<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3021905311957524029</id><updated>2009-10-12T21:45:59.916-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Karons Beads, Booze and Bull</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karonsbeads.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3021905311957524029/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karonsbeads.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>KaronsBeads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09542091832571520503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3021905311957524029.post-8820927068329402243</id><published>2008-06-20T00:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T00:44:25.954-07:00</updated><title type='text'>End of a busy week of customer service</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8ZjIlvnIS8/SFtdv_Ng--I/AAAAAAAAAAk/0o-7xj1W6NU/s1600-h/shellharbour.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8ZjIlvnIS8/SFtdv_Ng--I/AAAAAAAAAAk/0o-7xj1W6NU/s200/shellharbour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213864072614837218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Who said customer service was easy? Shoot them! I spend all week with my team responding to customer service issues for Australia's biggest online retailer. How lucky am I !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have the best bosses, the best people to work with and I have the best team of CS reps in the world! We all get on so well.  We band together to do our jobs to the best of our ability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we vent, do we vent!  You have to when you are dealing with the public. 95% are wonderful but there are some people out there where the level of upset goes way beyond the issue at hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will never ever please everyone. The customer is not always right, but the customer has the right to be treated with respect and empathy no matter the situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So as I wind down on a winter Friday evening with a glass ( or a few glasses) of chardy, I might turn on the footy later on and celebrate the fact I don't have any markets tomorrow so get a really rare sleep in. I usually wake at 7 anyway but will lay there for a bit because I can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, we are going to hit the city ( sydney harbour) for a bit of a pub crawl around the rocks and a few drinks, nice lunch and marvel at our wonderful Sydney Harbour. I never ever ever get sick of watching the water, its my most favourite thing to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have included a photo of our recent few days in Shellharbour, this is the view from park across the road from the pub balcony, isn't it great? I wanna go back! hehe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3021905311957524029-8820927068329402243?l=karonsbeads.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karonsbeads.blogspot.com/feeds/8820927068329402243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3021905311957524029&amp;postID=8820927068329402243' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3021905311957524029/posts/default/8820927068329402243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3021905311957524029/posts/default/8820927068329402243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karonsbeads.blogspot.com/2008/06/end-of-busy-week-of-customer-service.html' title='End of a busy week of customer service'/><author><name>KaronsBeads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09542091832571520503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10559524236876864715'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8ZjIlvnIS8/SFtdv_Ng--I/AAAAAAAAAAk/0o-7xj1W6NU/s72-c/shellharbour.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3021905311957524029.post-6124317092451651938</id><published>2008-06-13T00:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T00:46:06.568-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gotta Start Somewhere!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_R8ZjIlvnIS8/SFIlssjlabI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Qk6gTlx_Qgc/s1600-h/swpinkdrop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_R8ZjIlvnIS8/SFIlssjlabI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Qk6gTlx_Qgc/s200/swpinkdrop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211269168625969586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;Hi everyone! I know blogs are nothing new, sort of like a personal type of spill ya guts place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;What does booze have to do with beads one may ask, well have you ever tried to create something really nice with a bottle or two of chardy? Its not pretty, let me tell you.  Beads are relaxing, booze is relaxing and then the bulldust flies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;Who am I targeting this blog to? boozers, beaders or bulldusters? ( is that like a go duster ?) Hey,  anyone can read and contribute to my blog, lets just make sure its respectful to everyone and non offensive. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;If you bead, please share!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;If you booze, please, please share! hehe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt; I have just joined Esty.com. This site is strictly for hand made goods for sale. I have also requested to join some forums, get myself out and about. eBay in my opinion is just like a large two dollar shop these days, no one seems to appreciate hand made goods, all the want is cheap crap. You can have your cheap crap, but if you want well priced, hand made goods, please come and see me. I love to create and would love to create the ideas in your mind as well as my own &lt;img src="http://iblog.net.au/karonsbeads/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3021905311957524029-6124317092451651938?l=karonsbeads.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://karonsbeads.blogspot.com/feeds/6124317092451651938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3021905311957524029&amp;postID=6124317092451651938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3021905311957524029/posts/default/6124317092451651938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3021905311957524029/posts/default/6124317092451651938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://karonsbeads.blogspot.com/2008/06/gotta-start-somewhere.html' title='Gotta Start Somewhere!'/><author><name>KaronsBeads</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09542091832571520503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10559524236876864715'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_R8ZjIlvnIS8/SFIlssjlabI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Qk6gTlx_Qgc/s72-c/swpinkdrop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>