test #2

So easy an intern can do it!

This is test #2.

The art of the undelivered text message.

Since becoming single last year, I was instantly thrust back into the dating pool.  Even though I am still young and very tech savvy, dating had changed a bit.  Nothing major had occured.  Facebook, Myspace, Twitter had hit the mainstream while I was married and I was an early adopter on some and not so early on others.  The biggest change that had occured was the use of text messaging.  Text messaging had hit a ridiculous high in our culture.  The few hundred text messages that I would send 2 or 3 years ago, would now come in at 2000-3000 per month.  It is how we now communicate.  My roommate once said, “Text messaging is a tool for non-time sensitive information.”  That is true in some instances.  But, it is also the way that we now communicate.  Friends don’t leave messages, thang hang up before the voicemail answers and then send a text message.  The thing that  I am most interested in is the “missing text message”.

To my knowledge, I have never had a text message that didn’t arrive in my inbox.  I have never had a person tell me or call me upset because I didn’t respond to a text.  Maybe I have great coverage.  Not quite sure.  Recently, I have run into a few instances when people have told me that they didn’t receive a text message from me that I sent.  The funny part is that it always seems to happen when one of a few things is occuring,

A.  The person does not want to speak with you.

B.  The person really doesn’t want to speak with you.

C.  The person can’t think of an excuse to give you for not wanting to speak with you.

This begs the question…What is the only fool proof way of communicating?

Smoke signals are great, but you are reliant on the other person being Native American.  Phone calls don’t work because you run into the same excuse as the text messages.  People don’t check there Facebook and MySpace pages everyday.  Carrier pigeons aren’t as reliable as they used to be and Twitter runs into the problem of the fail whale.

I think FedEx has solved everyones problems.  Not only do they offer the “if it fits, it ships”, but you can even ask for a delivery receipt.  If you can get over the slow delivery and the boxes, you are good to go……Happy Shipping!!!

Yes, I will have the recession, medium well.

Recently I saw a post on Facebook about a local restaurant closing downtown. It definitely wasn’t the first one to close and it won’t be the last. The person said that, “they had had enough of this recession.” The closing of Milky Way Satchel’s, 8th Street Wine Company, Zuttos, Tapas Estrella and others have been “victims” of the recession also. Given, the turn in the economy will effect all businesses in some way or another. Some will see a downturn and others will see increases in profit. If you have a small business, it is your one and only job to keep that business open. I am completely tired of hearing it is the fault of the recession when any business is struggling. This is the time that everyone must try harder to succeed. The way that you have always done it is not necessarily going to work now.

The recession doesn’t necessarily cause a business to close, it magnifies the problems the business had been dealing with for a while. If you are a smart business owner in a booming market, you will be able to keep your doors open in a recession.
I don’t want to sound cold, some local businesses that have had to close shop might have done anything and everything to stay open. They probably had great business practices in place and ran a tight ship. Just sick of every bad thing happening in our local economy being blamed on the recession. As a consumer, you have the ability to not participate in a recession.