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October 6, 2005
I Hate Redundancy
By QBlog in Miscellaneous
The bar opens at 4 p.m. Monday-Friday but on Saturday, things change. The bar opens at 4 p.m. on Saturday which is... wait a second. That's the same time. And, not even a word about Sunday.
And no, it's not strictly an issue of redundancy, but more of just not making good use of the copy. It would be better to say Mon-Sat open at 4 p.m.
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LOL Tony.
Now, back on 'topic' (if there is one), that sign is on the same level of a local resturant with a back door with a big glowing sign that says "EXIT", yet on the door, there is a paper signm that clearly exclaims, "This is not an exit".
The waitress got REALLY confused when I pointed out a definate violation of the law of non-contradiction (i.e., two objects can not be the same thing at that same time in the same relationship).
Just thought I would pop in too.
This blog is nothing without me here, making a fool of Poorhouse Tony and the other ambot idiots.
If anything, I should get paid and then pay downline to Tony.
Tony is used to being someone's downline b*tch for sometime, so it should not be a big deal.
BTW Tony, a Breitling watch should cost around $5k, not $22k as you previously reported. I don't know if you were hyping up the numbers, or if that was your upline hyping up the numbers. Either way, anyone who knows anything about luxury watches knows the general price range.
(I know this from shopping for my Rolex).
LOL! df who?
Yea df, this site just sucks when you're not around ;)
(Did anyone even notice he was gone?)
df?>BTW Tony, a Breitling watch should cost around $5k, not $22k.
T> yea, ok. Gee ever heard of "upgrades"?
lol!
Yea, df - I used to be a roofer. We roofed this one house that my boss told me was $2 million! Whatever!! That must've been hype - I mean, everyone knows that a nice house costs around $200,000. What idiot would pay $2 million for a house??
Making sense yet df? Sure maybe YOU'd buy a $5,000 Breitling or Rolex, but Some people can get nicer ones that cost $22,000. But whatever.
Hey mlm' -did you hear about the deal that df got on his BOLEX - yea - $5000 watch that he got for $1000!! That df is one bargain hunter - I guess you gotta Know people ;)
Breitling, schmeitling. I own a Timex yo! Take that b!tches!!! LOL.
j/p
Redundancy?
Would that be like:
I'm going diamond!
Fired up!
Buy from yourself and teach others to copy.
It's a private franchise
My upline said so
No one makes money from tools.
Now that's redundancy!
Best example of redundancy:
Go to Quixtar.com and see their title,
Quixtar - Official Quixtar Company Site of Quixtar.com, Inc:
I don't know. Maybe the bar USED to open at 2 pm Monday-Friday, and 4 pm Saturday. And then the owner decided to let his employees get another 2 hours of sleep. Or maybe the owner's wife's dying wish was that her husband not go to work earlier than 4, instead of that 2 pm nonsense he was doing before she got the incurable disease from undercooked chicken. Thus, to economize the changing of the sign, the owner just changed the one number on the Mon-Fri hours, rather than ripping off the Saturday hours, and changing "FRI" to "SAT."
There's backstory to everything, QBlog.
Joe18> Buy from yourself and teach others to copy.
T> Ummm no... never heard That variation of it before :P
J18>My upline said so.
No one makes money from tools.
T> Nope don't hear those too often either.
But I agree with Imran - thats pretty darn redundant...
But not as redundant as what Joe and df used to say when contacting:
"Yea, I own my own web-based, online, internet e-commerce business!" :)
Actually, a point no one has brought up yet is: yea, they open at 4pm... but when do they close? And if they Don't close, then aren't they Always open? Hmm...
Redundancy around here comes pretty much from having to refute the same tired misinformation over and over from every new ambot that shows up. In other news, we're all pulling for you to get the recognition you deserve for the extra work you're doing. I bet your upline is pulling for you to get a raise also; you'll have more money to invest in his lifestyle, er, I mean your "business".
Poorhouse Tony:
Actually its around $5000 for any model, you usually can get them for around $2-3k.
So, actually, I was being generous in using the suggested retail price.
I am not sure who would be dumb enough to put $20,000 of upgrades into a $2,500 watch.
But then again, I am not sure who would sign up for the sham of a business like A/Q in the first place.
I think someone has their numbers wrong.
Considering the business associates in question, it really doesn't surprise me that the facts are misconstrued.
You're an idiot Tonybot. I am glad to see that hasn't changed. I am sure you upline is glad too -- he is planning his next timepiece purchase right now....
Qblog,
What's really redundant is people actually replying to redundancy.
Qblog, as long as you are handing out checks to people who post here, I'll get in line...
Qblog,
I went to a local pub that had a neon sign that said "free beer tomorrow" is that redundant or is that clever marketing?
I'm surprised nobody brought this up concerning the sign redundancy.
It's obvious that the real reason why Saturday is listed apart from Monday thru Friday is simply because it's a weekend day. People who ordinarily work a regular 40 hour per week job are too tired to go to the store after they come home. They are off on saturdays, hence are just interested in knowing what the saturday hours are. That's why Saturday is listed separately despite the fact that the store opens the same time on Saturday as any other day of the week.
No. It's listed because the bar owner is an idiot. There's no reason for it to be listed at all.
Well, the obvious solution to the 10%, 20%, and other such demands for QBlog to share his revenue is for him to start... drum roll, please...
QBlog-star MLM
As the owner of the company and the IBO #1, QBlog would sponsor Tony-bot, df, and a handful of others who generate the most traffic (let's call them elite QB-star Kingpins) to this blog. They would sponsor others, supply, train, and motivate them. QBlog will develop and enforce a compensation plan (6-4-2, 9-5-3, whatever...), setup and IBO board, and an ethics committee. Then, of course, the Kingpins will need to get going with a parallel tools system - after all, Tony won't be able to buy a Breitling without the tools income. Well, you get the picture... Any thoughts on this idea? I think it's got the potential... :-)
I love the idea dj -- just as long as Mikebot and Poorhouse Tony are under me in the moneyline. Those b*tches are nothing without me proving them wrong.
Or is that redundant.
If everyone already knows that Tony is an idiot, does it bear repeating?
Because I find myself proving Tony's stupidity a lot........
QBlog:
Let's just say that I tossed your last remark in with the typical statements made by the quixtar kingpins of "people who have jobs are idiots".
I just saw it for the shallow comment that it was and took it with a grain of salt.
You got it, df! Assuming QBlog makes me the chairman of the IBO board responsible for keeping the integrity of LOSs (lines of sponsorships), I'll put them right under you. And no, it's not redundant and you may keep repeating whatever you want as long as y'all generate the traffic and the ad revenue which will be then unequally distributed. But you also gotta keep it pure: remember that 10 idiots rule... err... I meant 10 customers.
Owner is an idiot. What is the point of wasting space?
If I have done so in my bar, or blog, then I'm idiot too.
I Hate Redundancy
Imran & QBlog:
You guys don't understand that the set-up of the "hours of operation sign" for the bar has strictly to do with marketing. Usually there are different groups of people that habituate a bar on a weekend than they do during the week. By separately listing the hours for saturday, you are creating an eye appealing catch for those "weekend" individuals that will be attracted soley as Saturday customers. If you list all of the operational hours as "Monday thru Saturday open at 4 p.m." it's harder to catch the interest of the potential weekend hangouts that would give the bar some business, because Saturday is mixed in with the other days of the week.
I know for a fact that Bars get different crowds during different parts of the week, having grown up within several blocks of 3 different watering holes most of my life. During the week (especially during the daytime hours) the older more mild mannered crowds normally come into the establishment. On Saturdays you usually have the younger beer guzzling crowds that are a little more wild.
Again, this is all part of marketing. To proove my point in a different manner, let me illustrate the lyrics of 3 famous advertisement commercials that appeared on television:
Oscar Mayer:
"My bologna has a first name, It's O-S-C-A-R
"My bologna has a second name, It's M-A-Y-E-R"
Redundant words: My, bologna, has, a, name.
Why not just say "My bologna's full name is O-S-C-A-R M-A-Y-E-R"?
Bayer Corp. (alka-seltzer)
PLOP PLOP, FIZZ FIZZ, Oh what a relief it is!
PLOP PLOP, FIZZ FIZZ, Oh what a relief it is!
Redundant - Why repeat two lines in the commercial. Shouldn't one be enough?
Hershey's Kit Kat:
"Gimme a break, Gimme a break, Gimme a break with that Kit Kat bar".
Is it really necessary to mention "Gimme a break" 3 times?
See my point?
Also, the bar owner didn't list any closing times because it is normally understood that a bar usually stays open until they are legally allowed to by law for their late night patrons. In New York that time is 4 AM. I know in Pennsylvania the legally allowed hour is 2 AM.
The only thing that I could see that the bar owner messed up on is not listing anything about Sunday.
I don't know if anyone noticed, but in the extreme video with the watches in question, no one was ever really seen buying a watch or jewelry.
Also, if you listen really close when they are talking about Pam's shopping cart, you can hear her say in the background, " It will be oneday." Is the whole video just a performance?
I guess the price of the watch or jewelry doesn't really matter unless they actually buy it.
mlmscam, I think that simply saying MON.-SAT Open at 4, is pretty clear and anyone with half a brain can figure that one out without trying too hard. Usually the ONLY reason to list saturdays or sundays different is because those hours might be different from the regular weekdays.
Actually MLM - it makes perfect sense.
People tend to think in terms of weekdays vs. weekends. Marketing follows that too - look at the circulars put into Thur & Fri papers to see.
Diamonds talk about "six Saturdays and a Sunday" lifestyle
The Loverboy song isn't titled "Everybody's working for the Mon-Sat"
P.s. have a great weekend everybody! - despite that it will pour buckets at the BC/Virginia game tomorrow :( - least I have tickets for the following Sat vs. Wake Forest!
QBlog is open:
12:00am-11:59pm Mon-Fri
12:00am-11:59pm Sat
12:00am-11:59pm Sun
df, you are still by far the DUMBEST son of a b1tch on here!! You haven't proved anything except your OWN stupidy and classless personality. Spit out your dip, leave the trailer and go flip those burgers!
You still don't get it? You gotta be playing stupid. I understand that You've only seen $5,000 watches, but do you understand that when you add diamonds and gold to a product, it generally goes up. Ever heard of taking a $20,000 car and then "pimping" it, aka putting another $20,000 worth of accessories into it. Makes the car $40,000 then doesn't its.
And to the Idiot who thinks that they staged the shopping video and left empty handed - I've SEEN Leininger's watch and I've WORN Jake Baker's watch!! I saw the video of Jake writing a $39,000 check for his wife's ring!! I just can't stand the skeptical, ignorant cr@p from you critbots anymore! I guess Joe M. doesn't really have that 360 Modena either - its just a cardboard cutout, right?
You guys (df, dj, bi) are morons, go back to debating bar hours. And dj, thanks for finally saying something funny (your last).
Your comment about me needing tool $ to buy a Breitling is a perfect example of just more critbot BS - do we keep forgeting how big that Qx-only check was? $120,000 in 1 Month buys a bunch of watches, no tool $ needed.
Quiksilver:
Are you functionally illiterate or what?
Open your eyes moron and try reading my explanations as to why the bar owner would list separate hours on a Saturday.
Some of you folks here are just as one- track minded as the brainwashed quixbots who visit this forum.
Okay, let's have the rest of the critics slug it out with tony to see which of you has the biggest ego. I've stated my side of the argument and I'm out of here. Everybody with the exception of Bruce seems willing to debate the issues at hand here, and not just hurl insults just for the sake of hurling them.
It will be pretty entertaining from this point on to see the rest of you ignoramuses battle it out over nothing.
mlmscam,
First of all there are no issues. It's just a stupid sign.
And secondly, you're wrong. I'm not sure why it's such an issue for you or why it's hard for you to understand but posting the times as pictured is pointless. There's no marketing reason at all.
The real reason is that the sign once said "Sat open at 5 p.m." which does make sense. But they realized that many people wanted to get there earlier to start their drinking so they moved it to 4 p.m. and rather than remove the second line and swap Sat. for Fri. in the line above, they just changed it to 4 p.m.
Hey Tony,
Watch the video and listen for Pam to say One day. If that was her shopping cart, why would she say something like that?
Quiksilver:
My apologies to you for making the "moron" comment. I wish you would have taken into account what I explained in the other posting of mine.
QBlog:
Taking into account that additional tidbit of information that you just gave, my conclusion would then be that the bartender did the right thing for the wrong reason. He didn't keep the saturday hours separate along the lines of reasoning that I displayed here, but rather because he was too lazy to change the wording of the above mon-fri line.
Secondly, if this isn't an issue to you, then why did you create a separate thread for it in the first place?
The only other thing I can think of is to ask the owner of the bar him or herself to find out why they personally wanted to keep the saturday hours separate.
Apart from that, my last comment on this situation to everybody else here (with the exception of Bruce) is that we're all going to have to just agree to disagree on this whole matter and move on to the "Tony Wars" LOL.
Tony, you said "nd I've WORN Jake Baker's watch!!"
Are you serious?
What a strange thing to do.
What a atrange thing to admit.
Tony,
Why would you want to pimp your watch with $12,000 worth of accessaries? Are you trying to prove how much money you have?
For the most part, these people are hung up over their money and they say they get it to motivate you to justify it's purpose.
If it is about money, fine, show me the money. All I see is a small handful of couples going to tropical islands while 360,000 other Quixtar IBO's drool over the videos of and go broke funding it with tools (There is far more money in tools than in Q; it is a RELATIVE thing), give more money, get more plugged in so that same group can do it again!
Yes, once in a while the group grows by that person getting a whole slew of people to fund his lavish lifestyle as well.
Now, if your 'business' is about helping people, why all the material goods?
Are you setting a double standard? And don't give me that 'we do both' because far more people are harmed by this thing than are helped.
X
mlmscam>
Quiksilver:
My apologies to you for making the "moron" comment. I wish you would have taken into account what I explained in the other posting of mine.
It's ok, I wasn't trying to be an a$$hole. Sorry if my post came off that way. And I did read your post, I just happen to disagree with it, thats all.
Secondly Tony, you're an idiot plain and simple. You talk all kinds of shit you can't back up. Go follow you're upline blindy right over that cliff, and don't worry if the dream is big enough the facts don't matter.
I find myself in a completely unchartered territory: I am going to defend Tony on one account. Kingpins do, in fact, have and spend this kind of money on pimped up watches, etc. I've seen it, experienced it, and can attest to it -- while this is indeed mosty for a show, the checkwriting and cash-dropping is unfortunately real. "Unfortunately" mainly refers to how that money is obtained. I still maintain it's mostly from the tool income.
Another sad aspect of the money dropping at the high levels is that the mid-tier (Rubies, Emeralds, etc.) with their supposed lifestyles are often forced to live up to these perceived expectations. I've seen it too when the Rubies and Emeralds go into debt to meet those gods-like images and expectations created by the Kingpins in the simple minds of the rank-n-file. Oh, and Tony, let me save you a posting: I know this kind of stuff NEVER, EVER happened in your LOS... :-)
The Mayor's Office isn't a place to get wealthy, I'll grant you. But in the course of mayoral duties, I've become friends with people from all over the economic spectrum. And I have seen, over and over, that truly financially wealthy people (who really don't have to work, who are legacies at Yale, etc.) don't videotape themselves writing checks for huge amounts. They don't let other people wear their watches either. In fact, you could not tell they were financially wealthy by the way they looked or acted. They are quiet, smart, humble, funny people who do not look down on people who don't have as much as they do.
To use an example from my own life, I have a less-than-Rolex-quality watch on my wrist right now. Could I afford a better one? Yes. So why don't I? Because that watch is a gift from a friend I have known for many years, and it was given to me at a time in my life when friends were all I had. I doubt the people videotaping themselves buying expensive things have such friends, or the things that make life worth living. They put their own children and wives in these videos, try to turn bookstore visits into recruiting trips, and see wealth as the validation for their existence. That is a soulless, empty way to live.
That concludes today's statement from the Mayor's Office.
Since I can never "win" on here (and since its Friday) I think I'm gonna sit abck for a while and let you critbots battle it out. Sorry mlm' - I guess its just gonna have to suck for a while. I'm just so gd tired of some critbots saying, oh thats just for show they don't really have all that expensive stuff", and then the senseless, "holier than thou" critbots say, "oh thats sooo materialistic".
X, you gotta be the worst hypocritbot on here! You've said before its OK to have nice, expensive things, but then you REPEATEDLY bash the Diamonds for having "materials things". You need help X. What is your deal?? Why can't someone care about people, want to help people and be wealthy?? Why can't it be both?? Are you that narrowminded that it has to be one or the other?
X, sometimes I think you're a good guy, but other times you really just act like a self-righteous, narrow-minded, misinformed, Critbot!
When are you people gonna understand the success rate? Can anyone be a doctor, can anyone be an NFL player, can anyone be a cop, or a teacher. Can anyone own a successful business... the answer to all is NO!
Now what if everyone tried to be a doctor, how many would succeed. What % of people would be doctors? Or NFL stars? So why is everyone so shocked when only 1% become Platinums. Why is everyone so shocked when half of IBOs quit throughout the year?
I've been in TKD for 15 years and have seen possibly 1000 people come thru our school, take it for 3 months and then quit. Big frickin woop! I didn't - and now I've got something to show for it... trophies, a 2nd dan blackbelt, and more importantly- knowledge, discipline, and self-confidence.
Sorry if you can't relate.
"When are you people gonna understand the success rate? Can anyone be a doctor, can anyone be an NFL player, can anyone be a cop, or a teacher. Can anyone own a successful business... the answer to all is NO!
Now what if everyone tried to be a doctor, how many would succeed. What % of people would be doctors? Or NFL stars? So why is everyone so shocked when only 1% become Platinums. Why is everyone so shocked when half of IBOs quit throughout the year?"
Tony, before I tackle what you just stated here, I want to ask you one simple question. My follow-up response is all going to depend on whether you answer "yes" or "no" to this question.
Do you believe that a majority of quixtar IBOs are focusing on retail, rather than on the concept of "buy from yourself and teach others to do the same"?
Don't elaborate. Just answer that one question with a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
X, how do you feel about "the mayor's" post?
I find it extremely offensive, presumptuous, self-righteous, and all around *%#^$&.
If any of you had a rich uncle and had heard that he just bought a new Ferrari, you'd want to sit in it! If he had bought a $18,000 Rolex watch, and when you asked to see it, he took it off and handed it to you, you might put in on your wrist to see how it looked. So for you people to insult me OR Jake for him letting me see his watch, and me putting it on?... all I have to say about you guys is -
I'VE STEPPED IN DEEPER PUDDLES!!
Having money doesn't make you shallow, judging someone for having it, without Knowing the person - does!!
If they didn't ever show any of the stuff they did, how would we know. How would the skeptics believe.
IBO> "Hey so-and-so drives a Ferrari" -
Critic>"Sure he does."
IBO> "He retired at 28" -
critic> "sure he did."
IBO>"He built his parents a house and his inlaws too."
Critic>"Sure he did".
IBO>"No really these Diamonds make pretty good money!"
Critic>"Sure they do... show me the money"
IBO> well check out this video... see, the car, house, the money...
Critbot> thats materialistic!
Have a nice weekend, hypocritbots!!
QBlog -- you are welcomed for the additional traffic.
Poorhouse Tony, congrats on wearing someone else's watch. No, you cannot wear ming. And no, you can't pay for my coffee at Denny's. And no, I will not let you bl*w me like you would like to do of people with really nice watches.
Sorry, it just aint gonna happen.
Here's an idea, go buy yourself a nice $60 Fossil watch and "ice" it out in CZ. That should make you feel MUCH better about the position you are in -- a position that requires kneepads.
Beautiful. Have a great weekend.
Tony> now I've got something to show for it... trophies, a 2nd dan blackbelt, and more importantly- knowledge, discipline, and self-confidence.
Imran> :D :D :D it's late in Ramadan but thanks for the laugh tony.
May the force be with you.
dj wrote:
"QBlog is open:
12:00am-11:59pm Mon-Fri
12:00am-11:59pm Sat
12:00am-11:59pm Sun"
I wonder what he's up to then from 11:59pm to 12:00am.
Talk about an over-extended lunch (dinner?) break!
Secondly, if this isn't an issue to you, then why did you create a separate thread for it in the first place?
Wha? Dude, you're definitely wound just a tad too tightly. I ddin't create a "separate thread," just made a post on something that caught my attention on a blog. You know, blogs. Those silly things where people put up goofy pictures and opinions about stuff that doesn't really matter.
Certainly you've heard of them? ;o)
http://www.extremefreedomteam.com/
If all this trumpeting of wealth is so great and justified, why does the link not work?
QBlog wrote:
"Secondly, if this isn't an issue to you, then why did you create a separate thread for it in the first place?
Wha? Dude, you're definitely wound just a tad too tightly. I ddin't create a "separate thread," just made a post on something that caught my attention on a blog. You know, blogs. Those silly things where people put up goofy pictures and opinions about stuff that doesn't really matter.
Certainly you've heard of them? ;o)"
Boy, talk about deviating from the main point! LOL:
Cop: I was having my cup of coffee when I observed the suspect wielding a gun and demanding money from the person behind the counter.
Defense Attorney: I object! I demand that remark be stricken from the record. The officer was not having a cup of coffee, but rather a hot chocolate.
As you wish:
Secondly, if this isn't an issue to you, then why did you create a separate BLOG for it in the first place?
Tony,
My point was NOT that money is a bad thing. I never said that...
BTW, there was a ferrari outside my 3rd grade Sunday School class two weeks ago, I don't know whoes it was because he didn't come struttin' in with a pinky ring and have people stroke his ego by having people look at it. He parked in back of the church. We have another very wealthy person who drives a brand new Jag paid for with cash. Another guy is a successful investor who drives a new BMW 750. Those are not bad things to have, but I don't get the desire to drive them when I see one. My dad has a new vet, I've been in it because that is the car he drives in the summer. He also has a limo, which I have never been in. I don't care! Here is the thing: HE DOESN'T EITHER! That is the difference.
My point is that those things are bought by the BWW Diamonds to show to their downlines to fire them up. When they want to know how to build the business, there is a success pattern to follow. It happens that the success pattern is what gives them most of that money.
To answer your question, yes, someone can focus on people as they do business. All businesses do this; however, BWW uses a system of well documented mind control to extract money from the participants. What appears to YOU to be 'helping' someone, is hurting more of them than it is helping.
The Mayor's Office is correct. I know many people who have worked hard and retired young. Those people have in common that they are humble!
Here is some evidence that Pam Winters is all about things:
The tape is (I think), FED6, Only the Strong Survive. Pam tells the story that a pebble NICKED the windshield of her SUV and she whined about it to get a new one.
And Joe's evidence - One the other side, Joe is talking about his Ferrari and how it was a covetous decsion based on sitting in one at a car show! This is not the stewardship that Godly people practice!
There are many, many more.
And one more thing. You are right. I am VERY narrow minded. I use a hefty dose of discernment in everything that I do. I was exactly where you are now, but I decided to set aside everything I was fed by and upline and OBJECTIVELY examine the facts!! As narrow minded as I am, Tony, you are just as much. It is better to be narrow minded, but objective than narrow minded and mind controlled.
Make any net profit yet? I am just curious.
X
xanadustc wrote:
"BTW, there was a ferrari outside my 3rd grade Sunday School class two weeks ago, I don't know whoes it was because he didn't come struttin' in with a pinky ring and have people stroke his ego by having people look at it. He parked in back of the church. We have another very wealthy person who drives a brand new Jag paid for with cash. Another guy is a successful investor who drives a new BMW 750. Those are not bad things to have, but I don't get the desire to drive them when I see one. My dad has a new vet, I've been in it because that is the car he drives in the summer. He also has a limo, which I have never been in. I don't care! Here is the thing: HE DOESN'T EITHER! That is the difference."
While I do agree with the overall point that you're trying to make here X, I don't know if I would go that far in stating that "you don't care" about whether you have one of these fine sports cars or just a plain old 1990's Toyota Corolla.
There is a certain amount of status in owning any of those cars that you just mentioned above, where you feel good about driving around in one and the cool, sleek impression that it gives off.
If it didn't matter at all, then wealthy millionaires would only be driving around in $12,000 Hyundai Excels, and keep the rest of what they would have spent in their own pockets or bank accounts.
The difference between the real, legitimate wealthy businessmen and the quixscam kingpin artists are that the former won't physically brag about their wealth to other people and try to shove it down their throats, like they're now better human beings than the average car owner just because they drive around in something more fancy - whereas the quixtar kingpins do act that way.
The issue is redundancy. It's redundancy. It's saying something repeatedly that does not need repeating, many times saying it over and over again. Some people simply don't know when to stop, so they keep repeating it. Over and over, time and again. You know, Q, I hate that, too. It's something we don't need to do, repeating these things so many times. But I guess we do that now and then, repeating stuff, just like the sign on the window at the bar. I guess we need reminding not to repeat stuff over and over again, and that photo was an opportunity to remind us of that. But I suppose when the issue is redundancy, it can be difficult to avoid repeating yourself, even when it doesn't need to be repeated.
So here we are, ready to beat each other to a bloody pulp over a moronic sign entered on a blog post about redundancy.
Perhaps that bar owner wasn't so moronic after all.... Creating quality entertainment isn't always such an easy thing to do. I'll bet he reads this blog.
PW
MLM>I don't know if I would go that far in stating that "you don't care" about whether you have one of these fine sports cars or just a plain old 1990's Toyota Corolla.
X> No, I am serious, I do not derive ego by what I drive. I have no desire to own one such car. I do not look at the price when buying a car (this means I don't drive the cheapest either)...
MLM>If it didn't matter at all, then wealthy millionaires would only be driving around in $12,000 Hyundai Excels, and keep the rest of what they would have spent in their own pockets or bank accounts.
X>Each will buy to his desire, one guy has the BMW, the other the Jag. I prefer luxary mostly due to the driving that I do. I have had 4 luxary cars, and 3 non-luxary. Each will look for a car based on one of two things: 1. A means to stroke their ego 2. What they humbly prefer.
PW wrote:
"So here we are, ready to beat each other to a bloody pulp over a moronic sign entered on a blog post about redundancy."
Hey, don't drag me into this. I wasn't the one who raised the issue in the first place. Nor was I the one who called the bar owner an idiot. I just responded to a post made and gave my own analysis on it.
If anyone wants to keep ridiculing what I said, then go right ahead....
I guess another way of looking at the situation is - if you can't intelligently address the message, then just attack the content of it, as well as the person who delivered it in the first place.
....and now back to our regularly scheduled program (the Tony Wars).
mlmscam, that bar owner was MG.
Regarding the whole bar hours issue:
I, personally, do not see what the big problem is. Without resorting to emotion or personal preference and basing my opinion solely on concrete facts, I think that the owner acted in the most efficient manner possible. I will now demonstrate why:
Assume it takes one unit of effort to remove a letter from the window and one unit of effort to glue a letter to the window.
The owner was faced with two possibilities:
a) replace the "5" under "SAT" with a "4", or
b) replace the "FRI" with "SAT" and remove all letters under and including the heading "SAT".
Option a) would require one unit of effort to remove the "4" and one unit of effort to glue in a "5". Total: 2 units of effort.
Option b) would require 3 units of effort to remove "FRI", 12 units of effort to remove "SAT open at 5pm" and 3 units of effort to glue "SAT" in place of "FRI". Total: 18 units of effort.
Assuming (and I'm betting this is a safe assumption) that the owner does not see any reduction in his business due to the redundancy, and assuming that the redundancy of mentioning "SAT" separately drew the attention of his regular customers to the change in Saturday hours, it is safe to conclude that the owner acted in an efficient and advantageous manner to change the sign to the one seen in the photo.
Disregarding the second assumption above, it is still safe to conclude that the owner acted in the most efficient manner available to him to achieve the same result.
Quod erat demonstratum.
PS. One may argue that the posting of the times as done in the photo is demonstrative of laziness, bad taste, lack of aesthetic sense, or a number of other reasons. Those arguments are valid. However, I would ask those critics to demonstrate that the consequences of this action would result in a significant detriment to the owner's business. Since I believe, with good reason, that the customers of this bar would not care about the owner's laziness or lack of aesthetic sense--after all, it does not seem like an upscale bar--I would still have to conclude that the owner acted in the most efficient--and in this case, the best--manner available to him.
Why not just ask the bar owner?
When I have a question, that's usually what I do.
Like, "Hey Poorhouse Tony, are you making any money yet?"
Or "Hey, Poorhouse Tony, do you want to wear my Rolex?"
Psyche! Not gonna happen...
Or "Hey, Poorhouse Tony, why are you such a jack*ass?"
Plus, if there is any likelihood he would further adjust the hours in the future, this allows him to do so again just as easily.
Here's a good question,
What time does the bar close? They left that very important little fact out. The more I think about it I don't think this post was really about redundancy, it was about sheer laziness or lack of intelligence on the part of the owner. When I owned a retail location I had a very prominent display of hours of operation:
OPEN:
Mon-Sat: 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Sunday: CLOSED (RACEDAY)
Thanks for stopping by!
How about this one Imran re: the issue of redundancy:
from Booker T of the WWE:
"I am the five time, five time, five time, five time, five time WWC Champion, SUCKER!"
Well, it's a bar... closing is no fixed time, but you can tell when it's coming because the girls all start getting prettier, right?
bystander,
For once! I would be so inclined to highly agree with you! LMAO!!!
mlmscam, just made a booker T style post:
http://quixtarsucks.blogspot.com/2005/10/quixtar-playbook-5.html
57 comments on a bogus picture? ROFLMAO!
If you believed that picture, maybe you'll believe this crap...I'm a member of TEAM and I had to use my ALARM today! AGhhh!
Why would you guys cut down Quixtar.
The only reason why there are a lot of IBO's out there that are supposable drooling over the videos of Petter Island and all that is because there like half of you people ones that are to lazy to do something with there life and yes to succeed you need to do things over and over again until you get them right so of. but thing is you guys will wake up every dawm morning to go to a job from 8am to 5pm and kiss your bosses ass but nooooo there’s nothing wrong with that right because your only working for another mans dream and not actually doing anything productive with your life.
Im sorry for the ones who do not have the ability to dream anymore because those are the ones who truly make it to Petter Island.
Neo
Now Thats irony - then you must really hate this blog ;)
Sorry guys - been busy with work... got some new responsibilties. More pay you ask?, well not yet but hopefully down the road. Well I can hope.
I need to do a little experiment. Like mlm' has said: when I'm not posting it seems to really be dead. That extreme freedom link blog went from 7 to like 24, in 1 day - but now as you see its kinda dieing isn't it. Ah, maybe I'll bring it back to life tomorrow when I got the time.
Hmm, some of you used to think I was on Qx payrole to post here - I think I ought to be getting paid by Qblog!
What do say Qblog, you give me 10% of your google ad profits and I'll post 2 messages a day. Make it 20% and I'll post 4 a day! Get it? The higher the Posts - the higher the Bonus!! LOL!!
I love you guys!
Posted by: Tony | October 6, 2005 6:35 PM