Hawkeye07 wrote:Now I admit I"m not the brightest bulb on the tree by far but what the hell are "cutting-edge recyclable materials"? Either this marketing guru needs to be fired or I need to submit myself to OAM's stupid people topic.
It would appear that 99.9% of marketing guru's have their collect heads up their collective rectal cavities. They must think we were not born yesterday, but in the early hours of this morning. Two examples spring directly to mind as I experienced both yesterday.
Firstly I was trying to sort out a mobile phone for one of my children. The sales assistance was telling me you get X amount of free calls, data allowance and up to 5000 text massages a month. Firstly, that works out at, for my oldest using his phone for 12 hours a day, 14 texts an hour none stop for twelve hours a day for 31 days......Is that possible, but back to topic, 5000 text messages in a month......Hallo, but who still uses text messaging as provided by their service provider. Get with the program guys, text is so yesterday, it is almost the equivalent of 1980's shoulder pads it is so old.....But still, I can offer you this wonderful package and you get ten zillion text messages a month, now is that a deal or is that a deal....
And:
I was idly look at a car yesterday. My BMW was in due to power window problem.......Does everything on a car have to be controlled by a damn computer. What is wrong with a power cable and a rocker switch.....
But again I digress. Whist my car was having it's electronic brain interrogated, I wondered the forecourt and clapped eyes on the same car I have, but the newer model. So I was looking and I was got by the salesman. I humoured him and let him give his spiel. The car has this, that, the other and it has electric windows, power steering and ABS.......WOW
Power steering and ABS you say and electric windows, bugger me is this car really packed out with goodies and advanced technology. However, I said to him, it is a bit to expensive for me, do you have a car with only electric windows, I don't need power steering or ABS.....He looked a little confused and informed me that they come as standard on the car..................Well my friend, you just shot your sales patter in the foot somewhat and I walked off leaving him looking rather confused.......
Matt
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals.
B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
