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I'm not changing my last name, I'm not giving up my pristine email address

Finished reading through the Dungeon Meshi Adventurer's Bible last night. Very good, very interesting

One book down in my to-read pile... 7 to go lol

But! Something is bothering me about Half-foot naming conventions

The book says their names are like

FirstLast Father(s/z)

Ex. ChilChuck Tims

But Chilchuck's daughters are

Meijack Chils

Flertom Chils

Puckpatti Chils

(Or Chilz, couldn't find a definitive answer on how they write the father's name part)

So they all have different 'Last' names. Jack, Tom, Patti. All sisters with different 'last' names

So is it more like... a middle name? A second name? Then why does the book call it a 'last' name... especially when the father's name comes after??

Make it make sense

Have you ever been in one of those nightmare customer service scenarios where you just keep getting shuffled around without ever getting your issue resolved, and you wish you could just escalate it to someone who can actually do something?

Yeah.

Anyway, I might have been having an issue with a reservation I made at a resort chain, and for the past month have been in the eighth circle of customer service hell trying to get it resolved.

Anyway, tonight I had just had enough, and decided to escalate things -- really, really escalate things.

Like reverse-engineer the email address for their Global President and email him directly... which I know worked, because I just got his out-of-office auto responder with is personal assistant's email address and phone number. So now I know who I'm calling on Monday to hopefully, finally get this problem solved.

HERE'S HOW!

Step 1: Find out what corporate entity has the power to solve your problem.

In my case, we'd booked a reservation on the resort's website, but their reservations are actually handled through a third-party vendor. It's this vendor that I actually need to track down, not the resort itself (my issue is with the reservation, not the resort property).

However, none of my paperwork actually had that vendor's actual company name on it, just a vague "Resort Reservation" reference and generic ([email protected]) type email.

So the first thing to do is to start hunting down press releases. Most press releases are not written for the general public; they're for other business and investors. But they are very, very public.

Search "press release" + "company name" -- whatever company name you have, even if it might not be the right company. For me, I entered the resort's name, because I didn't yet know their corporate structure (who owned the resort, who managed the resort, etc.)

At the bottom of the press release, there will be several blurbs about all the corporate entities involved. Read those closely and you can start untangling the threads.

In my case, one of those blurbs contained a line mentioning that the resort I was having the issue with was managed by a specific resort management company.

Ah-ha.

Step 2: Stalk people on the internet!

My favorite tool for this is LinkedIn, but Google will work just fine too. Now that you know the company you want, start trying to hunt down their executive team.

Search "target company name" + one of the following titles: president, director, VP, office, CEO, COO, CFO.

If you can't find those, sales and marketing managers can also work. You want someone who is concerned with the company's customers and reputations; a director of IT is going to be less helpful (but if that's all you can find, go with it).

Take note of any names you uncover in your search.

Step 3: Find an email within the company.

Okay, now that you know who you want to contact, you need to know the company's email structure.

Press releases are really helpful for this. Search "press release" + "target company name."

Usually, at the very bottom of the press release, there's a "for media inquiries" or similar, and a name and an email address.

This is not the person you're going to email, but you should analyze how their email address is written:

[email protected] ?

[email protected] ?

[email protected] ?

[email protected] ?

Fun fact: Enter this into your Google search:

*"@company.com"

This will return all the public email addresses for that company, allowing you to further examine their email structure. (You must write it exactly as shown, with the asterisk and quotation marks.)

Step 4: Reverse-engineer that email address!

Now you have all the pieces you need. You know the President's name is John Smith, the company's name is Acme, and the email format is [email protected]

It is very, very likely that his email address is going to be [email protected]

In my case, what I do is email the most probable email address ([email protected]), and then BCC all the other likely email combos ([email protected], [email protected], etc.).

In my case, I actually came up with 18 potential emails for 1 person because the company used three different email domains (e.g., acme.com, acmeco.com, acmecorp.com + all the potential name combinations). So I emailed 1 and BCC'ed the other 17.

Step 5: Write a really, really polite email.

Okay, now that you likely have the real email address for a specific person, write a polite email explaining the issue and your desired outcome. In my case, I want a partial refund that's owed to me.

Try to keep it as short and straight to the point as possible.

So I wrote a very polite email explaining that I'd repeatedly called and emailed the customer service center without resolution, and I was hoping I could be put in touch with a customer service manager or director who could resolve my problem and issue my refund.

Most of the time, the person you're emailing will not be the person who solves your issue. They will delegate it, but usually requests from a higher-up (like a Prez or Director) get the VIP treatment.

This above process has worked well for me in the past, and I'm crossing my fingers that it'll work this time, too.

Hopefully it works for you as well!

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First & Last Shot: Matteo Florenzi in Season 3

ABBA - F...

Really, I didn't even remember that song anymore, they did it, they touched my corazón, good memories are a spring island in the middle of the storm. They were never among my favorite bands, but they certainly achieved a lot for a band that was neither USA nor UK, but like other bands, not without leaving aside their native language and using the EN language, in that they remain current. Then I'll search the internet to find out the lyrics of the song, for now just intuition.

"...

I see shadows behind, Those are the R...

The century is not over And here there is no Hill nor forest

I'm not illiterate, I didn't even study at Santa Inês School

I never wanted a Russian college girlfriend either

I'm not a lunatic Even less Martian

..."

To illustrate this text two relatively different songs: The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered. Alcazar - Crying at the Discotheque.

01.01 // 06.08 [2/2]

felicity smoak’s first & last appearance: season two

john diggle first & last appearance: season one

The Janitor

A man died. This man utterly depended on Jesus Christ. Now dead, in heaven as an initiate into eternity (how long is that process?) he met many interesting people. One day he happened upon a street sweeper. Yes, literally, a man pushing a broom down the streets of gold. "What is this?" said the man. The sweeper heard him and responded, "What's what?" "You're sweeping." "Yes, I'm sweeping the streets." "But why? I mean, there isn't dirt here. Is there? And who would sweep in heaven? Why sweeping?" "You are very confused." "Um, well, yes. Indeed. Apparently. Yes." "As to your first question, 'Why?', it's because everyone has a job. This is mine." "Oh. I guess I don't know mine yet." "I would say not. You've only just arrived. It takes a while to learn how to do your job." "Well, you must know what my job will be?" "No. It's just that it takes a while to learn any of them, I mean." "Certainly it doesn’t take long to learn sweeping?" "You think not? Well, in fact I've only just begun to learn what it means to sweep a street." "Hmm," said the initiate thoughtfully. After a pause, the sweeper began again. "Now, you asked three other questions. The next was about if dirt is what's being swept by me. No, it isn't dirt. You're right that there is nothing dirty in the least here. But there are kinds of by-products. Not 'waste' exactly, but leftovers nonetheless. Everyone traveling through leaves behind some light." "I'm sorry, what? Light? How is that? You can't sweep up light, can you?" "Oh not everyone, but I'm learning how. Like I said, I've only just begun to get it. I've been at it a while. At least a long time in the sense of what we called "time" in the prologue." "Prologue?" "Oh, yes. That is the shorthand for your life in your broken body. Everything before your death." "Ah. Thank you." "Indeed. Now the next thing you asked was who would sweep in heaven. My name is David. I think there may be a few other sweepers. What is your name?" "I'm Lou Edison. It's a pleasure. David what?" "Oh, in those days it was only 'David'. Perhaps David Jessison or something like that, by your method, son of Ed. The pleasure is mine." "Ah, I see. Wait! What?! You mean THE David?! KING David?! You are King David?" "Yes, I am David." "Oh. Uh. But. Sir, you are so highly regarded and "after His own heart" even. Why have you been sweeping?" "Yes, that was your last question. But you answered it yourself." "I'm sorry?" "I was highly regarded, knew Him well in the prologue, was a king." "And so..." "The first shall be last; the last shall be first." "Oh. You mean?" "What do you mean?" "This is some sort of punishment for having received some of your reward during your life, or something?" "No. That is not it. You probably know Him better than that, if you'll think a moment." "Right. There is no punishment. All punishment has been taken." "Good." "Then some slighted degree of reward?" "That confuses it. Let me tell you this: 'the first shall be last; the last shall be first' is still true in the chapters, here." "I don't think I'm following." "This is an unspeakable reward to sweep light." "But, no one knows you. You are just a janitor. How can it be a reward?" "My friend, you have again answered your own question. Only you don't have all the details. He knows me, and I know Him. That is a reward indeed. This is my job, and I was made to do it. I love this sweeping, this road, the occasional friend stopping. I love this light, His light. I love Him. He is always here. And He also stops by." "I don't understand yet. But if I've learned anything from our conversation, I suppose I will get it eventually." "You've got that part already! Good word, my friend. Enjoy your walk." "Thank you."

By: Mark Studdock, aspiring janitor

Firsts and lasts of glee - Brittana

@ Tek'no, firstly I absolutely love your name, so badass. Secondly, and this really only sort of counts as a varient, in my canon first and last names were written like "FirstLast" so my full name was RanbooBeloved, but then after I married my T+T we all changed to the same last name, so I was RanbooInnit_Beloved (and yes we said it out loud as "innt underscore belov-ed")