All the men have Bill O'Reilly and all the women have Oprah. The two figures that say stuff and no matter what it is, their legions of followers comply without a whimper. Ooh, Oprah's new diet. How's she doing it? And it's something that's been around for ages and readily available for anybody who is actually interested in losing weight or whatever. They're just too lazy to look up the information themselves. Which is probably why they're so fat in the first place. "You should do this."
"But Oprah said that she does this."
Funny thing. There was this huge Oprah billboard by the Culver City Denny's by Jefferson/405. It has her huge ugly face and the topic of the show that week or day. One day it said something something funny like, "Child Molesters" or something like that. But if you didn't know she had a show, you might think that's a declarative billboard.
I've mentioned before about how people get all meticulous about our rates here when I quote them I say that the rate includes gratuity, tax, and other fees. Then they ask what the other fees are. I hate that because it doesn't matter what they are. Why does it matter? You asked how much it costs for a particular service, I tell you. If the price is great for you, take it. If not, move the fuck on. They all try and get all business-like on the phone like, "It'll be $400."
"So what does that break down to hourly?"
They ask you that because they are comparing the hourly rate with another company's. Which is dumb since I've already told them the total price. By their rationale, If Company A charges them $75/hr and for the amount of hours they rent it for plus fees and comes to $500. And Company B charges them $60/hr and with fees and all comes to $800, they'd go with Company B. Is that a bit much of me to make out of all this? Not really.
Or there are some people you quote and give them the total and then on their end they're dissecting the rate you quoted and trying to break it down. So they're thinking outloud going, "$400. And that's four hours at $65/hr..." And I just say, "And there's a 10% fuel surcharge, 8% tax, and 3.9% administration fee."
In fact, anything anyone says anymore, just infuriates me anyway.
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Work must be shitty today. You sound really stressed. Well, suck it up!
Maybe we should just save up and get a t-shirt press & start our own company. We could start our own bloody tour company of LA, too. (literally bloody) I looked at jobs today. Depressing. I don't want to work for anyone anymore. Either I want to be self-employed or start a commie commune. Why do all the job postings say stuff like "Looking for someone energetic and outgoing with a sense of urgency" [We want someone on meth who likes sales] or "Have management experience & like rock n' roll?" [We want a frat boy with an MBA] or "We have expanded to 23 states. Come join our growing company!" [Get paid minimum wage to wear our uniform] I saw a posting for a dishwashing job and they asked for a resume. A fucking resume AND they said they were looking for "an outgoing people person" - for a dishwashing position! How come you never see any ads for shy people. Shy people are usually smarter, less annoying and work equally as hard. They get no appreciation. I hate that. Even at the hotel they had a sign in the back saying, "Be aggressively friendly!" Everything and everyone is supposed to be expanding and aggressive and "EXTREME!" But really it's all so lame. I'm thinking about crime as a viable career option at this point.
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