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Comment on The Morning Commute by Wayne

Wayne — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:07:35 +0000

I like to strike up conversations with random people but sometimes I listen to my iPod too. I guess I am a bit conflicted. I think much depends on place. Striking up a conversation in my local watering hole seems easier than doing the same on the subway.

As for the phone, I too have noticed that many people resist the telephone. I think the scourge of voicemail and having to wait on hold has a lot to do with it. The other day I called my insurance broker, couldn’t talk to the person I needed to, left a message, didn’t get a callback within an hour and a half, called again, got the general voice mail box 15 minutes before the office was supposed to close.

The telephone is about immediacy, when you don’t get to talk to the person you want to you get unhappy., better to send them an email and defer the unhappiness.

Comment on The Morning Commute by Trigeia

Trigeia — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:52:13 +0000

I like that
It is what it is! Regarding the mp3 or ipods yes i would have to say that they are hiding… hiding …hiding yep that it you got it

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Comment on Drop the French Fry, and Back Away Slowly by http://jennifer.prblogs.org/2006/02/11/drop-the-french-fry-and-back-away-slowly/

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Comment on LOLz Help to Save Seals by Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:03:52 +0000

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Comment on When candy becomes anything but sweet: Hershey axes drug look-alike mints by Jennifer Schooley

Jennifer Schooley — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:01:32 +0000

Hi Rebecca!

Thanks for reading and your comment. You know, I probably would have missed the news story as well, had I not been browing MSN.com (I think that was the site) one day.

It seems the coverage was generally quiet, though I’m sure it was much louder in the Philadelphia area where the opposed law enforcement officials are based.

I can’t recall a similar situation when The Hershey Company had to deal with something like this and I still do think that perhaps they should have issued a recall to set a good example. Yet again, I play Devil’s Advocate when I think about the other mints and candies that we enjoy every day that also bear a striking resemblance to street drugs. Heck, I bet we could even argue that somewhere, there’s some drug that looks like a tic tac!

It’s a fine line to walk, I’m sure, but even without issuing the recall, Hershey is really not at any risk to lose money or face a widespread boycott. I suppose just doing the bare minimum was enough in this case. They’re not making any more of the mint. No real harm done. Everyone can go home happy.

Let’s say for example, the worst DID happen. A child was arrested on suspicious of possession, but it really turned out to be the candy product. What would you do if you were a member of the Hershey communications team?

Comment on When candy becomes anything but sweet: Hershey axes drug look-alike mints by Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:52:49 +0000

I had not heard a thing about this problem until stumbling upon your blog. It is pretty interesting that, given the mishap with Johnson and Johnson’s Tylenol back in the 1980s, no more research was done on Hershey’s part before releasing this new mint. As a PR student at Western Kentucky University, we have analyzed case study after case study to figure out what to do and what not to do in dealing with crisis management. Johnson and Johnson gave future companies the perfect model for this situation. Knowing this, I find it surprising that Hershey’s, a company that has been around for years, would react the way they did. Don’t you think that they should’ve taken all of this mint product off the shelf as soon as they were aware of the problem or scare that was being talked about? It just seems like the right thing to do. Then again, you never know what kind of people are making the decisions in this situation. I do agree with your thought that Hershey’s probably should’ve recalled the product. But it is so sad that they stayed on the shelves, probably because of the money involved. Sad, sad day… that kids are being encouraged to “snack” on a mint that closely resembles a street drug. Hopefully, parents are aware enough to restrict their children’s access to this and Hershey’s can take the monetary loss for this mistake anyway.

Comment on The Raging ‘Roids Controversy by The Raging ‘Roids Controversy

The Raging ‘Roids Controversy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:58:54 +0000

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Comment on Nashville Predators to Stay? by RC

RC — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:58:40 +0000

Hockey in Nashville is a joke to the locals. They have no idea what their hockey jersey logo looks like. I doubt they even know that their team is on the outs (not that they’d care).
Bring the team back to Canada, preferably Hamilton where each game will be sold out.
Gary Bettman is holding the team back. It’s time for a new commissioner. He’d be better at basket weaving than running a hockey league.

Comment on Writing for the Future or: How I Got into Blogging by Unfinished Business … at Shop Talk

Unfinished Business … at Shop Talk — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:13:26 +0000

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Comment on Another Chapter Closes by Jennifer Schooley

Jennifer Schooley — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:08:13 +0000

Thanks, Robert!

I hope so as well. Although I admittedly find job hunting discouraging sometimes (as almost all job seekers do at one point or another), I know I’ll find something that will fit me.