I am such a whiner.
Jan. 24th, 2005 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gordonzolaMy trade show with the highest annoyance factor is in town. Yes, The Fancy Food Show. I will be doing nothing but schmoozing, eating cheese, and avoiding pesky sales reps for the next two days. I know I shouldn't complain, but just try and stop me. I already have stories to tell, just no time to write them yet.
I’m on a panel this year which gets me in for free. Unfortunately I fear I’m doing evil. My panel is called "Putting the Co-op back into co-opt" That doesn’t sound good, does it?
I’m on a panel this year which gets me in for free. Unfortunately I fear I’m doing evil. My panel is called "Putting the Co-op back into co-opt" That doesn’t sound good, does it?
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Date: 2005-01-24 04:33 pm (UTC)Once I get my scanner working again I promise to post my high school and passport-ee photos. I've been enjoying your journal.
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Date: 2005-01-24 05:05 pm (UTC)stop you? are you kidding? those of us who whine regularly wouldn't dream of it! in fact, we welcome the company. you'll make us feel more "normal" that way. ;^)
and i so can't wait to read about your panel discussion. ee-vil! ee-vil! ee-vil! (she chants, in her best imitation of the crowd in the arena, waiting for the lions to be unleashed on the defenseless slaves.)
putting the Ass in Disaster
Date: 2005-01-24 05:48 pm (UTC)Uhhhhhh....what???
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Date: 2005-01-24 05:50 pm (UTC)Ahh well
if ya see my aunt trip her for me.
Mary??!! .......swoooon!.....
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Date: 2005-01-24 06:38 pm (UTC)Re: Mary??!! .......swoooon!.....
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Date: 2005-01-24 09:14 pm (UTC)I wish I could be there to hear you explain to these people that worker co-ops are successful because they share power, not because they co-opt their workers into THINKING they have any semblance of "power"™, through, perhaps, a nice Employee of the Week photo/altar.
Anyway, dude, whining, when well done and skillfully written, is among the most entertaining of journal genres. I can't wait.
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Date: 2005-01-24 10:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-24 11:42 pm (UTC)"The Cooperative Way: Applying Co-op Principles to Your Business" doesn't seem evil to me, but then again, I am not a communist.
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Date: 2005-01-24 11:45 pm (UTC)IT GIVES US THE STORIES
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Date: 2005-01-26 01:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-26 01:29 am (UTC)But actually, I wasn't sure if you wanted to be outed as an online journaler.
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Date: 2005-01-26 01:30 am (UTC)Re: Mary??!! .......swoooon!.....
Date: 2005-01-26 01:31 am (UTC)Re: Mary??!! .......swoooon!.....
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Date: 2005-01-26 01:34 am (UTC)Re: putting the Ass in Disaster
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Date: 2005-01-26 01:39 am (UTC)I won't tell on you
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Date: 2005-01-26 01:40 am (UTC)alas, I never go to those educational events. Until the one I spoke at today. Though I do have a favorite. The all-time best title: "My Job Tastes Good!"
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Date: 2005-01-26 01:45 am (UTC)And my panel wasn't really evil or I wouldn't have done it. It's just that the Food Show has little natural, organic, or co-op prescence so in my worst moments I pictured an audience of corporate suits hearing my talk, interpreting it into their language, and writing down in their notes: "give employees the illusion of power-increase sales". Most of the language of the event is typically business-convention speak. That they wanted to do a co-op panel was a good enough reason for me to say yes, really. I was happy to support that impulse.
Re: IT GIVES US THE STORIES
Date: 2005-01-26 01:46 am (UTC)Re: Mary??!! .......swoooon!.....
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