337 posts tagged “qotd” (page 2)

What criteria do you feel makes a good QotD?
Submitted by stueykins.

I think a good QotD is ambiguous, can be up for interpretation, and doesn't ask for my "favorite". I like the ones where I would give one type of obvious answer and yet someone else can give a less than obvious answer. I also like ones that help me find great neighbors - so one sentence answers suck!

What question do you hate being asked?

Its a whole string of questions really, but they all are about the same thing:

1. "Do you always talk that fast?"
2. "Do you ever have trouble with people being able to follow you because you talk so fast?"
3. "Did you ever consider becoming an auctioneer?"

I think what bothers me most about these questions is that everyone thinks its so funny that I talk fast. Haha! Let's all laugh and point at the woman who talks as fast as she thinks - isn't it so frakin' funny?! Yet I find it frustrating, often insulting, and also counter-productive for people to point it out while I'm trying to talk. It would be one thing if I were to finish and they would ask me to repeat myself - slowly - its something completely different when the questions are rhetorical and have obvious answers.

So please, have some courtesy for us quick thinkers & talkers and just treat it with politeness as you would any other social abnormality, okay? You don't joke with and question people who stutter - why is my quirk any different?

How long do you take in the shower?
Submitted by Strive2Be.

A long shower is about 20 minutes. I used to brush my teeth in the shower but stopped because I felt that extra three minutes was a lot of wasted water. Not surprisingly I don't brush my teeth as often.

What does blogging do for you?
Submitted by Madeleine Rose.

I don't have many friends but I love to talk & write & socialize and blogging allows me to do all of that without having a ton of friends. I hear all the time about people only having lives on the net and while my social circle may include the net it is not based in it which is the important thing.

However, if any of you out there are in my area - LOOK ME UP!

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How much does a ticket cost at your usual movie theater? Does the price affect the number of movies you see at the theater?
Submitted by Kristie.

I visit two theaters pretty often - one is big and shows a lot of movies and one is smaller and isn't always playing the one I want. At the larger one its $10.50 a ticket after matinee - and how they got to the price I have no idea. One day it was $8.50 the next it was $9.50 on Friday & Saturday nights and then suddenly it was $10.50 after matinee all the time. A crime really because if you think about all the business they get you'd expect them not to have to charge so much. Plus, they're located in a mall so they get all that runoff business too. Whenever I plan on seeing a movie at that theater I buy discounted tickets from my work - I get them for $7.70 if the movie is new and still considered "special engagement" and $6.70 if it's not.

The other theater I go to is closer, cheaper, and not so crowded. On Tuesdays the movies are only $5.50 and though they don't show as many new movies its newer (so the seats aren't covered in gum and falling apart) and as I said - less crowded. In fact, we're going there tonight to see Kung Fu Panda!

The cost does effect the number of movies. Now I think to myself, "Do I need to have the big screen experience for this one?" Usually the answer is no.

What's your favorite soundtrack?

Death Proof, all the way. But then I'm not a big soundtrack person either so...

What project are you working on right now that's not work related?

Well, I'm trying my best to read 50 books in 365. I'm getting discouraged though because I keep running across people that are able to read many more than four books a month and I'm luck to read a book a month right now. I just can't seem to find the time... I'm on book 12 - week 26 :( I have 38 books to finish in 26 weeks which I'm feeling is just so impossible!

I'm going to step back though and realize that at least I'm reading again. Sure, I'm not reading as much as I'd like but at least I'm reading! 12 books in half a year is better than last years count which I think was 6 in the whole year.

What tools and tricks do you use to increase your business’ productivity?
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A combination of MS Outlook, my Sidekick, and tabs within my internet browser. Without those, I'm toast! 

What would you like to accomplish this week?

Get the photographs of the equipment in each of our conference rooms. I was given the task three weeks ago and I still haven't finished it. I feel bad - but at the same time I'm away from my desk so much right now because of the Intranet that to be pulled away any more is just hard.

I have to do it though, HAVE TO DO IT!!!!!!