Couple of things. First, maybe they could change the name to Nock'dUp, the In and Out of convenience stores. Second, I like your suggestion of Wizraelis. Or maybe Wizraelites. Has a Ten Commandments feel to it. Moses from accounting led the Wizraelites out of the desert....blah blah blah, you get it. Writes itself.
Couple of things. First, maybe they could change the name to Nock'dUp, the In and Out of convenience stores. Second, I like your suggestion of Wizraelis. Or maybe Wizraelites. Has a Ten Commandments feel to it. Moses from accounting led the Wizraelites out of the desert....blah blah blah, you get it. Writes itself.
Can we please spend more time talking about the debasing nicknames tech/digital companies give their workers? The Motley Fool actually refers to its employees as “Fools.”
I had considered writing about this at one point - I think it makes more sense to have a cutsey name for your customers than it does for your employees. It's a cheap way to make it seem like you're part of a team. Which you are not, as we found out over the past 2 years of layoffs. (Which is why the readers are the Gobbledeers, not the Gobbledy employees) :)
That’s a good point. Every single software company wants to build a “community” for its customers. And their customers (presumably) want to feel they made a good decision paying a ton of money for your software. And nothing says “you’re part of an elite club” than receiving a special name for joining that club.
I wonder what would happen if software companies looked past their fancy names and rewarded their loyal customers with perks (like airlines do) rather than with a 4% price increase each year.
Good stuff. What's in a name? Some other real business names filled with innuendo: "The Golden Shower Restaurant", "Tastes Like Grandma", "Camel Tow", "Moist Realtors", "Hand Job Nails and Spa", "The Glory Hole Church Centre", to name a few.
I need to know more about Slnyc.io or Slync.io (don't make me scroll up). How bad do we really feel for Goldman Sachs?* They gave the guy $80m, that guy then quickly spent $16m of it on a private jet, and they didn't notice?
*Assuming we might ever feel bad for Goldman Sachs.
I don't know why that posted twice. Maybe it makes it twice as clever. I apologize. And I'll apologize again later for consistency.
Second apology accepted. First apology denied.
that's fair
Couple of things. First, maybe they could change the name to Nock'dUp, the In and Out of convenience stores. Second, I like your suggestion of Wizraelis. Or maybe Wizraelites. Has a Ten Commandments feel to it. Moses from accounting led the Wizraelites out of the desert....blah blah blah, you get it. Writes itself.
Couple of things. First, maybe they could change the name to Nock'dUp, the In and Out of convenience stores. Second, I like your suggestion of Wizraelis. Or maybe Wizraelites. Has a Ten Commandments feel to it. Moses from accounting led the Wizraelites out of the desert....blah blah blah, you get it. Writes itself.
It didn't have to write itself since you just wrote it.
Hm? What's that now?
Can we please spend more time talking about the debasing nicknames tech/digital companies give their workers? The Motley Fool actually refers to its employees as “Fools.”
I had considered writing about this at one point - I think it makes more sense to have a cutsey name for your customers than it does for your employees. It's a cheap way to make it seem like you're part of a team. Which you are not, as we found out over the past 2 years of layoffs. (Which is why the readers are the Gobbledeers, not the Gobbledy employees) :)
That’s a good point. Every single software company wants to build a “community” for its customers. And their customers (presumably) want to feel they made a good decision paying a ton of money for your software. And nothing says “you’re part of an elite club” than receiving a special name for joining that club.
I wonder what would happen if software companies looked past their fancy names and rewarded their loyal customers with perks (like airlines do) rather than with a 4% price increase each year.
Hilarious episode!
Good stuff. What's in a name? Some other real business names filled with innuendo: "The Golden Shower Restaurant", "Tastes Like Grandma", "Camel Tow", "Moist Realtors", "Hand Job Nails and Spa", "The Glory Hole Church Centre", to name a few.
I need to know more about Slnyc.io or Slync.io (don't make me scroll up). How bad do we really feel for Goldman Sachs?* They gave the guy $80m, that guy then quickly spent $16m of it on a private jet, and they didn't notice?
*Assuming we might ever feel bad for Goldman Sachs.
I feel terrible for Goldman, but Sachs built a house that blocks my view in the Hamptons, so I hate him.
Gary, they have Sachs of money laying around ;)