HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR

Hey beautiful people!!!

So I have finally managed to sneak on to mums computer... Yes I am back home visiting the folks for a bit- and I wanted to wish you Happy X-Mas and New Years!

I thought I would catch you all up on what I have been up to so Xmas we had up the east coast with my dads family. Thank god I had brought Paz with me- shes the kind of person that makes everything fun. Easiest thing for me to do... and Im guessing the least boring for you would be to bullet the highlights since there wasnt much TOO exciting going on:

• 6 hour trip Xmas eve up the coast
• 3 hours into the drive we decide we are going to do a half marathon in March
• 4 hours into the drive we decide that we need to prepare for this by doing a 2 month detox
• We arrive and I have to do introductions for Paz and all the family I havent seen in at least 5 years
• I introduce Paz to my Cousin and his wife
• Turns out his wife is actually a cousin
• I proceed to get extremely drunk to live down the embarrassment
• Paz and I decide I have 2 hot cousins
• I would do them both if we werent related (Is that wrong?)
• We decide that one of the hot cousins is a snob
• We decide that his fiancee is equally a bitch
• Xmas lunch and I have to sit by the cousin who I thought was a wife of a cousin
• Boxing day and we decided to get away by booking a fully day of tennis, kayaking, snorkelling, and bush walking
• 30 mins into tennis we decide we are shit and give up
• We do our 45 min bush walk in over an hour
• We decide we are too fucked to do either snorkelling and kayaking
• Day after and we cant take it any more so decide to pack up and go camping around the coast

Okay so we decide to camp on the lawn on this backpackers for 15 bux a night which sounds really shitty but actually ended up being quite fun! Our neighbors were 5 Irish girls halfway through a world tour... needless to say we drank alot both nights we were there. The second night we got a bit sick of the backpackers because we had some oyung neightbors move into the dorm next to ours so we decided to go out for a drink- lucky we did because we found out the next morning through eavesdropping that the girl (whom we dubbed Sue) who had gate crashed a boys weekend ended up throwing up in the fridge in their dorm.

That day we decided we had had enough and moved a bit further up the coast. By this time I had been thinking just how fucking horny I was since I havent had a root in a couple of months now!! Thank god for the privacy of cubicle showers!

We head down the centre for New Years and I manage to get a friend to sneak in last night for a QF which is making me feel a lot less tense... was going to go for a run tonight now since I can actually focus on something other than my penis... turns out I left my fucking shoes in the car that Paz took home! not just my running shows but ALL my shoes which means Im barefoot for the next week until Im back home!!!

Anyway Im not sure if this post actually makes any sense or is actually that interesting but I think I just felt the need to just write!

Oh PS was meaning to tell you this so I sucked this guy AAAGES age like maybe 2 years ago and we have kept in touch via SMS but I cant really remeber him or what he looks like (or his name :S) anyway I got the dutch courage on NYE to ask him for his name and  I finally got a partial name like how some people like Bartholemue would call himself Bart kinda shit... so naturally I facebook stalked the contracted name plus last name and turns out this guy I have been dirty SMSing the last 2 years was sitting next to me in graduation this year and I was normal as since I had no idea who he was and im pretty sure he knew who I was! HAHA trust me!

Anyway thats it from me xoxoxox

Fucking Telemarketers

So we all get them- those calls that interrupt your dinner from strangers who you just know are trying to sell you something or get you to answer questions about something you couldn't actually give two shits about.

Well heres the inside scoop! I work in a call center which rings people to get donations for charities. We are the people everyone loves to hate.... and to be fair- I hate us too. But what do you do when you get one? Are you a yeller? are you a polite listener? do you let us down gently? 

TIP 1- 

Me personally- if I know for sure I'm not interested- I hang up straight away. In my experience I prefer the people who hang up on me... Most people feel bad about doing this but not only do you avoid a lengthy conversation about the weather and your plans for a weekend but the person calling would probably prefer it if you keep the rejection quick and to the point.

TIP 2- 

If you say no they WILL come back at you. Most people that do this hate this part of the job so go easy. 

One thing that really shits me is when people say "Did you not just hear me?" or the "Do you not understand what I am saying?" I hear you bitch... I just don't care! Basically this is the "selling" part of the job- they will give you what is known as 'Features and Benefits' The whole point behind these is to present your reason for not buying something or doing what ever they want you to do in a different light with reasons on how they can still achieve the same outcome - i.e. you donating in our case- but make it easier for you. The best thing to do in this situation is to simply say "I'm not interested" don't make up excuses- we can all tell when you are lying (we speak to hundreds of people every day trust me we can tell). The more excuses you give the more selling points they will be able to use. Less IS more in your case!

TIP 3-

The aim of the calling game is to take control of the call most telemarketers will in training be told to "Be assertive". Dont let them. Get them on the back foot by talking a little louder than you normally would. Dont confuse this with yelling - yelling just makes us angry and we will probably go to great lengths to piss you off just for the hell of it. Loud=strong, assertive, domineering. If you have children and you want them to do something that they dont want to do you raise your voice dont you? Same thing here!

TIP 4-

Be too nice! A lot of people find it hard in this job to push people into things if they're super nice. In my case- if I make friends with the person I call I feel bad about trying to get money out of them for a cause they've never heard of and probably don't care about. 

TIP 5- 

If the person is lucky enough to sucker you in- use silence to your advantage. Awkward silence is your friend. I always use this to get higher donations out of people. Basically the trick is you present the person with the different values starting highest and going down. In my case I have 5 different values but will only tell you about 3 of them- you guessed it the highest three. Not a lie; an omission! When i get to the 3rd one I stop and wait for a response- you are probably waiting for me to give you a lower amount but I am using the silence to my advantage. Most people I call hate awkward silence and are quick to fill it. This can work for you as well- most callers hate awkward silence- if they do have any backups or deals they can give you they will be quick to tell you about them rather than risk losing a deal.

TIP 6-

Want to have a bit of fun? Piss off the person calling you? Forget their name. Find something very similar and start using that. Better yet find something that sounds nothing like it and use that! I work with one lady who's name is Andrea and every day she gets something new, it really pisses her off. 

On top of this if you do want to listen to the whole call ask as many questions you can- hammer them and really test their knowledge make sure they're really earning their money!

This weekend has been AMAZING- a 9.5 on a scale of 1-10!!! Day at the races on Saturday- drinking from 11 to 11. I love to dress up fancy and even did my hair real classic like- debonair is how I would describe me! Managed to cut my foot deep and forget how it happened! Sunday (today) had a date with Azza... yes there is yet another guy! This one I was set up through a woman at work... you remember Dee- well her. Azza is really cute and told me I had the cutest smile and gorgeous eyes... possibly a bit full on for my liking but possibly the SWEETEST guy I have ever met- a little nervous but in a cute way! So watch this space!

La vida loca

,Hey kids!!

So turns out I'm a pretty shifty blogger!

New in my life- I have been researching America more... I'm thinking that I will go on camp America and teach horse riding and see how I like the country and go from there... Sound like a good plan??

Also turns out that the ex's best friend that I was sleepin with has now become a bit creepy slash clingy... I still kind of want to fuck him but I'm having an ethical issue... Do I keep stringing him along to get what I want- I mean at the end of the day he did lie to me... Plus I think he may have a bf now... Who has also been an asshole to me in the past. Do I fuck both of them over to get what I want? Or do I be the bigger person and leave them to it? One is most definitely more fun than the other... Possibly a coin toss moment.

Also I need some advice on other boy related matters.. If a guy comes back to stay after a night in town and you spend the whole next day together and the boy suggests that you go to the movies together soon- what are the chances tha he likes you? I would have thought a bit high... But then we decide to just watch a mvie at my place and he comes over and doesn't try to make any kind of move... What's the deal then??? He's fucking sexy and I think I like him but I don't know if he likes me back and I'm not in to making myself look like a cunt in public So I don't really want to outright ask... HELP!

Anyway just a quick one today... I have to babysit tonight woohoo lol

hope you are all swell

loves xoxox