Apr 28 2009
Randomization
Today’s thoughts:
- I work at a place where we have to constantly read Standard Operating Procedures. We have to take a quiz to show that we understood what we have read. Today I saw a safety SOP that actually asked the question: Horseplay and fighting will be tolerated. True or False? Well, without even reading the SOP I know that is false. When is horseplay ever tolerated? Ever since we were kids we have been told “No horseplay”. Nobody ever bothered to tell us what horseplay is and why it is called horseplay. I mean, really. What a funny concept. Yet it is always one of the top rules at the pool or on the bus. I was tempted to answer True so that my manager would have to sit down with me and explain the answer in more detail.
- Speaking of work, I occasionally get an e-mail from a colleague that has the disclaimer: Please excuse spelling errors, sent from Blackberry. Now I finally understand. A Blackberry is a device that makes people bad spellers! So what’s your excuse when you’re not using the Blackberry?
- When someone does a commercial as a spokesperson, at the end they’ll say, “And tell them I sent you”. Now sometimes there’s a discount that goes along with that. But how do I know for sure? I would really feel like a dumbass going to a dealership to buy a car, and in the middle of negotiating, say to the salesman, “Uhh… by the way, I thought I’d mention that Bill Bergey sent me.” Of course the 20-year old salesman will have never heard of the NFL linebacker from the 70’s, and look at me like I was nuts.
- When I see a commercial that says, “Our laundry detergent cleans better than the leading brand” I always wonder if your product is so great, you should already be the leading brand. There’s got to be a reason you are not leading.
