FREE COFFEE!
So, it's Roll up the Rim to Win time again at Canada's favorite coffee shop! I've already won two 'free' coffees! Woo hoo! How is it we humans will buy anything to get something free? What is wrong with our brains that we can't compute simple math? Here is what we think:
20 coffees ($29.00) - 1 coffee won (maybe) = DEAL!!!
What's funny is that we probably would not have bought those coffees if it weren't for the prospect of winning. Now there are the people that will say, I buy coffee everyday anyway so for me it is nice to have the option of winning something. I say to them: you are spending over $500/year on coffee alone!! OMG!
What's even funnier is I am one of the people who normally make coffee at the office or home but when the contest is on, I buy the coffee so I have a chance to win something! Ya, I just yelled at myself.. haha. Here's my math:
20 coffees not budgeted for - 2 'free' coffees = I won 2 free coffees! woo hoo!
It's all relative! (no, I am not related to Tim)
Ahh.. whoever thought up this idea of blogging deserves a pat on the back! How would I get anybody to listen to me otherwise? If I tried to have a conversation about this with someone, they would have walked away after the second sentence! I would have been "woohooing" to myself! But you suckers will read the whole thing, to the end. No matter what it says... even if it boring as hell! See.. you're still reading. In fact, I probably just got you to re-read some of it because you had to see what the first 2 sentences were and if the "woo hoo" was after the second sentence. Humans.. so predictable!
P.S. www.spamusment.com Still going strong.. this guy is friggin hilarious!
Just when you thought we were done...
And now for something completely different...
I've been thinking (ack!)... There have been a few occassions where I am shopping or whatever and someone will recognize me and come over to talk to me. They proceed to ask me what's new and tell me all about their life since we last talked. It's all small talk and usually bores me to death. Then we part ways and I can imagine they are thinking "boy, it was nice running into Janice". While, I am thinking "who the hell was that??"
I have no memory when it comes to that! How can I spend 4 years or more in school with someone and not even have an idea of who they are when I see them?? It's crazy! I usually have to ask Karen (she's usually right beside me when it happens) who it was and she spends the next 10 minutes trying to jog my memory with all kinds of stories. I don't get it.
So, since I know how my minds works (or doesn't as the case may be) I always try not to assume that people know who I am. I will always re-introduce myself or if I call someone on the phone, I will identify myself. A lot of people are like 'uh, ya, i know who you are.' But I don't like to assume. Then I was thinking, am I insulting people when I make that assumption? Should I be altering my actions based on my own re-actions? Should I even be taking others into consideration? Do I care if they remember me(obviouslyI do) but should I? Should I care if I am insulting them? So many questions!
I think I need Mike's opinion on this one. Mike, I am turning my blog over to you for this one, if you care! lol
That's all I will subject you to today... but you'll be back!
20 coffees ($29.00) - 1 coffee won (maybe) = DEAL!!!
What's funny is that we probably would not have bought those coffees if it weren't for the prospect of winning. Now there are the people that will say, I buy coffee everyday anyway so for me it is nice to have the option of winning something. I say to them: you are spending over $500/year on coffee alone!! OMG!
What's even funnier is I am one of the people who normally make coffee at the office or home but when the contest is on, I buy the coffee so I have a chance to win something! Ya, I just yelled at myself.. haha. Here's my math:
20 coffees not budgeted for - 2 'free' coffees = I won 2 free coffees! woo hoo!
It's all relative! (no, I am not related to Tim)
Ahh.. whoever thought up this idea of blogging deserves a pat on the back! How would I get anybody to listen to me otherwise? If I tried to have a conversation about this with someone, they would have walked away after the second sentence! I would have been "woohooing" to myself! But you suckers will read the whole thing, to the end. No matter what it says... even if it boring as hell! See.. you're still reading. In fact, I probably just got you to re-read some of it because you had to see what the first 2 sentences were and if the "woo hoo" was after the second sentence. Humans.. so predictable!
P.S. www.spamusment.com Still going strong.. this guy is friggin hilarious!
Just when you thought we were done...
And now for something completely different...
I've been thinking (ack!)... There have been a few occassions where I am shopping or whatever and someone will recognize me and come over to talk to me. They proceed to ask me what's new and tell me all about their life since we last talked. It's all small talk and usually bores me to death. Then we part ways and I can imagine they are thinking "boy, it was nice running into Janice". While, I am thinking "who the hell was that??"
I have no memory when it comes to that! How can I spend 4 years or more in school with someone and not even have an idea of who they are when I see them?? It's crazy! I usually have to ask Karen (she's usually right beside me when it happens) who it was and she spends the next 10 minutes trying to jog my memory with all kinds of stories. I don't get it.
So, since I know how my minds works (or doesn't as the case may be) I always try not to assume that people know who I am. I will always re-introduce myself or if I call someone on the phone, I will identify myself. A lot of people are like 'uh, ya, i know who you are.' But I don't like to assume. Then I was thinking, am I insulting people when I make that assumption? Should I be altering my actions based on my own re-actions? Should I even be taking others into consideration? Do I care if they remember me(obviouslyI do) but should I? Should I care if I am insulting them? So many questions!
I think I need Mike's opinion on this one. Mike, I am turning my blog over to you for this one, if you care! lol
That's all I will subject you to today... but you'll be back!
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