Dorinda Fox

Dorinda Fox
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Orlando, Florida, United States
Birthday
May 20
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I teach writing at several universities. My two daughters are five and 16. I adore my children, have trouble raising them, and you will read more about them than you care to. I am a cancer survivor. I was born and raised in Arkansas. I am addicted to Starbucks black iced tea. "What if it's boring... or if it's not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring." Lily Tomlin referring to her teenage diary, in an interview in Movie magazine (July 1983) "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -- Bertrand Russell "I'm teaching myself to live without sleeping because I don't trust my dreams." -- Jon Stewart on the Daily Show

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Salon.com
OCTOBER 29, 2009 6:43PM

How To Be Stupid

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If I ever run out of stupid things to do -- which is not likely -- I will . .  .

Create a wireless phone company targeted towards those who support liberal causes.   I will spend I dunno a couple million promoting to this demographic. I have not done the research but such people are more than likely affluent educated and live in single adult homes where no one else can sign for the phone.

 I will then enter into a contract with a delivery company that requires a signature IN PERSON for delivery of the phone.  Said company does not make appointments and delivers from 8 to 7.  It has one location from which one could pick up the package inconveniently located many miles away at the airport. I will have the phones delivered during the weekday when people are at work.

Then when the customer calls to say this is kinda stupid I will tell my customer service people to say that said delivery company is the only possible way such goods can be delivered and you could not stay home tomorrow to wait for the phone could you? Could you use your valuable time to call our delivery company for us to negotiate different terms?

No.  I could not stupid company.

 But if I wanted to run a company in a really stupid manner I would run it like this.

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They asked you to stay home to get the phone? Wow. And I think I know the company you're talking about. Ugh.
The first sentence made me laugh. If you ever run out and want more, let me know, I've got plenty of extras.

My housemate's phone has been in the Fed Ex loop for several days now. They tried to deliver it to her at her job, but she was out in the field so they wouldn't leave it (WTF?) - so now they're trying to deliver it here but can't seem to understand they have to ring the doorbell, which is the only way I know someone's at the door because the Goddess Suite is at the back of the house. ARGH!
There are so many ways of being, looking, feeling, acting, thinking stupid you can't duck them all!!!!
Stupid corporate dorks
They think they are Gods of all
But they equal fail
Sounds oddly familiar. ~R~
What? You got nothin' else to do?!

Arseholes.
Just quit your job so you can do everybody else''s. Otherwise, nothing will get done.
I get those liberal phone company promos and I'd like to take them up on it if I could get a similar or cheaper plane. The only thing they offered was ten dollars more a month. I f I were working, I;d likely think about it. After reading this, I'm not so sure.
Your idea sounds vaguely familiar.
got news for you. those liberal companies are not the only stupid ones out there. the conservative rip you off ones do the very same. I stayed home for 2 days to collect my phone and the Fed Ex guy got here really late at night.....do they think we have nothing better to do?
Seems to me that any type of vendor using only one delivery company (I assume by contractual arrangement) is not the way to keep the "chosen" company on its toes about providing the best service consistently. But what do I know? (Rated)
What's your problem, Lady? What do you expect ... a phone and service, too? This ain't the old days, Dorinda ... like the '90s. This is the *NEW* Millenium ... the 00s. If you want service, you have to pay extra - a lot extra! It's in the small print.
Stupid - it's what's for breakfast. And a lot of people (and companies) eat it.
I feel your frustration, Dorinda.
The really stupid thing is bundling phones with phone service. It's much better to buy a phone and get phone service separately than to have the true cost of the phone and the service confused by each other.
I think someone beat you to the punch.
Tha's some spectacular stupidity!
I don't know how many times I've had to explain to the world at large that I WORK during weekdays and that I am not available to sit at home waiting for them to do whatever.