Does your work efficiency depend on the common sense of your customers? Will one dumb move by a customer delay your project(s) or risk your job by "accidentally shredding" that one application written in chicken scratch? Share your words of wisdom here. To clarify, for example, if you work retail and just wish people would put clothes back on the hanger they picked it up on, which is 2 feet from where they are but instead place it on the wrong hanger right next to the correct one, put that here. Maybe we can all learn something that will make the world a better place. Tell us what will make your job SO much easier. Here are my WOWs 1) Do not fill out ANY application or form in CURSIVE. WTF?! Why do people do this????! I have to call on each one everytime to verify which takes up nearly 7 minutes of my time in what is a 40 second task. Don't use cursive in your life, only for signatures, which brings me to my next WOW. 2) Do not make your signature so huge that it covers up other information. Please try to scale your glamourus autograph to the size that is availible. 3) Never abbreviate the name of your city. I have seen Cols Ohio (Columbus), NRH Texas (North Richland Hills), FTW Indiana (Fort Wayne Indiana), and the list goes on and on, I know them now but everytime I come across a new one I have to google it up to make sure there really isn't a city called Cols. It wouldn't be a problem if people followed my next WOW. 4) Always put your zip code, even if it doesn't ask. Always put your zip code if you are writing your address down. ALWAYS. If there is no room then I'd rather you write it in the wrong spot in tiny numbers than not at all. My guess is people do not know their zip code, in which that case my blame goes to whoever is accepting the app or form and they should overlook it before letting the person go or sending the app/form to me!!! 5) If you know your name is uniquely spelled, please write it legibly. Rawbyne Saunderflauginasski is not an easily assumed spelling that you can just glance at and get correct! Please take your time in filling out forms!!! 6) Do not fill out a form in cursive. 7) Do not fill out an application in cursive. 8) Unlearn how to write in cursive.
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese.
We have a 8 page Policies and Procedures document to cover stuff just like this. It's amazing the things people will do. When we need images to use on a website, I've literally had a client hand me a stack of brochures 2 feet high. I said, "What is this?" The response: "Pictures." Uh, yes, but I'm not scanning 100 pages of photos!
Speak with sincerity from the heart. If you have to think about what you are about to say, you have already failed. I speak to many many people and I only make sure that I understand the subject matter. How it applies to me is always done at the moment I speak. Face your fears and leave pride behind.
My brother Jimmy My other brother Jack Went off down to Houston And we never come back My mama wasn't gonna let her baby go yet now But there ain't nobody hirin' back in Lafayette I'm workin' all week for the Texaco check As sun beatin' down on the back of my neck I tried to save my money but Jimmy says no Says he's got a little honey out on Telephone Road Come on, come on Come on let's go This ain't Louisiana Your mama won't know Come on, come on Come on let's go Here everybody's rockin' Out on Telephone Road Telephone Road is ten miles long Fifty car lots and a hun-hundred honky-tonks Jukebox blastin' and the beer bottles ring And Jimmy banging on a pinball machine Well come on, come on Come on let's go Well this ain't Louisiana Your mama won't know Come on, come on Come on let's go Here everybody's rockin' Out on Telephone Road My mama never told me About nothin' like this Now I guess Houston's 'bout as big As a city can get Sometimes I get a lonesome for Lafayette Someday I'm goin' home But I ain't ready yet Well come on, come on Come on let's go Well this ain't Louisiana Your mama won't know Come on, come on Come on let's go Here everybody's rockin' Out on Telephone Road Come on, come on Come on let's go Well this ain't Louisiana Your mama won't know Come on, come on Come on let's go Here everybody's rockin' Out on Telephone Road
Quick & Dirty... Rule of 72 in regards to how long it takes to double money. Rule Of 72 The Rule of 72 is a calculation that estimates the number of years it takes to double your money at a specified rate of return. If, for example, your account earns 4 percent, divide 72 by 4 to get the number of years it will take for your money to double. In this case, 18 years. The same calculation can also be useful for inflation, but it will reflect the number of years until the initial value has been cut in half, rather than doubling. The Rule of 72 is derived from a more complex calculation and is an approximation, and therefore it isn’t perfectly accurate. The most accurate results from the Rule of 72 are based at the 8 percent interest rate, and the farther from 8 percent you go in either direction, the less precise the results will be. Still, this handy formula can help you get a better grasp on how much your money may grow, assuming a specific rate of return. The formula for the Rule of 72 The Rule of 72 can be expressed simply as: Years to double = 72 / rate of return on investment (or interest rate) There are a few important caveats to understand with this formula: The interest rate shouldn’t be expressed as a decimal out of 1, such as 0.07 for 7 percent. It should just be the number 7. So, for example, 72/7 is 10.3, or 10.3 years. The Rule of 72 is focused on compounding interest that compounds annually. For simple interest, you’d simply divide 1 by the interest rate expressed as a decimal. If you had $100 with a 10 percent simple interest rate with no compounding, you’d divide 1 by 0.1, yielding a doubling rate of 10 years. For continuous compounding interest, you’ll get more accurate results by using 69.3 instead of 72. The Rule of 72 is an estimate, and 69.3 is harder for mental math than 72, which divides easily by 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 12. If you have a calculator, however, use 69.3 for slightly more accurate results. The farther you diverge from an 8 percent return, the less accurate your results will be. The Rule of 72 works best in the range of 5 to 12 percent, but it’s still an approximation. To calculate based on a lower interest rate, like 2 percent, drop the 72 to 71; to calculate based on a higher interest rate, add one to 72 for every three percentage point increase. So, for example, use 74 if you’re calculating doubling time for 18 percent interest. At first it starts slow, but the numbers start to add up provided there is a decent return or interest rate. Compound Interest Calculator
