This won’t hurt a bit.  You won’t feel a thing.  It’s good for you.  You’re going to like it.  Pick any one of these saying.  The closer it is to the top of written correspondence or the sooner it is spoken in conversation, the more likely it is that it’s a big, big lie.

It seems that the better a company is to work for, the less you hear from them.  We work for all kinds of companies.  Some we talk to about once a year - usually at Christmastime.  Some companies call sixteen times a day to let us know how important they are and let us know that we would starve to death without them.  These companies are usually owned or run by direct descendents of medieval dungeon guards.

We work for one company that is so egotistical and obnoxious that we created a simple self-defense mechanism to deal with them.  Every time the caller ID indicates we are getting a call from that company, one of us will say “if his lips are moving, he’s lying”.  This kind of gives us a psychological boost and enhances our fight or flight hormones.

During a recent communication with our rep from this company, the rep went to some trouble to ensure us that changes underway in their dealings with field reps was going to be good for us.  It was in the first paragraph.  Sorry, but his lips are moving.

After dissecting the communicatioin and seeking verification of the so-called facts, all we were able to determine was that this was not going to be good for us.  Knowing the selfishness of this company, we called all of our field reps that would be effected by these new changes.  We were quite honest and told them that we felt sure the company would  give us their famous “take it all or get nothing”  ultimatum.

It’s absolutely amazing that one company can be so despised that every field rep we talked with was actually happy to be rid of them – even though it means a financial loss to each and every one.

My earlier post “Regurgitated Greed” was about this company.  One step closer to the toilet!