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The site has been up for a while, the old one, that is. The new site is most definitely better. I think she took a page out of what the other nollywood actresses are doing on their sites.

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No doubt beyonce. With her, it comes naturally. With her, it's like a butt that is hard like jam, but moves like jelly.

Enough said

I take it that ur ultimate dream in life is to work for one of them

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The sad thing about it all, in my opinion, is that pple who look up to him over there and going to think that having kids out of wedlock is cool and emulate him.

Na wa, when *for the most part*, we only tend to copy the bad things from obodo oyibo

not to beat up a dead horse, but customer service, as I understand it is defined as assistance and other resources that a company provides to the people who buy or use its products or services.

By that definition, my offering of the coke deal is a form of assistance. In the end, the customer has a good experience and will do almost anything to come back. Of course, the sinister purpose of that deal is to make the customer spend pepper via marketing stunts, but the politically correct way of looking at it is as a form of customer service.

As I said earlier, the business owner could care less about you. They just want to make you feel better, cos a happy customer is a spending customer LOL

leilata,

Regardless of cultural differences, customer service is and should be the same. As noted above, the fact that in yankee, a waiter smiles at you doesn't mean she cares. In fact, she may even end up spitting in your food, and surface at your table all smiles, as if she owns stock in macleans (nasty, but true). When you leave, they wish you a nice day on the outside, yet may curse your great-grand-father on the inside.

Humans are humans worldwide. All you need do is smile. You would be surprised to find out what a "how are you doing today sir" does to some pple. It throws pple with a bad attitude off, It makes them happy, it keeps them coming, It results in more money.

Example: even b4 dreaming of coming to america, I owned a small shop. I sold, among others, soft drinks. I had a deal where if you bought 5 bottles or more, you got one free. Now, at the time, no one offered that and I didn't know anyone in america (not now where there is CNN et al) to know that that is what is done here. Pple would come to my store from all over, bypassing 3 or 4 along the way. Why? Customer service

I have definitely been on both ends of the spectrum:

Bad service: My dad and I went into a restaurant. Being the americans that we were, we waited to be served. Another group came in at least 30 minutes after us and began shouting "menu, foood, water, !!!" They not only ate before we were even offered somethig to drink, but they left before us and laughed at us on the way out. Of course, we decided to outsmart them, so we went back the next day and shouted "water!! spoon!!! foood!!! receipt!!" We were so rude that not only did we get prompt service, but the guy even dropped his tray full of glasses, probably in fear.

Another bad service: Queue at Mr. Biggs. If you want to do oyibo and stand in line, you will be there forever LOL. I had to re-learn how to set my foot in such a way that no one cd get in front of me LOL.

Good service: Took my wife shopping at some place in calabar. Was greeted by pple in suits. Well groomed. Walked us through all the way. At the counter, thanked us for shopping with them, wished us a good day and because we spent over a certain amount, they gave my wife a free purse

Another good service: A cybercafe in uyo. Nice environment, helpful admin guys. Nice music. I used to take a cab to the place, just for the service.

We have a long way to go unforunately. However, I am happy that at least some businesses are taking note and making changes. Like I said, I don't mind paying extra N100 for good service.

Nwoke,

But it happens in Naija everyday

If not, then why would a state like Akwa Ibom, that gets billions from oil revenues, still owes its civil servants?

As always, nigeria violates all natural rules of economics LOL

I know, but its effective. As a kid, every saturday in the morning, they would show the thieves being shot on TV. You know what that made me do? I wouldn't even dare steal a pen in class, cos I was afraid I would get shot

At the end, I come up with something entirely different from what I was trying to 'copy.'

Zahy, that is what you should strive to do

Finally, a nice reply I don't hate you sha. I just was asking that you don't make your response "antagonistic (remember, you told me that yourself )". I know you are always spinning on your eyebrows trying to do that LOL

- Resume public execution by firing squad, viewable live on TV. That seemed to work during the military era

- Fix infrastructure/provide incentives so as to encourage investment which would in turn create jobs which would in turn reduce crime

- Provide public service announcements on the downside of crime

- Abolish NPF and set up police force maintained by the various states. Too much red tape from abuja.

- Provide incentives to police units for keeping crime rates down

- keep statistics on crime

- Give various LGAs incentives for fighting crime, so that say, those with lowest crime rates get certain bonuses

$1million is about N140million. I don't know what that would get you, but I would do this for the pple of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (based on my last visit there in 2004):

- pay civil servants that are owed in arrears

- refurbish govt buildings that are still in use.

Now, if it were N1billion, I would do the following:

- commission independent power and water plants: this brings in foreign direct investment (FDI)

- fix major roads

- start up an IT academy so that jobs outsourced to India and China, are brought into the state.

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Note to Zahymaka (cos I know he will always find something along the lines of "yeah, I know this is out there, but I choose to use my own, ", to say ), please don't say anything "antagonistic"

Thanks,

zebudaya,

na so oyibo dey o. Case in point: back in 1999-2001, I was supposedly so good at work that my ogas openly called me the "company savior". I was also given awards and bonuses. But when things went bad, guess who was the first to go? Of course, I could go as far as thinking that being the only black man in a department of eight, chances are they let me go first as a result. But I don't want to think that way.

Bottomline, wherever you are, sleep like a cat - one eye closed, with your ears always moving around. Just as they can hire you at any minute, so they can fire you at any minute.

A word is enough for the wise

Of course Allardyce said he would offer him a new contract - that is corporate talk If he didn't say that, then all the attention would have been on the speculation, which also means that it could possibly distract the other players. Not to mention, JJ could also have decided not to give his all.

As to where he will go, I am no football expert, but I doubt anywhere as good as Bolton. He will probably be in the EPL with another team for one more season. After that, he has a choice of the US (not much pay, but at least we get to hear of him ) or Qatar (vice-versa).

Regardless, his football days are numbered and we need to realize this and prepare for the day when he will no longer be playing. Painful, yes, but tis reality.

that's my 2 cents

Ericjuwon,

I will tell you what someone told me some time last year - when all you think of is how to make money to help alleviate your "struggles", you will always be stressed out. As the bible says (paraphrasing), seek first the kingdom of God and all else will be added unto you.

Also, as I like to do, whenever you think you have it bad, know that there are others who are worse off than yourself. That should give you some kind of consolation.

I hope this helps,

(ripping all of what is left of my hair )

I hate those floating layers, which is one reason why I don't visit nigeriaworld.com anymore

You may have to contact google or yahoo for that. Also do a google for mapping software. I am pretty sure there are companies that will provide you a license to do what you have in mind.

Shout out to my e-children, of which Bolex is the first born through whom I will live on after my journeys on nairaland come to an end

Mr. Annn-der-sonn!! LOL

sorry, but i had more LOL

I don't even want to even dream of what OBJ would look like LOL

Oops. E jo o!

Here it is: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/buffet_debacle . That was actually meant for another post I had in mind.

I guess I should count myself lucky for not being temporarily suspended, for which I say "E se o!!"

You guys are forgetting history o!

Rivaldo, champions league of 2000/2001 versus Leeds. Dude scored all 3 goals for barcelona via free kicks. I know, that' just one example, but my adrenalin still flows when I remember it

To me sha, free kick shouldn't all be about conversion rate but the grace and style with which it is taken. It is truly an art. Of course, one hopes that the kicker scores as well

I say, take her to the back of the office and shoot her!!

Just kidding o! I would listen to akani