Comments On, Frustration Off

I tried three times to post this as a comment on a post from Ice. I finally found the glitch. I guess it's kinda long, so maybe it's better I moved it over here anyway.


Let's get it on:

Hello Ice,

Don't get me wrong; I am not one of your school teachers, but I would like to offer a little constructive criticism up front (going against the better principles of Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends & Influence People.

Part of what I do for a living is work with people and companies to help them improve their flow of information (quit thinking about menstruation). The Internet is a fantastic tool for this. The visual medium, for one, kicks ass. After all, seeing is believing.

I believe, and have seen, that movies and television have dominated our culture, and more recently the world, for decades. The Internet, now in it's infancy, is the mutant offspring of a cyber mánage a trios between movies, television, and computers. Wait until it reaches puberty....

There is a reason for this incredible, and rapid, take over and dominance by these forms of media:

Moving pictures, flashing lights, and buzzing sounds.

There is strong scientific evidence (I'm too lazy to go find a hyperlink, but if you ask me, I will get you one) that light and sound affect the development of the brain. Just ask the anti-sex-and-violence-on-TV people. (Heh-Heh, I just thought of Kyle's mom in South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut; Oh crap, that reminds me that Team America: World Police is out in stores and I was not first in line to buy it. Damn blogs, sucking away my whole life...)

Secondly, the use of hyperlinks brings instantaneous access to the references you mention in a post. Since the Internet inherently has the aforementioned incredible influence over our brains, why not use it to its full extent. I can't wait until that bitch reaches her Sweet 16; she's going to be a man-eater...

If this were my blog (and I had had those experiences), here are some of the things I would have done:

1. Used more hyperlinks: GNC, Gold's Gym, Jefferson Security Bank

2. Given a hyperlink and/or address for contacting the corporate offices of the Jefferson Security Bank:

Jefferson Security Bank
PO Box 35
Shepherdstown, WV 25443

Maybe even throw in a few phone numbers for good measure. (You never know what Internet psycho might want to give them a call...)

Ditto for Gold's Gym:

Gold's Gym International, Inc.
358 Hampton Drive
Venice, CA 90291

Ditto for GNC:

GNC Corporation
300 6th Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

3. Dispatched letters and/or email to all the corporate offices, and, maybe, posted them here for others to see and cut-and-paste for themselves to use on their blogs, email, letters, faxes, etc.

Check out PlanetFeedback, it's one of my faves.

BTW, do you mind if I post a hyperlink to your blog on mine?

As for the content: Awesome! I Laughed My Ass Off! (LMAO) Oh yeah, the thing about the "packages" of personal trainer time at Gold's: This is a classic bait-and-switch; it's illegal in most states. Contact your state's Attorney General and report them. Also, I don't know what state you live in (well, actually I do), but minimum wage here in (doing my best Arnie imitation) California is $6.75 per hour (and that's still just above the national poverty level).

Overall, good job. I give it a B+ and a 1 for effort. (Better feedback than from most of the asshole teachers I've had in life; you'll probably read about that in a later post on my blog.

For the professional advice: That'll be $650. You can PayPal it to me.... LOL

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