Bang Bus and 102+ other stories

I met a cousin this weekend who works at a call center. The very call centers that some people blame for much of the job loss in the great US of A. Well, as she brilliantly stated to a caller complaining that they are taking American jobs, "Ma'am I'm sure if you were willing to be paid about $1.50 an hour, you could have a job too."

One of the first clients for the center was the porn company "Bang Bus." When customers would call into to ask for something "hott" they were instructed to reply "well, how hott do you want it. There was also a commission for each DVD sold. Now, they do customer service for motorola, AT&t, etc. Unfortunately, no free phones or commission or free porn with AT&T.

So much has happened these past couple days and it's hard to remember all of it. I just want to make sure I wrote about the Bang Bus before I forgot.

The call center provides classes for their employees. Since they are working for American companies and engage customers in small talk, there are daily news ticker updates for them. When training, there are also classes such as United States of America 101. This gives call center workers a crash course in American culture. Previously, there was also an accent reduction class but now that most people know these call centers are overseas, they are no longer required to claim to be from "texas" or "oklahoma."

She has so many stories about people freaking out without internet access.
And then,I remember, there are people here living fully sustainable lives without internet access nor the need for it. Albeit, the internet is such a tool for learning, connecting, expanding our knowledge, but it is equally addicting, time consuming and promotes staring blanky into an inanimate screen. Sometimes at parties you'll see a table of pre-teen boys all glued to their PSP, instead of talking and engaging with each other opting for PSP games and stimulus. Sometimes it can seem de-socializing youth from an outside prespective but maybe the PSP can bring these kids together too.

I see some resent searches on my google queue: StumbleUpon, Furniture design, nude Russian Models, ex-boyfriends...The internet is definitely the closest thing to the Genesis tree of knowledge.

Time to write more. I don't know if it's so smart to post goals. Some people claim that talking about things you are planning or changing, deters the effort by making the individual falsely believe they have taken steps for an action by merely speaking about taking steps towards progress and their goals.

I'm already accumulating a lot of stuff, much of it not needed. It was nice with the sparse living for awhile. It's evening now so tomorrow again for the de-cluttering.

Write more soon blogging world, write write for real soon too.