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Yikes! So I just got a new battery for our scale. Holy shit. There has got to either be something terribly terribly wrong with the scale, or the wii fit balance board was off or I gained a whole mess of weight in just a couple of days. NOT COOL. Rob just hopped onto it and we think it must be about 20lbs off because there is no way that the measurements it gave were right. I mean especially since I just had a measurement from the supposedly highly accurate WiiFit scale a very short time ago. I think I need to see if I can find the warantee information. I doubt I still have the receipt... maybe I kept it with the box or paperwork...
I set up my sea monkey tank today. It sits with the water purifier for 24 hours and then tomorrow I stir in the instant life eggs! It probably won't be exactly 24 hours because I can't remember exactly when I put the stuff in. But close enough. The girls who sit next to me (well at least two of them) are excited to see what exactly Sea Monkeys do and are like.
I had kind of an awkward moment with my coach today. She came over and sat down on my desk and told me to go into meeting so we could talk. I'm just thinking "Holy shit what did I do?" She starts talking to me about my referrals and how I should be looking on EVERY profile for a particular referral and how I should be referring on every call. And how I should be aiming for at least 10 referrals a day.
OK so, I know I only had about 5 or 6 today. And most of them probably didn't even result in an application. But, I have not come from a sales background. I also am a VERY firm believer in living "the golden rule." I personally hate it when people try to upsale me. It annoys me to pieces. The only thing I really feel good about referring is overdraft protection. That is something most people don't even think about. Everyone knows that banks have savings accounts and loans and all of that. If they wanted those services, they would have already gotten them. Sure, if I see something that I legitimately think looks like it will benefit someone, I'll suggest it. I'm just afraid that if I start trying to do what she asked me to do today, that I will not be providing as good service to the client because honestly, it takes everything I have to be able to answer their questions and get the answers to their questions. Adding one more thing that I have to multitask in just sounds like a disaster. I mean I am OK at multitasking. Not great, but OK. My main problem is that the computer runs slow enough as it is multitasking what I already multitask. If I ask of it even MORE it'll slow down even more. Anyway, all I can do is try. so, I'll try a little harder. but man I am glad that I'm getting paid what I do because really, I'm begining to think that it's only just barely enough for everything that is asked of us. and I am definitely not going to try to go full time any time soon. I don't really need another hour and a half's worth of frustration and stress a day. maybe once I get more comfortable with everything but until then, no way. having fewer requrements is better.
In other news. my computer has decided that it doesn't like playing sound any longer. I finally have gotten videos to play most of the time, but no sounds eminate from this laptop. Rob's talked about getting an external whatchamahoozie card to get sound to work again, but really I don't care that much. I can get out of the habit of watching videos. it's annoying, but I don't know that its something I want to spend $80 to fix, especially since Rob was wanting to replace this computer in a couple months anyway.
Today we went and bought a little charcoal grill. We figure as long as we don't put it on the back deck, what our landlord doesn't know won't hurt him. There was something wy back when tht he said something about no grills because of the fire hazard. But we're counting on going the rout that "we thought that just meant the back deck because it's wooden." The apartment building is brick and the only wood is a couple logs that mark out the parking lot. So I'm sitting outside right now, monitoring the grill. we're making steak and potatoes. I'm excited. There's always just something missing from the George Foreman grilled steaks.
I set up my sea monkey tank today. It sits with the water purifier for 24 hours and then tomorrow I stir in the instant life eggs! It probably won't be exactly 24 hours because I can't remember exactly when I put the stuff in. But close enough. The girls who sit next to me (well at least two of them) are excited to see what exactly Sea Monkeys do and are like.
I had kind of an awkward moment with my coach today. She came over and sat down on my desk and told me to go into meeting so we could talk. I'm just thinking "Holy shit what did I do?" She starts talking to me about my referrals and how I should be looking on EVERY profile for a particular referral and how I should be referring on every call. And how I should be aiming for at least 10 referrals a day.
OK so, I know I only had about 5 or 6 today. And most of them probably didn't even result in an application. But, I have not come from a sales background. I also am a VERY firm believer in living "the golden rule." I personally hate it when people try to upsale me. It annoys me to pieces. The only thing I really feel good about referring is overdraft protection. That is something most people don't even think about. Everyone knows that banks have savings accounts and loans and all of that. If they wanted those services, they would have already gotten them. Sure, if I see something that I legitimately think looks like it will benefit someone, I'll suggest it. I'm just afraid that if I start trying to do what she asked me to do today, that I will not be providing as good service to the client because honestly, it takes everything I have to be able to answer their questions and get the answers to their questions. Adding one more thing that I have to multitask in just sounds like a disaster. I mean I am OK at multitasking. Not great, but OK. My main problem is that the computer runs slow enough as it is multitasking what I already multitask. If I ask of it even MORE it'll slow down even more. Anyway, all I can do is try. so, I'll try a little harder. but man I am glad that I'm getting paid what I do because really, I'm begining to think that it's only just barely enough for everything that is asked of us. and I am definitely not going to try to go full time any time soon. I don't really need another hour and a half's worth of frustration and stress a day. maybe once I get more comfortable with everything but until then, no way. having fewer requrements is better.
In other news. my computer has decided that it doesn't like playing sound any longer. I finally have gotten videos to play most of the time, but no sounds eminate from this laptop. Rob's talked about getting an external whatchamahoozie card to get sound to work again, but really I don't care that much. I can get out of the habit of watching videos. it's annoying, but I don't know that its something I want to spend $80 to fix, especially since Rob was wanting to replace this computer in a couple months anyway.
Today we went and bought a little charcoal grill. We figure as long as we don't put it on the back deck, what our landlord doesn't know won't hurt him. There was something wy back when tht he said something about no grills because of the fire hazard. But we're counting on going the rout that "we thought that just meant the back deck because it's wooden." The apartment building is brick and the only wood is a couple logs that mark out the parking lot. So I'm sitting outside right now, monitoring the grill. we're making steak and potatoes. I'm excited. There's always just something missing from the George Foreman grilled steaks.