POWIP Piece of Work In Progress – Former Abode of Dan Collins

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I used to work for an answering service....and one of the business types we answered for were propane companies. (I sell propane and propane accessories) One Christmas Eve I got a call from a woman in Greenwich, CT who was all in a panic because she was out of propane for her gas logs in her fireplace. I explained to her that the office was closed and there were no deliveries on Christmas Eve except in extreme emergencies. She told me it WAS an emergency because she was having a Christmas party and 250 people were going to show up at her house and she wasn't able to use her fireplace. *faceplam*

I explained that even under regular circumstances, this company did not consider gas logs an emergency. She got very upset and said that we were ruining her Christmas party. I apologized...she got angry and hung up. Now it occurred to me while I talking to her and envisioning her head exploding because she couldn't use her fireplace, that she had to have seen this day coming. I mean Christmas Eve is the same date every year. And besides that, 250 people don't just show up at your house...you plan for them and invite them. So....wouldn't it have been prudent to make sure you had enough propane for your gas logs BEFORE Christmas Eve?

This is the way I feel about this debate about the "Bush Tax Cuts". Congress KNEW they were set to expire in January 2011. POTUS KNEW they were set to expire in January 2011. But they waited until December 2010 to even begin TALKING about doing something? Really? They didn't see this coming? They couldn't have started this debate say in April? Now they're all like...."it's not perfect but we have to do SOMETHING so we'll do something crappy." People...time management and prioritizing are important skills for McDonald's employees...certainly they are important on Capitol Hill. #justsayin

Dede

Sometimes stuff rumbles around in my brain that's longer than 140 characters and, well......twitlonger just seems like cheating. :)

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