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Proposal: "Yelling Room"
To: Hell, Inc.
From: A. Lunatic, Phone Goon

Respondents can be difficult, irate, rude, profane, and generally frustrating. They can yell at us, but we can only hang up on them. Additionally, phone goons are expected to remain in control of their tempers and vocabulary while in the interviewing area. This can lead to high amounts of stress on phone goons. Stressed phone goons are not as effective, and productivity drops. And there is only so much stress relief provided by a deep breath and a trip to get a fresh glass of water.

To provide better stress relief for phone goons and thus provide better service for our clients, I propose the creation of a "yelling room" for stress relief of phone goons. The room would be a small, fully soundproofed room conveniently located from the main interview area. After dealing with a difficult respondent, a phone goon could check in with their supervisor and visit the yelling room. Once inside, with the door securely closed to provide full sonic isolation from the interviewing area and any passerby, the phone goon could vent their frustrations by yelling as loud as they cared to.

The two problematic issues that this phone goon can see with creating this resource would be space and cost. There is no space that presents itself that is convenient to the interview area. Thus, it would require careful planning to include such an area. It would also be at no small cost, but it is entirely possible that the savings from less-stressed phone goons could make up for the cost of installation over time.

I hope that this suggestion will be considered with care proportional to the seriousness of the suggestion.
azurelunatic: Quill writing the partly obscured initials 'AJL' on a paper. (quill)
2004 Sept 01
Dear Congressman Shadegg,

The tone of your letter in response to my feedback on the proposed Constitutional amendment in "defense" of marriage erroneously assumes that I am opposed to same-sex marriage.

I have gladly accepted and have been prepared to honor the idea of a marriage between any couple willing to commit themselves to each other as long as I have comprehended what marriage was. This includes a marriage between members of the same sex.

As the devoted "aunt" and full-time guardian of an eight-year-old child, I can tell you from personal experience that it is love, time, attention, devotion, and serious commitment that are required to raise a happy, healthy, and morally upstanding child. The mere perpetuation of the species requires a man and a woman, but in no way requires the social and financial contract that is marriage.

If you truly wish to defend marriage, look to the divorce rate. Why deny same-sex couples the possibility of boosting the sacred institution that 43 to 50%* of opposite-sex married couples are fleeing? Marriage is a powerful commitment that should not be entered into lightly, and no one realizes that more powerfully than the same-sex couples who are denied it.

I do agree that children need to be raised in a stable household and taught right from wrong. I am happy to report that our household started out with a broke single mother and a broke college student and a toddler in 2001, and now features nearly a 100% rise in income, reliable --

* statistics courtesy of www.divorcereform.org


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