. if you get bored you just bounce from article to article learning about stuff.
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Limits on paper towel, tp usage at DA's. What next? Have fun w/suggestions
by juni in2 sheets of paper towel for hand drying, controlled use of toilet paper, don't dawdle while in the stall, covered mirrors, what next?.
how about maximum of 2 trips to the bathroom per day otherwise you are written up by brother bathroom monitor.
if more than that you are put on cleaning duty after the day's sessions are done.. .
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We had a woman at work that would use so much toilet paper it was crazy. Every day we went through 5 rolls of toilet paper and 3 rolls of paper towels. We even bought those seat liner things and she would use them because they're too thin. Now that she's gone, we only replace one of each. I wonder how she would have reacted at a convention that they handed out towels. I would have paid to see it.