* Or So I Was Told to Say by my Superior in Marketing (who apparently had her brakes recently relined…)
Actually it’s because we haven’t sent out a Wailing List in 3 weeks and are trying to silence those of you who are sending in angry emails about it…No coupon codes necessary. Just start shopping. Everything in the store is 25% off, without exception (except for, uh, a few things like Gift Certificates, etc.)
Now- in answer to those of you who have been writing me (or calling the already beleaguered folks in the Call Center) and asking WHY we haven’t sent out a new Wailing List in three weeks… The short answer is that, well, the Product Development department didn’t send us any new stuff to promote since the Blackout. Because (drum roll) they’ve been working on the next Despair Video (Inserting obligatory link to my personal favorite here).
AN ASTONISHING NEW DOCUMENTARY. FROM LAURA DUNN, A FRIEND OF DESPAIR.
Yes, you read it right.
Despair, Inc. — the occasionally-lovable-but-mostly-irritating-rogues-who-constantly-
pepper-your-in-box-with-advertisements-and-promotions-for-a-truly-dazzling-array-
of-crap-you-absolutely-do-not-need-and-very-probably-should-not-buy – helped to produce a critically-acclaimed, stunningly beautiful new documentary by longtime company friend and collaborator Laura Dunn. And now that the film is beginning a limited-theatrical run, we’d like to encourage you to see it - if/when it opens in your town.
In his inaugural address directly to long-time Despair fans like yourself, Dr. Kersten offers a brief glimpse into Despair’s past and future- along with a very special present: a coupon code.
(Get it? It’s temporal humor! Theoretically, at least.)
While most employees evidence a startling lack of intellectual curiosity or creativity, they prove profoundly imaginative when estimating their relative usefulness or when postulating visions of their own probable futures. In short, they are prisoners of their own optimistic delusions. In this online video, Dr. Kersten offers several conversational techniques which can be used to demolish those delusions and liberate employees from the torment of their unrealistic expectations.
In this segment, Dr. E.L. Kersten provides executives and managers with a shockingly effective strategy for responding to the complaints of their subordinates.
Face-to-face interaction of executives with their employee subordinates is an unfortunate necessity in most organizations. However distasteful, such exchanges do provide fertile opportunities for the seeding of Radical Demotivation™ in the employee psyche. In this segment, Dr. E.L. Kersten explains one of several disconfirmational communication tactics which can be helpful in disabusing employees of their narcissistic delusions of parity.
