Comments for The Adventures of Scribbleboy

Comment on Escape From Sky School by Lm

Lm — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:38:14 +0000

I too went through the week of Sky School at ANB Promotions, run mainly by this woman who had a permanent smile and was always far too happy and excited, and kept saying how lucky we were to be there and have this opportunity. She wore the same suit each day and it was clearly Primark or similar, strange considering she spent most of the time talking about the fantastic money to be made.
I went out into the field on the Thursday with a young guy who kept on and on about money and how he would open his own office by April next year. He borrowed a few pounds from me at the petrol station – now I found that hilarious because on the way to the petrol station he had been telling me how he earned £600 two weeks ago and £800 last week. I was chuckling to myself the whole day about that!! He didn’t pay me back either, oh well, it was worth it just for the comedy value.
I think all staff at ANB Promotions and similar companies are told to talk about money and ‘fantastic opportunities’ and nothing else. The office has crazy routines aswell like deafening music being played while you are rehearsing your sales pitch, and shouting and cheering when the manager tells a success story. It was an enjoyable week, very funny, and you do get some good, free sales training, however I would not touch the job itself, it just wasn’t right for me.

Comment on Escape From Sky School by supa

supa — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:51:16 +0000

no no do not apply any one!

Comment on NaNoWriMo – Just Another Word for Crazy by Scribbleboy

Scribbleboy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:38:55 +0000

Been contemplating having one of those but the official NaNoWriMo widgets* are broken. May incorporate the one you linked when I actually get round to writing my novel instead of being employed, rewriting people’s Phd applications and sleeping.

*On the other hand the facebook app is functional but lousy, instead of checking with the NaNoWriMo website automatically you have to click a button every time you want it to check. Suckiness.

Comment on NaNoWriMo – Just Another Word for Crazy by Sai

Sai — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:54:41 +0000

http://www.languageisavirus.com/nanowrimo/word-meter.html – saw someone using it and thought i’d share…

Comment on NaNoWriMo – Just Another Word for Crazy by nhrn

nhrn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:28:33 +0000

Eh, I used to do that all the time last year, in-fact I fully believe my late awakenings were the reason I failed so horrendously at reaching 50000 words. Also, concerning plot, I fully recommend ripping off as many ideas as possible and throwing as much humour in as possible, it never fails.

Comment on NaNoWriMo – Just Another Word for Crazy by Scribbleboy

Scribbleboy — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:08:03 +0000

Thought work would have programmed me into waking up early. Woke up at 3pm. Woke up again at 4pm. Fail.

Will try and make it to one of the events on November 31, one of them starts at 8pm, surely I can’t miss that?

Comment on NaNoWriMo – Just Another Word for Crazy by Scribbleboy

Scribbleboy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:31:53 +0000

Plot? I’ve tried to avoid thinking about. I might try and get some ideas at this meeting on Saturday. Being unprepared tends to be more fun anyway :)

Comment on NaNoWriMo – Just Another Word for Crazy by Sai

Sai — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:39:32 +0000

Have you thought of a topic yet? Or are you going to wait until the 1st and hope something comes to you? :-)

I’d like to join in, but frankly I think I’d be shit at writing something that wasn’t an academic paper.

Comment on All of Humanity in Garish White Shoes by Sai

Sai — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:07:47 +0000

Well done Scribble :-)

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