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Preston
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The Truth about Who is going to heaven, etc..
by Legendary U.2.K. inwell after 2 years of my bible study's with the father's help & the messiah help, i had to post this, to get thousands str once again: - it's a knowed fact that billions are infact dead in their graves, cause like christ already mention in john chapter 5 verses 28, & 28 & 25 that the resurrection will only happen on the last day... so if anybody in this life period teach that after you die you go to heaven is a liar(cough christianity), cause the resurrection has not happen yet...... and the only people who are going to heaven after armageddon is the 144,000(book of revelation said's 'they were', in revelation chapter 1, god said 'things that must shortly come to pass)...... continue>
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The worst company I worked for.
by Preston innope, the above isn't a cryptic reference to my experience wallowing in the low spark of domineering elders, self-righteous piblishers, and heavy handed overseers.
it is however an accurate statement regarding my 7-month stay at an internet company here in arizona that sold ink cartridges over the web.
it was my first full-time job after i graduated from college with my bachelor's degree last year, and in my mind it was one of the most poorly run companies in the world.
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Preston
Nope, the above isn't a cryptic reference to my experience wallowing in the low spark of domineering elders, self-righteous piblishers, and heavy handed overseers. It is however an accurate statement regarding my 7-month stay at an Internet company here in Arizona that sold ink cartridges over the web. It was my first full-time job after I graduated from college with my Bachelor's degree last year, and in my mind it was one of the most poorly run companies in the world. I started in December 2001, a few months out of college. I responded to an ad and I was set up with an interview the following day. Their business was located in the back room of an Insurance office and my first impression of the company was that it was a very busy environment. I was informed that they needed to resolve some business issues with their company, primarily in their shipping department. I agreed to help their company as well as offer on-call tech support if any tech issues came up. I was asked to come in the next day. On my first day of work I was informed that my manager and assistant manager fired all of the company's staff the day before except for their web designer and computer technician (both lived out of state). They felt that I could do the job of all the staff that they fired. I was a little concerned at first but was too busy to think about it when I started working. My job at first involved packaging all of the orders, printing out labels through ort UPS on-line world ship system, and giving the tracking numbers to my manager to enter into the back end of our Internet store. The reason why this was done was so we had proof that the orders went out. All we had to do was refer to the tracking number and trace it through ups. That day I was later informed that instead of using a shipper that stopped by and picked up all the packages himself, I would personally have to hand-deliver all of the packages at the end of the day to UPS' main office down the street. Even though it was an inconvenience, my truck was big enough to take all the orders, I would be getting some exercise in the process, and hey, I was getting paid $500.00 a week. No big deal. Later I found out that our company did not keep in stock many of the products that they advertised on their web site. Orders sat for several months because our manager didn't obtain those products through our distributor. They would simply wait for the customer to complain to their credit card company before they gave thought to ordering the product from elsewhere. Still, I managed to resolve enough issues with their business for our manager to move us to a better location. He picked a group of suites located in the heart of Scottsdale's clubbing district, which were, to say the least, not very cheap. During the company move I was informed that I would be under obligation to move the entire inventory myself, as well as all of their computers, and some of their furniture. At the new office, I built their network from scratch, and resolved any compatibility issues when I upgraded all of their systems. I informed my manager that because we upgraded all of their systems that he would have to invest in some security software for the company, especially considering the fact that he wanted to turn this business into a multi-million dollar one. He never did this, and this usually resulted in at least one of our computer systems crashing every week. During my stay at the company I got my brother (recently laid off) and my friend jobs there.
Even though our manager gave us all raises some things made me suspicious. He informed us that that he had to take some of the company's money and invest it in his brother's on-line gambling business in California. In the meantime, the funds that we needed in order to purchase our inventory went to his brothers gambling business. In one month we had as much as 500 orders that were on backorder. Every week we would be contacted by private investigators, lawyers, attorney generals, customers that never received refunds, and businesses that never got paid or received bounced checks. Customers called up, informing us that our manager told them to "go F***K themselves." Our manager would continually berate and harass his assistant manager. One day he threw a cup of hot coffee all over her office. My manager also loved to give us lame excuses such as "in order for our customers to be refunded we have to charge them twice on another merchant account". Because of that most of my job centered around providing responses to credit card disputes, most of which centered around fraud, customers getting charged multiple times, and customer's never getting refunded. Some of the disputes involved customers who never heard of our company. One credit card dispute involved a customer who was overcharged $2,000. A simple search on the Internet reveals just how bad the customer service really was. Here are some comments from some of our valued customers:
I returned the defective cartridges more than a month ago and am still waiting for a credit.
I emailed [the company] and they said to return the cartridge and they would refund my money. This was in November, 2001.
I was billed the $60.95 cents in late November.However, on January 3rd they once again billed my AMEX account $60.95.
double billed - late delivery - unable to contact company via phone or e-mail
One day, our manager invited his brother to run his on-line gambling business at our company. He camped out in our front office, would walk around barefoot, and leave his trash all over the place (at which point my brother and I were assigned as clean-up crew). We later found out he had a warrant for his arrest for failing to make a court appearance, which resulted in two police officers showing up in one day. I also found out that it was illegal to run an on-line gaming business in Arizona. I suspected he was doing drugs. My manager also loved to tell us how he would only hire "babes" before he hired me for the job, but later on felt the need to hire professionals. The last straw was when I received 5 bounced checks in a row. Our web designer received a bounced check and took off all of the files on our web server. He threatened her with legal action in order to get the sites up. My friend left the company with 3 bounced checks at which my manager promptly replaced her with another person to handle customer service. He did reimburse me for the 5 bounced checks but continued to not pay us for all of my checks afterwards. The last week of my stay at the company was the strangest. My manager assigned me to take care of customer refunds but limited them to $200 a day (there were 10's of thousands of dollars in refunds that needed to be taken care of). I was also assigned to handle incoming e-mails as well, which wasn't too bad, although most if the inquiries were from customers who needed their orders filled and we didn't have the inventory. My manager also blamed me for the decrease in new and return business despite the fact that he double-charged customers, never got our company the inventory we needed, and overcharged customers. My last day at the company was yesterday. At which, he told me that he wanted to put a "stop on my hours" so he could "pay me up". He blamed me for the credit card disputes and bemoaned the fact that I was sending resumes out during company time (could you blame me) and my lack of commitment to the job (could you blame me). He now thinks this business can be run with only two people.....you got it, there are only 2 people working there now.
Anyway, thank you for letting me rant about the worst job I ever had. Right now I'm unemployed and going in for interviews. I'm actually thinking about going into school again to get my technical certification. If my manager doesn't pay me up soon then I'm taking him to court. I know his address and home phone number. I'm actually thinking of sending out a mass e-mail to all of the customers he has screwed with his contact info.
Anyway the purpose of this e-mail was mostly therapeutic. Please feel free to post your own job experiences...
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I have just been shunned!
by Vivamus ini have just been shunned!
i was standing in my kitchen, which has a view on a parking lot in front of my house.
well, i was doing my dishes, and i see this car parking (quit clumsily i might add).
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Preston
Hi Viv,
I read your story about how an elder shunned you and I just wanted to tell you (((HUGS))) It's a shame that people will put politics over good nature. You're a sweet person and its that elder's loss...
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Dub Memories, Part 2
by SYN inat the end of part two, i moved to a suburb on the outskirts of one of africas richest cities, johannesburg.
here, suddenly, instead of the pallor and grime of rural south africa, beautiful mansions, bmws, and stylishly dressed people suddenly surrounded us.. .
my family felt a bit left out, since we werent exactly very well off when we arrived.
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Preston
I enjoyed reading your posts SYN put it also made me very sad that you had to face so much hypocrisy at such a young age, catering to large white groups of heterosexist males who preached destruction if you didn't fill your quota at the end of the month. It's just a period of time for kids to miss every wonderful opportunity there is. It makes me think of the following quote...
"A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages." ~Tennessee Williams
edited for formatting reasons
(((HUGS))) Preston.
Edited by - Preston on 10 August 2002 20:54:37
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Today is my birthday...
by Preston in...and i have nobody to celebrate it with.
i wish i could make a big deal about it here but i don't post enough... anywho, remind me to kill the baker and to leave joseph in his cell.
lol, a little post jw humor.
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Preston
Last, but not least, thank you Dana for your kind words. Thank you for thinking about me. I always appreciate reading your posts...
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Today is my birthday...
by Preston in...and i have nobody to celebrate it with.
i wish i could make a big deal about it here but i don't post enough... anywho, remind me to kill the baker and to leave joseph in his cell.
lol, a little post jw humor.
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Preston
I wanted to say thank you Rocky, I like your b-day song...
...the gorgeous Prisca, thank you, I hope to get to know you better.
PLH, if I'm in the area you will be the first person I contact ;-)
Xena, thank you very much, I'm sorry I missed you in chat, I appreciate you a lot Xexy...
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Today is my birthday...
by Preston in...and i have nobody to celebrate it with.
i wish i could make a big deal about it here but i don't post enough... anywho, remind me to kill the baker and to leave joseph in his cell.
lol, a little post jw humor.
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Today is my birthday...
by Preston in...and i have nobody to celebrate it with.
i wish i could make a big deal about it here but i don't post enough... anywho, remind me to kill the baker and to leave joseph in his cell.
lol, a little post jw humor.
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Preston
...and I have nobody to celebrate it with. I wish I could make a big deal about it here but I don't post enough... Anywho, remind me to kill the baker and to leave Joseph in his cell. LOL, a little post JW humor. Thanx everyone for your support...
Edited by - Preston on 9 August 2002 21:20:21
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What you got on "under" there????....
by SpiceItUp ini am talking about underwear.... what do you put on if anything???.
i myself---either go with thongs----or nothing .
spice of the likes to feel free class
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Preston
I wear briefs, really, anything that shows off the bulge is my kinda thang!
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A quiz: name the following movies....
by Preston inbelow are some scenes from various films.
name the movies that contain these scenes.
btw, it's a very tough quiz .
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Preston
I decided that since nobody's posting here anymore, I might as well post the answers...Thanx for playing.
1.) Being There
2.) Sleeper
3.) Ms. 45
4.) Detour
5.) Blow out or Ashes and Diamonds
6.) The Hidden Fortress
7.) Once Upon a Time in the West
8.) Dick
9.) Angel Heart
10.) L'Age D'Or
11.) The Virgin Spring
12.) L'Atalante
13.) Kwaidan
14.) Rome, Open City
15.) Spirit of the Beehive
16.) The Birds, Zerkalo
17.) Yojimbo, Wild at Heart, and possibly Idle Hands
18.) Stop Making Sense
19.) Picnic at Hanging rock
20.) The Elephant Man
21.) Riget, Part I
22.) The Fog
23.) Fanny and Alexander
24.) Bound
25.) Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome
26.) Charley Varrick
27.) East is East
28.) Communion
29.) Elevator to the Gallows
30.) The Big Heat
31.) Written in the Wind
32.) In the Mood for Love
