When I’m not selling darts, chess, or disc golf, one of my hobbies is gardening.
Recent years have been tough for gardeners, with hard freezes in the winters, and extreme heat with drought in the summers. But, we did manage to grow some flowers & veggies.
May 15, 2018 is Peace Officers Memorial Day. American flags will be flown at half-mast for this occasion.
The week of May 13 through May 19, 2018, is Police Week
Elite. That is a term that has been used a lot in this election, and goes a long way toward explaining the Trump phenomenon.
President Obama, in an attempt to describe Trump as a completely disreputable low-life, today compared him to a 7-Eleven job applicant.
Hillary Clinton recently called 25% of the US electorate “deplorable” or “irredeemable”.
The Democratic Party has very heavily promoted the idea that Trump voters are “uneducated” & “ignorant”, specifically referring to people who don’t have college degrees.
Oddly enough, the low-to-middle-income high-school graduates that they are denigrating largely belong to the group that elected President Obama.
When did lack of a college education become grounds to consider a person “ignorant”? About 65% of all Americans do not have college degrees.
And by choosing them as examples of ultimate uncouth low-life people, did the President even realize how badly he insulted the millions of low-wage retail workers who operate convenience stores and tens of thousands of other small businesses?
Yes, a large percentage of American citizens are extremely unhappy with entrenched Washington politicians (of both parties!), and fed-up with watching that “political elite” peer down their noses at America’s common rabble.
The most over-used phrase by cold-call sales people: “in your area”.
Such as “We were just in your area and..”, or “One of our reps will be in your area..”.
Use of the phrase is an immediate and total turn-off of potential customers and should never be used. The implication is that they are just talking to you because they happened to be nearby, not because they are actually interested in your business.
I hear it at least a couple of times a day, from phone callers and door-to-door sales people. Sad to see such poorly coached sales teams!
