I did live through the worst weekend of my life! God gave me victory! I got all of my papers done on time. However, I did not do as well on them as I would have liked; they are definitely not the best papers I have ever written. Oh, well. I will do better next time.
But I have some exiting news as well. I will be going on the fall mission trip to NYC! I cannot wait to see what God is doing up there and I cannot wait to be a part of it. I have never been on a mission trip in my life, but that will change in one month! I am very, very, very exited!!! Or could you tell this by seeing all the exclamation points?!
Also, tomorrow I will go to my practical politics class and submit an actual political survey with my team! I love this class! I am really hyped about politics in general, so I decided to refurbish my political blog that I quit posting on about a year ago. Check it out: http://www.donkeysbtrippin.blogspot.com. Yes, I came up with the name. I'm thinking about getting it copyrighted.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
A New Experience!
Word of the day: Alacrity-eager and enthusiastic willingness
First off, I must say that I would never work in a call center full-time with anything remotely resembling alacrity!
That being said, today I had the great--and exciting--experience volunteering for a candidate who is running for state senate down here in North Carolina. Our task today was conducting a phone survey that targeted unaffiliated and independent voters. There were eight of us sitting in front of high tech phones designed especially for the purpose of surveying and polling; they looked much more complicated than they turned out to be (thank heaven!). At first I was extremely nervous--talking to strangers all day is not my first choice for a fun weekend activity--but then I started to get the hang of things.
After about two hours, I was a robot; I didn't even have to think about what I was doing. After four hours, my mind was so numb that I thought I would pass out, but I got through it with my sanity in tact. At the end of the five hours, the eight of us combined had made over two-thousand calls!
Over all it was a great experience, and the best part about it was the sharing of funny statements that were made by the people we were calling. Here are some of my favorites:
- (In an EXTREMELY deep North Carolinian accent) "If this is gunna be some kinda politikin' I don't have time for it"
-Question: "Is this [name]?" Answer: "Not right now"
-Question: "Do you have time to answer a few questions for a survey?" Answer: "With what kind of slant on it?"
-Question: "If the election were today, would you vote for [our guy] or [not our guy]?" Answer: "I would rather vote for a blind bat with a cane than send [not our guy] back to Raleigh!"
-"I don't speak English"
Yes, working at a call center would be mind numbing as a full-time job, but working the phones for a few hours every now and then for a good cause can be a hilarious pastime!
First off, I must say that I would never work in a call center full-time with anything remotely resembling alacrity!
That being said, today I had the great--and exciting--experience volunteering for a candidate who is running for state senate down here in North Carolina. Our task today was conducting a phone survey that targeted unaffiliated and independent voters. There were eight of us sitting in front of high tech phones designed especially for the purpose of surveying and polling; they looked much more complicated than they turned out to be (thank heaven!). At first I was extremely nervous--talking to strangers all day is not my first choice for a fun weekend activity--but then I started to get the hang of things.
After about two hours, I was a robot; I didn't even have to think about what I was doing. After four hours, my mind was so numb that I thought I would pass out, but I got through it with my sanity in tact. At the end of the five hours, the eight of us combined had made over two-thousand calls!
Over all it was a great experience, and the best part about it was the sharing of funny statements that were made by the people we were calling. Here are some of my favorites:
- (In an EXTREMELY deep North Carolinian accent) "If this is gunna be some kinda politikin' I don't have time for it"
-Question: "Is this [name]?" Answer: "Not right now"
-Question: "Do you have time to answer a few questions for a survey?" Answer: "With what kind of slant on it?"
-Question: "If the election were today, would you vote for [our guy] or [not our guy]?" Answer: "I would rather vote for a blind bat with a cane than send [not our guy] back to Raleigh!"
-"I don't speak English"
Yes, working at a call center would be mind numbing as a full-time job, but working the phones for a few hours every now and then for a good cause can be a hilarious pastime!
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