Monday, July 6, 2009

Communicate, Curse or Sue - It's All Up to You!

Several years ago, I took a trip to LA to visit a friend and stave off a nervous breakdown. At one point we got on a bus and had the option of taking 2 empty seats near either:

1) two extremely drunk bikers who kept falling over each other in increasingly compromising ways
2) an odd-looking gentleman reading "How to Use Black Magic to Get Women".

The latter seemed a less overtly dangerous decision and we sat next to the wanna-be-pervy-Harry Potter. But after a few glances at us (which seemed to confirm that his book's techniques had worked) we weren't sure we had made the wisest choice.

I was reminded of that fellow, when I encountered this blog post from "...a Sorcerer, Cartomancer, Astrologer, Geomancer" etc.:



1) Can someone please explain this one to me. Apparently this guy is some kind of sorcerer who can cast spells and curse people, yet he needs legal services? I'm sure there's some joke here about even the devil needing a lawyer, but I'm still confused.

2) I keep trying to picture what kind of employee he must have been... What do you think his position was? Do you think his firing had anything to do with the mutilated frog decor on his desk?

Or perhaps it was simply that he and his employer were not quite communicating effectively. Perhaps they needed some training at

I challenge you to stay conscious... for.... the length...of this video...



[If you can't see the video, please click here]

But the true wonderfulness can be found on the contact page where they state:
"The problem with having a School of Conscious Communication is that there can be a great expectation that we will be good communicators. While this is the goal and the ideal, it is the errors in communication and the feedback that results, where adjustments can be made to reach that high standard. If errors are continually made it is a great opportunity to make a new customere service communication tool."
This is the best disclaimer ever! I am so going to use this for my business too!

"The problem with being a social media marketer is that there is an expectation that I can help you promote your product. While this is the goal and they ideal, should I fuck up in great way, it can present a tremendous opportunity for us! If I keep fucking up it becomes an even better opportunity! See where this is going? My fuck ups are helping you! Win-win!"

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I recently did a fun interview with the Casual Encounters blog. Check it out here.