When life’s water comes up to your neck, it’s easy to feel sorry for yourself. Today, I learned a friend of mine is in a situation I could never imagine being in. It would be inappropriate to detail the situation, so I won’t do that. It just makes you think that there is always somebody worse off than you.
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You gotta wonder about marketing people. A few days ago I posted about the insulting ad that used a logo in place of a halo. Today, it’s DirecTV. Back in October, they called with an offer of the NFL package along with the premium movie channels for a dollar less than I was paying at the time. Okay, I enjoyed the free NFL package, but we never watch the premium channels. Literally never. So I cancelled it. Today, they called me–twice–to pressure sell me into buying the movie channels I never watch.  I can see calling once, but twice in the same day makes me wonder what they are thinking. What marketing skills go into intentionally pissing off your happy customers?