I have been stuck in editing HELL. client supplied text for THEIR book, I have to send back with our comments (in a nice way).
Text that consultant 1 wrote for us that CEO doesn't like has to go back and then get re-reviewed, but no one is sure how to fix it and we need to get it to client today for approval.
Text that consultant #2 wrote for us that is just weak and that I need to re-work because we have stopped working with consultant #2.
All different topics.
Need engaging, but not salesy. Writing that covers a topic but doesn;t get too specific so as to exclude people.
I HATE WRITING.
Ok, back me up on this.
When you call someone's office, is the first thing you say, "To whom am I speaking?" Or do you actually say, "Hello, this is ______ from ______, and this is my issue." ?
Isn't just asking "Who is this" rude? Cause my first response was just almost, "You called me. Who the fuck is THIS?"
It's totally rude. I do always answer the phone by saying my name though, and it irks me when people don't.
When you call someone's office, is the first thing you say, "To whom am I speaking?" Or do you actually say, "Hello, this is ______ from ______, and this is my issue." ?
Depends on how long I've spend trying to get person X on the phone.
This was a call to the reception desk. First call.
generally I state my name and then who or what I am looking for
if I answer the phone as a business, I ID myself. If I answer my private phone (s) all you get is hello, until I know who i am talking to
re: coffee. I use one of these [link] every day. I drink out of it on the drive to work. Not all purist, since I keep drinking off the grounds, but it works for me and is very convenient. Also, unbreakable.
But then I can just rinse the grounds down the garbage disposal.
Yeah, I hate "To whom am I speaking?" But not nearly as much as I hated, in the days of pagers, "Who called me?" Dude. Not me -- I'm the front desk of a company. Shit.
