I hate when my co-workers in other departments just pass my contact information to vendors and have them stalk me over the phone and e-mail. That’s just not cool to do. I’d much rather have my co-worker give me the vendors contact information and if I’m interested, I’ll get in contact with them. That’s what I always do. I never give out phone numbers or e-mail addresses without the approval of my co-worker.
And I love when they get me on the phone and can’t even name one of my sites. I have 20+ of them! If you’re calling me, I’d expect at a minimum that you would know at least one of my sites. This moron on the phone with me can’t name one single site for me and I love giving him a hard time when he asks me to give him a site to look at. I tell him we have 22, you can go to any one of them! Is it too much to expect that if you’re making a sales call you’re a little prepared?? And you’re calling Hearst, we’re not a dinky little publisher, do some work preparing!
We have finally gotten some real snow. We have had snow this winter, but I think this is the most snow we’ve had all winter, and they’re 3-5 inches of snow, nothing like what we would get when I was a kid. 