How About Some Answers to Life's Burning Questions?
Some of us search for truth. Others are on an endless quest for the meaning of life. I'm not quite so demanding. I just want some answers to a few things that are bugging me.
- Like when you tell telemarketers you're not interested, why do they keep talking until you're forced to hang up on them? And why do they keep calling back again and again? Exactly what kind of business model is that?
- And can anybody really taste apple, blackberry, and mango when they drink wine? How about violet, tobacco, and leather? Have you? For real?
- How were Lou Gerstner and Mark Hurd able to turn around zillion year-old, $100 billion plus companies like IBM and HP when dozens of CEOs and boards - like at Sun, Sprint Nextel, Nortel, Dell and Motorola - haven't a clue?
- And why do at least half the people working in customer service actually hate serving customers?
- How could so many people be so misguided into thinking that a big payout from a lawsuit, the government, an inheritance, or the lottery will truly better their lives or make them happy?
- Why do people cut across three lanes of traffic or stop and back up so they don't miss a highway exit? Do they think saving five minutes is worth the risk of getting crushed by 3,000 pounds of metal?
- How come Americans spend more and more money on diets, supplements, and health clubs, but keep getting fatter and fatter? And how about all the other fads like male enhancement, homeopathic medicine, and global warming?
- Does anyone really make money on Twitter? I mean other than getting paid to tweet for other people?
- On Thanksgiving, 2007, we ran out of water and gas -- on the same day. Why do bad things happen in groups? Is there some unknown force of attraction between disastrous events? Where are the physicists on this?
- And why does my wife insist on cleaning the house before the cleaning people come?