This is not an SP, just so you know guys. A friend of mine invited me to join this MLM company. It costs 8,900 PHP to join according to my research. That’s quite a huge amount I say, not that I can’t afford it ‘coz my current job pays well, but I could buy a lot of groceries already with 8.9K. Before I join something I have to invest money into, I want to know first if it’s my money’s worth, I mean, doesn’t everybody else?
I’ve read blogs and reviews about GFI, and so far, there’s not much to complain about aside from the fact that the investment is kinda huge. I’ve also read negative things, not really pointing at GFI, but on MLM companies and networking in general, because they have already become synonymous with pyramid scam.
The thing with networking is, it’s easy to grow and it’s also easy to earn, especially if the company is new and you’re the pioneering agents. And I admit that I’m really tempted to join because, I don’t wanna get stuck with a constant salary. I want more. I wanna be able to spend without worrying if I’d have enough money left. I wanna be able to get my own place (Yeah, I still live with my parents). I’ve thought of this as an opportunity, but I’m still doubting. But I’ll never know what GFI is like if I don’t check it out myself.
I was invited to attend the seminar, but I didn’t give an answer yet. Not that I don’t trust the company or my friend, but I just want to be cautious, and also, I wanna know what the others have to say first before I give my final decision.
I don’t want to make an excuse for not updating my blog regularly. But I want you guys to know that I’ve been very busy with work and all that shit. I even lost my voice because of taking in calls every single night. But I don’t hate my job. I’m just stressed out. My current job is my bread and butter and I have no plans of leaving just yet, even if I can’t set aside enough time to go out and to blog.
I used to update my blog once or twice a week and get a good number of comments on each post. But now, I feel too lazy to blog. Maybe because I’m just really, really stressed out with work and other stuff. Working at night is really tiresome!
For sure you guys had the feeling at least once in your blogging life where you run out of gas and have nothing to blog about. That’s what I’m feeling now. I used to have a lot of ideas, but I guess my mind is just too tired to think right now. But I don’t want to post anything random either ‘coz you guys might find it annoying.
I used to bloghop on a daily basis. But since Ondoy and all the other things that came after it, I ran out of good things to say, not unless it’s a paid post.
Anyway, I’d still be active on blogging. I’m actually gonna start bloghopping after I finish this post and hopefully I’d find some inspiration to blog about something from your blogs. =D
Yeah. I’m a call center agent. I’m a technical support rep for TVs. Last week was one of those weeks that working in customer service makes you hate humans who live in the other side of the planet so much.
Spending the days… err… nights helping customers correct the mistakes they have done on the TVs they bought that they don’t even know how to use properly, makes me hate my job sometimes. And after all the troubleshooting, and doing everything I could to fix their TV, it would end up as a service issue then I’d have to tell these customers…
“I’m sorry ma’am/sir, apparently this is an issue we can’t resolve over the phone and the best that I can do for you right now is to refer you to an authorized service center of Sony…” and when the TV is out of warranty I’d add, “…and the repair cost will be at your expense” and then… BOOM! The customer suddenly rants and yells some profanity at me.
“WHAT THE HELL? I’M NOT GONNA PAY FOR THE REPAIR! I can’t believe Sony can do this to their customers! I have a lot of Sony products in our house! And this is what you’re gonna do to me? What kind of technical support are you if you can’t even fix my damn TV? I WANNA TALK TO YOUR SUPERVISOR!”
I’d take a deep breath and tell the customer, “Mr. /Ms. (insert customer’s last name), our supervisors are busy taking in other calls right now. I understand that you’re upset sir/ma’am, but I hope you understand that these things do happen because your TV is still just a machine. It can’t heal on it’s own, and right now, the best we can do is to have it checked by a service technician. Now, once we have determined the exact issue of the TV, feel free to call us back so we can provide you with other options” <—One way of ending a call without escalating to a supervisor. Hehehe.
Then the asshole would say, “I’m sorry for yelling at you darlin’. Please don’t think that I’m angry at you ‘coz I know you’re just doin’ your job, Rose.”
But of course, my customers are not annoying all the time. I also get good calls. I had some irate callers from the start of the call but then I was able to pacify them. But sometimes if it’s a really bad call, I tend to do some bullshit to these customers and unleash the evil in me. I’d save these stories on my next posts. That’s it for now okay? I still have to meet my boyfie later. Ciao! =D
