Random thought....what if the person that I interacted with only said two words but I need 200 characters?
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How about "I approached the hostess and she looked up at me and asked me how I was. I said I was fine and she turned and I followed her. We walked to a table and she gestured for me to take a seat."
"With a friendly smile the hostess asked, "How are you?" She then picked up menus for us and silently headed off. We could only assume we were being escorted to a table. At the table she set out our menus and as we seated ourselves, departed, saying nothing further." That is 268 characters.
Thanks you all I will keep that in mind. Personally, I think saying 'the hostess asked how I was as we walked to my seat should be okay but what do I know. I appreciate the input.
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Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
You do this for any length of time and you will quickly find ways to babble 5000 characters about nothing when there is nothing of any feasible significance to anyone that happened beyond the actual 100 character description.
So true. Equally challenging, are the occasions when there is much to say that is relevant. The character count is too low to squeeze in everything you want to relay.
LOL! I can only hope that I don't carry this wonderful skill over into my real life.
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Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Seinfeld's hit show about nothing proved that nothing can be interesting even if it's not meaningful. It depends on the presentation.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
I usually fill with qualities other MSC's may ask for the same position: Did she look presentable? Was she friendly. Did the interaction feel genuine and sincere?
Great thread. I often have difficulty writing enough when the interaction was very brief. One gas station requires at least 4 sentences and if the attendant doesn't interact it is tough.
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
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Did she make eye contact? Did she smile? What type of smile was it: small, sneering, warm, welcoming? In what sort of tone was her question: warm, rushed, uninterested? Did she wait for you to answer or was the "How are you?" just silence filler? Did she acknowledge that you had spoken? Did she touch you or the chair when showing you to your seat?
You could write this: The Hostess said, "It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay.....
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Um diddle, diddle diddle, um diddle ay.....
When I entered the restaurant, the hostess said, "How are you?" I said that I was fine, having recently learned that I did not have Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. She gave me a puzzled look, and silently led me to my table.
206 characters; 244 with spaces.
206 characters; 244 with spaces.
Shopping South Jersey, Southeast Pennsylvania, and Delaware above the canal since 2008
post too short, 125 more characters needed :-)
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Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
Motivation increases when we assume large responsibilities with a short deadline.
I used to feel strange doing narrative when I had already checked a box. Why do I have to do it twice? Now I can write 500 words without even thinking. I just try and put it into a story and put in some fillers. As the associate walked me to my table I noticed that they had on a skirt and a shirt with the name of the restaurant displayed. Stuff like that...
Do you have small children? If you do pay attention to how they learn how to use their limited language skills to get their way. My favorites are 3 year olds; they have just enough in language skills and still remember the terrible twos.
Pay attention to how they work you when you aren't shopping for a job.
If that fails, a thesaurus works wonders.
Pay attention to how they work you when you aren't shopping for a job.
If that fails, a thesaurus works wonders.
Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning; the devil shudders...And yells OH #%*+! SHE'S AWAKE!
Just a wee thing... This becomes easier with practice. I am Exhibit A for this. Today, I had a range of several hundred characters. I made it on the first try without pain, suffering, or excessive filler. As a non-writer, I encourage you to remember that if I can do this, you can do this.
Pronoun, schmonoun. I am a female human.
The challenge here is much the same one I have when assigned a freelance article...I have a target of, say, 3500 words, which can flex 50 words either way. I find it slightly easier to cut down words than add them (you couldn't tell, as verbose as I am?), but once you're seasoned at it, as teriraia says, it becomes second nature.
If you didn' learn word vomit by the time you were a junior in high school, you will by the end of your first month as a shopper. Not an art, a necessity!
Honestly, you really have to make this stuff up. As a shopper, I realize the companies just really want blather.
Hope you know how to write BS stuff up when the company asks ridiculous information.
Hope you know how to write BS stuff up when the company asks ridiculous information.
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