Any Vancouverites wandering down there tonight? I'm right by the beach and I have no idea what time I will be able to get to sleep tonight with the crowds and helicopters that are going to swarm.
I won't be going. I might try for next Wed. or Saturday.
I guess that you can watch the fireworks from your apt., Some chick?
I don't think so since I'm on the second floor and face toward Stanley Park, although there is a common area on the roof where I could. They're only letting 80 people up there tonight, first come sort of thing. I might go up there, but I'm not sure I want to hang out with my neighbours.
Though, maybe there will be a cute one to look at...
Hmmm
Oh, that reminds me. Some guy gave me his business card this morning while I was walking to work. One of the local realtors. Ima email him. He was cute. Hair was too perfect, but 30 seconds with me would fix that ;)
Hair was too perfect, but 30 seconds with me would fix that ;)
LOL....
I would so go up on the deck to check out the guys. Heck, I did it today when we had a building tenant party. WOWZA, these guys were smokin hawt with their suits and ties...ooooohhh la la..... ;)
I say, go for it, somechick. Oh, and do let us know how mister cutie realtor turns out, k? (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/12.gif)
You know what? I just might go up there after all...
As for the cutie realtor, I just emailed him. Be nice to have a distraction for once... or ... erm... even twice..
Good for you. And hopefully, he's a nice gentleman to go with the looks. :)
THAT would be a refreshing change.
Morning Somechick.
Did you end up watching the fireworks last night? How was it?
I did. I didn't go up to the common area in my building though. I just really do not want to know my neighbours. I wasn't going to go, but I could hear the crowds and it was just too much energy for me to stay away from.
The fireworks were nice. Nothing spectacular until the finale, but still nice.
The people though... There's a level of rudeness in this city that makes my blood boil and sometimes all I want to do is ram my elbow into someone's head.
And the fact is that I'm actually very laid back. So...
But I am glad I didn't sit wishing I'd gone.
Yeah, gotta agree with you on the rudeness factor in Vancouver. It's probably a large crowd syndrome where people are rude. The pushing and shoving can go so far.....
Anyways, glad that you enjoyed it. I may go next Wed or to the last one. Haven't decided.
Oh and my new little realtor friend did not follow my instructions. He had asked me to call him, and I gave him my number instead telling him to give me a call when he was done work. He never called, and I didn't call him. Unfortunately, dating for the last few years has taught me a thing or three about "game play".
I get to work this morning, and there's an email with his home number asking me to call him to set up a late date for after the fireworks. I don't touch a computer after I leave the office, so I didn't see it till today.
Men. I tell ya.
I will call him tonight. He's cute so I'll cut him some slack ;)
Yup, that's a typical guy. LOL. You tell him to do something, he's not gonna listen...guys call this "selective hearing." LOL, selective hearing my as*! :P
I'd better just hurry up and go out with him. It's been so long since I bothered with a date, he might actually not be as hot as I think he is.
*Grabs his business card to double check*
Yeah. Still a little meterosexual for my taste, but ... At least I know he cleans up well.
I never looked twice at him when I saw him at first. I always assume any guy I meet where I live is gay, since it's one of the largest gay populations in North America. Kind of opposite how other neighbourhoods are.
LOL SC. I think that he would have to be clean and extremely presentable if he's selling million dollar homes. Many male realtors/salesman look absolutely polished to the tee, too perfect! :P Bleh! More perfect than me, but then again, I don't do sales. :)
True. As long as he knows how to get dirty, it's fine.
I'm so glad I don't have to be perfect for my job. I'm in sales, but mine is all online and conference calls. I thought about realestate, but I make pretty good money, I'm off at 3pm, and I never work a weekend or take any of my work home with me.
sounds like a nice comfy job...as long as you enjoy it. :)
I love it. I'm slacking today because I'm tired, but after being here for about 8 months, I'm one of the top sales people and every time I make a sale, I'm making a difference to people who need help.
Doesn't get much cooler than that. Plus I can work in sweats if I feel like it, or wear a suit if I'm so inclined. I'll be working from home once I set up an office. Or I could move and take my job with me anywhere there's internet and phone...
I just won a trip in a sales contest and gave it to my parents.
It's a good job. Too bad I'm so lazy today.
Hence the prolific posting.
what exactly is sales?
Somechick, is it some sort of timeshare, vacation sales that you do?
No I sell an online search engine that helps non profit organizations sort through the information on the IRS returns of 85000 foundations so that they can figure out who to ask for what.
oh. Because when I think of sales I think of either somebody who works at the mall, car dealer, or telemarketer.
There are many kinds of sales. You're a victim of believing the stereotype because you probably haven't met any REAL sales people. I'm customercentric. It's about them, not me and if they're not ready, I don't push. I tell them I'm not going anywhere and I'll check back with them periodically to see how they're doing.
I'm in sales because I fell into it when I was offered a job at a newspaper selling advertising space and writing copy. I realized that I could write my own paycheck, and I've never looked back.
I'm very good at what I do and when I'm finished, no client of mine ever feels "sold".
I help them.
So your one of the good guys. Why do telemarketers call during dinner? RRRRRR, makes my family angry. Distrupts the classical music and conversations going on.
because they know that you are home. I always have fun with them, till they hang up on me.
I tell every telemarketer "The home owner is not back until next year." They don't push any further and that's the end of it.
I have to say that it does annoy me to have to deal with stereotypes about the type of work that I do.
And even the old car sales stereotype -- You know what? They also provide a service. Granted, the nature of their business forces them to push or starve or be scooped by the next more assertive sales person, BUT if you want to know how many miles are on a vehicle, whether or not it has been in an accident, who the last owner was, want gas in it for a test drive, want it sprayed so you can see the paint for chips, want someone to negotiate repairs with the shop for you...
You think it's worth doing all of that yourself? Then spare a sales person and stay off the lot.
*End rant.*
I start asking stupid questions about their product that make absolutely no sense, and they always have to put me on hold to ask their supervisor. I find it very entertaining.
I never have picked on on them before we usually just turn the phone on for 3 seconds then turn it off or say no thanks.
Thought about striking up a conversation with them. Like if you have a problem with your computer and you call IBM it goes to India. Start asking what's it like over there, seen any good bollywood films lately, say how's it going. And its funny because they are taught not act from India so they will deny it.
a carpet cleaning place once called me and offered me a free carpet cleaning. I told them that my carpet was too fluffy, so I asked them if they can mow my carpet. The guy put me on hold and said he can look into it. What an idiot.
yeah sorry about the car salesman line. Funny thing is that I haven't ran into that syndrome at the Honda or Toyota dealership but you go to the Chevy or Ford dealership and they hound you like lion on a antelope. Can't they see I'm just looking? Went to this one chevy dealership and they basically almost forced us to buy the car. We were like what the hell I don't want to buy the car and they still insisted.
We ditched them after he said he was getting the keys for a test drive. Go to a honda or toyota dealership and they don't mess with you. I guess the Honda and Toyota dealers can see that you are a teen and not really a customer while Ford and Chevy are like "PEOPLE, Must talk to People". They'd probly try to get a 10 year old to buy a car. They're that bad.
Honestly, it is not their fault. If they don't stay on you, they will catch hell from the general manager. Also, most customers are not good about making sure they talk to the sales person that greeted them.
Say your sales person decides to give you space and then five minutes later, you want to look at something a bit closer. What happens then is typically the customer grabs whoever is nearby. If they buy, that original sales person gets nada.
Toyota is different. They don't negotiate price and that creates a different dynamic.
And here at my job, my clients are mine. No one else can touch them and if they do, the comission is mine. When you're talking an average commission of $1100 per sale, that's pretty significant, so no one wastes any time chasing other people's leads.