I want to ask each of you to consider doing the following when you are talking on the phone to any US customer service representative that is based in a foreign country (like India). I have done this twice and it works! Any time you call an 800 number (for a credit card, banking, charter communications, health insurance, insurance, you name it) and you are transferred to a representative (like in India), please consider doing the following:
After you connect and you realize that the customer service representative is not from the USA (you can always ask if you are not sure about the accent), please very politely (very politely - this is not about trashing other cultures) say, "I'd like to speak to a customer service representative in the United States of America ." The rep might suggest talking to his/her manager, but, again, politely say, "Thank you, but I'd like to speak to a customer service representative in the USA ." YOU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED to a rep in the USA . It only takes less than one minute to have your call re-directed to the USA . Tonight when I got redirected to a USA rep, I asked again to make sure - and yes, she was from Fort -Lauderdale.
the goal here is to restore jobs back here at home - not to be abrupt or rude to a foreign phone rep ”
Imagine if tomorrow, every US citizen who has to make such a call and then requests a US rep, imagine how that would ultimately impact the number of US jobs that would need to be created ASAP. Imagine what would happen if every US citizen insisted on talking to only US phone reps from this day on. If I tell 10 people to consider this and you tell 10 people to consider doing this - see what I mean...it becomes an exercise in viral marketing 101.
Remember - the goal here is to restore jobs back here at home - not to be abrupt or rude to a foreign phone rep. If you agree, please tell people you know or
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Take a look at this and just remember elections in Nov. 2010.
U.S. House & Senate have voted themselves $4,700 and $5,300 raises.
- They voted to not give you a S.S.. Cost of living raise in 2010 and 2011.
- Your Medicaid premiums will go up $285.60 for the 2-years and you will not get the 3% COLA: $660/yr. Your total 2-yr loss and cost is -$1,600 or -$3,200 for husband and wife.
- Over 2-yrs they each get $10,000
- Do you feel SCREWED?
- Will they have your cost of drugs - doctor fees - local taxes - food, etc., increase? NO WAY. They have a raise and better benefits. Why care about you? You never did anything about it in the past. You obviously are too stupid or don't care.
- Do you really think that Nancy, Harry, Chris, Charlie, Barnie, et al, care about you? SEND THE MESSAGE-- You're FIRED.
IN 2010 YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET RID OF THE SITTING CONGRESS:
Up to 1/3 OF THE SENATE, AND 100% OF THE HOUSE.
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From the Source:
In case you haven’t heard, a 47-year-old unemployed virgin named Susan Boyle has become what may be the biggest human interest story of 2009.
On April 11, on the “American Idol”-like show, “Britain’s Got Talent,” a frumpy woman walked onto the stage and conquered the greatest moment of her life by wowing the show’s judges, audience members and viewers. And now, thanks to technology, she is taking hold of hearts and minds the world over via video footage of her performance. (View the video below.)
On its base level, we’re fascinated by this story because it’s heroine has an appearance as bewildering as her personality, yet a voice that seems able to call angels. There’s more to why we love this story, though, and why Susan Boyle will not escape the presence of our hearts anytime soon.
From the source,
"Start-up Web sites, as of right now, may not be an adequate replacement for local newspaper coverage but they could definitely be a convenient tool for people to get local news more often and more efficiently. The issue, however, is that the coverage may not be as full or legitimate as the coverage in a traditional newspaper. With print newspaper companies facing many problems right now and online news stories being so prevalent, it makes sense that these start-up Web sites would exist. People often go online to find news stories strictly because it is convenient. So, if these start-up Web sites could be legitimized and if it could be guaranteed that the coverage is full and factual, then these sites could be very helpful and popular. If that is the case then maybe some day these sites could actually be an adequate replacement for local newspaper coverage."
(Letter submitted by email)
Make sure you read to the end. You will be amazed.
Let's hear it for Costco! (This is just mind-boggling!)
Make sure you read all the way past the list of the drugs. The woman that signed below is a Budget Analyst out of federal Washington , DC offices.
Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must cost a lot, since many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet. We did a search of offshore chemical synthesizers that supply the active ingredients found in drugs approved by the FDA. As we have revealed in past issues of Life Extension a significant percentage of drugs sold in the United States contain active ingredients made in other countries. In our independent investigation of how much profit drug companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America.
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This is a photograph of 2009 Obama Inauguration. You can see IN FOCUS the face of EACH individual in the crowd !!!
You can scan and zoom to any section of the crowd. . . wait a few seconds. . double click anywhere . and the focus adjusts to give you a very identifiable close up.
The picture was taken with a robotic 1474 megapixel camera (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera).
Every one attending could be scanned after the event, should something have gone wrong during it.
Political offices are now for sale.
Harry Truman, from Missouri , was a different kind of President. He probably made as many important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 44 Presidents. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.
Historians have written the only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence , Missouri . On top of that, his wife inherited the house from her Mother.
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