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15 years ago @ alexpriest.com - Chapter 2 · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks guys!

15 years ago @ alexpriest.com - How NOT To Do Customer... · 0 replies · +1 points

Haha, well I hope I did!

15 years ago @ alexpriest.com - How NOT To Do Customer... · 0 replies · +1 points

Exactly! I couldn't agree more.

I was telling my roomie earlier, when I received the two packages and saw the extra charge, I really wasn't angry at all. Mistakes happen, it's not a big deal. And yea, it was a little pricey, but I'm not *that* broke, so I wasn't that upset about it. I gave them a quick call yesterday, left a nice, calm message, and figured maybe they'd give me a quick apology and a little discount.

Had the first they done been *apologize*, I probably wouldn't have been angry at all. I would've just sucked it up and said ok, thanks for your time, happy holidays (sincerely). But instead they went IMMEDIATELY to defensive mode, blaming me for the mistake and insisting there was nothing they could do about the problem.

So many mistakes made our their part, it's such a shame. Not to mention how many people have heard me complain about it tonight. If they'd played their cards right, this might have been a blog post singing their praises--I've done it before.

15 years ago @ alexpriest.com - Changing Education Par... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes, yes, yes! Thanks for the comment, Jessica! :-)

15 years ago @ alexpriest.com - I Don't Care, Either · 0 replies · +1 points

Not disagreeing with that at all! Although I'll be honest--the professors I take the most issue with here at AU are *not* the ones in that situation. The professors in that situation--shitty though it may be--are actually the ones who generally do the best, because they know to make the most of the situation and, more often than not, they're young enough to still relate to the generation that they're educating.

The professors I take issue with are--as much as I hate to say it--generally just old. They're all wealthy (especially around here, trust me), they've worked in business or whatever field for a few years and come back to teach, and they're just stagnant. They don't try to do anything different or make anything better. They just teach the textbook and move along.

Finalllly, I'm not saying my professors don't *want* to inspire and keep students learning. I'm sure the vast majority of them do. It's just that, to a large extent, they don't know how. So that's why I'm doing all of this :)

15 years ago @ alexpriest.com - Pre-Resolutions · 0 replies · +1 points

Definitely! Excellent, excellent point, and one I've heard before, I think. I always do my best to make my resolutions long-term focused, and more positively oriented, like you suggest. It's all about having that ACTION to fulfill--it's not eating less, it's eating more healthy things. It's not watching less TV, it's finding ways of exercising between commercials. Or whatever.

15 years ago @ alexpriest.com - Pre-Resolutions · 0 replies · +1 points

Ahahaha oh I know, I know! That's not my list, just for illustrative purposes, don't worry! =P

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