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  The real reason 9/11 occurred (not what you think)

  by berylblue in

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  fruit punch.".

  "there is no fruit in it.".

  "there is no fruit in here!!!

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  berylblue

  Well, I didn't realize it until you mentioned but yes, it is pain. The job is demeaning in many ways, but it's the best I can do right now. My mind is such a jumbled mess. Long story. Some here know why. Experts say give it time and I will no longer feel high all the time. (A bad high, or I wouldn't be complaining.)

  It's funny, and I laugh a lot, but it's very very sad. There are some very sick people out there.

  It's 8 hours of being assaulted, one call after the other. Some persons are nice; many are scamming, some are downright nasty. It's so reactive, and I very much proactive when it comes to helping persons with problems. It's 8 hours of reacting to persons with complaints. A call comes in , and you don't know what's going to hit you. And I'm barely paid more than minimum, even though I am considered an expert on the product.

  I have a difficult time remembering all the coding (we code each call and write down everything the consumer said); there is maybe 30 seconds between calls and sometimes, just one, because I've been working while the person rants, entering all the information. But I'm a good actress, and I am told that I sound extremely sincere, sympathetic, caring and honest. But the detail work , I suck at.

  I'm sorry I AM RANTING.

  AAAAAAAAAGH.

  Now, should we code that an 11com or and 11pis?.

  I'm sorry.

  But I did think you would like to hear the real reason for terrorism.
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  The real reason 9/11 occurred (not what you think)

  by berylblue in

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  fruit punch.".

  "there is no fruit in it.".

  "there is no fruit in here!!!

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  berylblue

  Teejay, I laughed too. I thought it was hilarious. But not until he hung up on me. It is SO difficult not to show one's true emotions in a scenario like that. I wanted to tell him he needed to take his medication. I wonder if there is fruit punch in thorazine.
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  The real reason 9/11 occurred (not what you think)

  by berylblue in

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  fruit punch.".

  "there is no fruit in it.".

  "there is no fruit in here!!!

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  berylblue

  Surprisingly, he did not get to me.
  

  Only two consumers really ever got to me to the point I had to get off the phones for a few minutes.

  One was the woman who told me that her husband was over in Iraq fighting for MY right to make millions selling this product. She wanted free cases of the product for her husband, and (even thought I am upset by this personally) the company claims they can't do that. So she told me I was making millions while her husband suffered. Me, personally. She was downright vile. I wanted to tell her I wasn't the idiot who enlisted. (I don't really feel that way, I know many who join the military for very honorable or practical reasons, and I wholeheartedly support their decisions. But that is how much some callers can get to me. The things I wish I could say. She was just vile, vile, vile. And I took it. I was a newbie then. Now I cut them right off. Like the woman who opened her call, "You think you are better than God." )

  The other was a nut case who, again, started off as kind of normal (although I think anyone who has to call an 800 number to bitch that they didn't like a certain flavor of this product are kind of off anyway....like, throw it the f out and buy another bottle already. Don't call me up and bitch at me, telling me you (allegedly) bought an entire case of a product you've never tried before, decide you don't like it, and want all your money back. Get a frigging life. I'M not the idiot who (allegedly) bought an entire case of something without trying it first. Stop yelling at me and go do something productive.)

  Anyway, this guy said, "I've got two bottles of ____ and the labels are different. They are the same flavor and size but the labels are different."

  "Well, let's take a look at the production codes. They were, most likely, manufactured at different plants."

  I won't bore you, but it ended up that he thought someone was tampering with (of all things) the labels. He was extremely agitated, and accused me of not wanting to help him. I offered to replace the bottles plus a few, but he was too paranoid at this point to give me his name. He just kept harping on how someone was tampering with the labels and that it was all some kind of mysterious plot. I offered to get a supervisor but he just cursed at me and hung up.

  Weird. Label tampering? What the hell would be the point of that?

  You know what was different? One UPC code was vertical on the first bottle, and horizontal on the second bottle.

  He thought it was a matter of national security. I kid you not.

  I had to take a few minute breather after he accused me of not wanting to help him solve this terrible plot.

  I hate my job.
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  The real reason 9/11 occurred (not what you think)

  by berylblue in

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  fruit punch.".

  "there is no fruit in it.".

  "there is no fruit in here!!!

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  berylblue

  Okay, I'm going to tell you all something I am very ashamed of.

  I am a lowly consumer rep for (of all things) a major sports drink, which I can not name because I'm going to talk about something one of our valued consumers said, which is not really ethical. Oh, well.

  Anyway, I get a call which, as they usually do, started out innocuously enough.

  "Why is it called Fruit Punch when there is no fruit in it?"

  "Well, sir, that's just the name of the flavor. Fruit punch."

  "There is no fruit in it."

  "Well, there is and isn't, sir. While there is no fruit juice, the natural flavor is derived from extremely concentrated fruit pulps. That is where the flavor comes from, fruit. Granted, the amount is so small that we are not able to label the product as having any fruit juice content. But the product does contain a combination of different fruit concentrates, such as grapefruit, apple, berry, pineapple, therefore, it's called fruit punch."

  "THERE IS NO FRUIT IN HERE!!! YOU ARE CALLING IT FRUIT PUNCH. THERE'S NO FRUIT. THIS IS DECEPTIVE AND FALSE ADVERTISING. NO FRUIT MEANS IT SHOULD NOT BE CALLED FRUIT PUNCH."

  This is where I lost my patience, which is rare for me (and in retrospect, I know I wasn't being monitored, because I'd have been pulled in the office right after the call had it been heard by the supervisors)
  LISTEN, sir, I am not going to get into semantics with you. It's called Fruit punch because Fruit punch is the flavor. Passion Fruit is called Passion Fruit because THAT is the FLAVOR. Why don't you call up Coca Cola and ask them why there is no coke in the Diet Coke?

  SEMANTICS???? You are telling me ABOUT SEMANTICS? This product is all about semantics. Fruit punch ...#&(@*@, there's no fruit in it. YOU ARE LYING TO THE PUBLIC. YOU ARE SELLING SUGAR WATER (I can't argue there) AND CALLING IT FRUIT PUNCH.

  AMERICANS ARE ROBBING AMERICANS. AMERICANS ARE CHEATING AMERICANS. EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY, AMERICANS ARE DEFRAUDING AMERICANS.

  (hold on, here it comes)

  THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE BOMBING AMERICANS. FAKE FRUIT PUNCH. THIS IS WHY 9/11 HAPPENED. IT'S ALL ABOUT BIG COMPANIES DECEIVING THE PUBLIC

  He was on a major rant, and I was not even listening any more. I was ready to pull the plug on him until he finally uttered a few more obscenities and hung up on me.

  Well now I know the truth. I guess old Osama was pissed off that there was no fruit in the ______ brand Fruit Punch.

  I just thought you'd like to know.

  Rosemarie

  I HATE MY JOB!!!!
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  If you know from which song these lyrics come, you are too frigging old

  by berylblue in

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  "it's written on the wind, it's every where i go.

  so if you really love me, come on and let it show.".

  if you can gues this....well, you're at least my age (or you know a hell of a lot about pop music.).

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  berylblue

  Whenever I'm alone with you

  You make me feel like I am clean again

  Whenever I'm alone with you

  You make me feel like I am free again
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  Coming out of the closet/Blowing my cover/My story and I'm sticking to it!

  by HadEnuf in

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  dear friends:.

  what a pleasure it has been to browse this website over the past couple of years...first as a lurker and then as a member.

  i now intend to "come out of the closet"...blow my cover and tell you my story (and i'm sticking to it!).

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  berylblue

  Cathy,

  What a story! My heart goes out to you.

  I am so glad you are here.

  Rosemarie
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  greetings- seeking Sacramento/Northern California jws, or exjws

  by John Barleycorn in

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  ...hello all, i'm what you'd call a shunned father seeking jws brave enough to talk to me or exjws who might have known my would-be family in the sacramento valley/northern california area... my names andy and i am seeking my twelve tear old daughter *edited*, born in sacramento 1991... the mother's name is *edited*, she shunned me, then disappeared and married a jw man taking on a new last name which i still cannot find out... she might have had more children with her new hubby since, but i have not been able to find out... .

  ...any tips,help or useful suggestions greatly appreciated, thank you.

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  berylblue

  John, welcome. I can feel your pain. You will find friends here.
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  berylblue

  Oh. Always great to see NILFUN. Intelligent, eloquent, succint comments which are always right on target. Thanks, Nilfun.
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  berylblue

  You know what, I didn't see them complaining that the new system hadn't arrived in 1975

  They dare not. You know what happens to complainers, don't you? If you need a refresher course, go look in Exodus or where ever and see what happens to "God's people" when they bitch about something.
  
  That account (of all those persons killed because they were sick to death of manna) was always brought to my attention whenever I whined about something at the KH, no matter how legitimate my complaint. After being reminded of how "God" views "murmurers", who in her right mind is going to speak up about anything?

  Beaten into submission, and robbed of their souls, can you expect anything other than automaton-like obedience to the org?
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  If you know from which song these lyrics come, you are too frigging old

  by berylblue in

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  "it's written on the wind, it's every where i go.

  so if you really love me, come on and let it show.".

  if you can gues this....well, you're at least my age (or you know a hell of a lot about pop music.).

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  berylblue

  Good for you all!

  Well, yes, I liked the movie at the time. I was like 16. Pretty dated now.