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Idle Speaks Out - Part 1
SteveO here. XS is such a diverse company with so many unique personalities that limiting the newsletter to only my ramblings didn’t seem right. Everyone is encouraged to participate in all activities and while at some other companies this might be perceived as sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong, at XS its a right of passage.
Idle, our Bad-Ass Technical Master Approximating Nonsense (BATMAN), who hails out of Bulgaria right next to the Arctic Circle doesn’t appreciate it when KateD is snooping around the server deleting data-bases. On the other hand KateD is just sweet as pie when Idle is in the ticket system. We’re not sure what Idle’s problem is, but we think we’ve come up with a way for him to explain himself.
I’m officially turning over the newsletter to each member of the team for a while. They’ll get to tell you all about their adventures using pheromones, how they came to work at XS and maybe even tell you a crazy story about me. We’re going to start off with Idle and his story looks like it will take about three issues since he’s been with me the longest.
Ladies and gentleman I present Mr Idle’s side of the story.
What’s up world!
idle here
Finally this month's newsletter is ready. Can you believe it?
Well, I can, because I wrote it
.
You really have no idea how hard it is to write something while Steve is around.
All the mental effort and strength needed not to laugh all the time is just too much
People say laughter is good... wow .... than.. Damn, I am gooood!
And now imagine when you have to work from home.
I really had a hard time convincing my family that I am not on drugs or insane.
Took me 3 years to prove that Steve is real and that I am not talking to my imaginary USA friend every night.
Imagine saying "Honey please don't bother me I have allot of work right now" ... 10 minutes later I’m laughing like an idiot and then your wife comes and sees you watching some crazy youtube video Steve dug up like “What does the fox say”. I have no idea where he comes up with half the stuff he does (but believe me its usually worse than you can believe), but the wife doesn’t believe any of it.
Sooooo good luck explaining that Steve just send me this video with a note "If not watched I am firing you, or myself!”
The scary thing is that he already fired himself a few times over the past years. If you think I’m messing with you I’m not … which is why we have dancing monkeys and party hippos to take care of things when he is off fired somewhere.
He gets emails from youtube saying he was one of the first people to watch a video that trended as the most watched video on youtube. Some of these videos should stay hidden forever.
What makes it more horrible is I was sure I’d be off the hook for all his crazy shenanigans when he came out to Bulgaria for my sons baptism.
My family would finally understand I really do work for a madman with a strange behavior!
He was the perfect gentleman and very social. Everyone loved him and my wife was telling me I should act more like him. I hate him!
It will be an interesting social experiment if you are still subscribed to this email. I hope you get an idea what its like working in a madhouse with Steve.
Next month, as one of my closest friends would say, I’ll start from the beginning. I can tell you about the time we went clubbing and when we got to the vip Steve had 4 girls with him... Or at the restaurant when he picked up my wifes cousin and yet I get looked at funny! But until next month here’s a 25% coupon off: XXXXXXXX* you can use in the store for men, women and unisexy blends. Steve mentioned we are running low on some things, but he’s been busy with some family stuff. If anything is out of stock I know he will get to it as soon as he can. I don’t get how he does as much as he do. The coupon is good now Thursday 25/9/14 through Monday 29/9/14.
In fairness to all, and to ensure we maintain our sanity, all promotional offers will ONLY be honored during the term of said promotion and not apply before or after promotional term. Valid on in-stock, regular retail products only. Thank you for understanding our position as we look forward to serving you and continue to offer new promotions as often as possible.
And here's a video on how to use the code if you dont know: How To Use The Coupon Code Like A Rock Star!
*coupon codes are only available to our newsletter subscribers
Idle, our Bad-Ass Technical Master Approximating Nonsense (BATMAN), who hails out of Bulgaria right next to the Arctic Circle doesn’t appreciate it when KateD is snooping around the server deleting data-bases. On the other hand KateD is just sweet as pie when Idle is in the ticket system. We’re not sure what Idle’s problem is, but we think we’ve come up with a way for him to explain himself.
I’m officially turning over the newsletter to each member of the team for a while. They’ll get to tell you all about their adventures using pheromones, how they came to work at XS and maybe even tell you a crazy story about me. We’re going to start off with Idle and his story looks like it will take about three issues since he’s been with me the longest.
Ladies and gentleman I present Mr Idle’s side of the story.
What’s up world!
idle here
Finally this month's newsletter is ready. Can you believe it?
Well, I can, because I wrote it
.You really have no idea how hard it is to write something while Steve is around.
All the mental effort and strength needed not to laugh all the time is just too much
People say laughter is good... wow .... than.. Damn, I am gooood!
And now imagine when you have to work from home.
I really had a hard time convincing my family that I am not on drugs or insane.
Took me 3 years to prove that Steve is real and that I am not talking to my imaginary USA friend every night.
Imagine saying "Honey please don't bother me I have allot of work right now" ... 10 minutes later I’m laughing like an idiot and then your wife comes and sees you watching some crazy youtube video Steve dug up like “What does the fox say”. I have no idea where he comes up with half the stuff he does (but believe me its usually worse than you can believe), but the wife doesn’t believe any of it.
Sooooo good luck explaining that Steve just send me this video with a note "If not watched I am firing you, or myself!”
The scary thing is that he already fired himself a few times over the past years. If you think I’m messing with you I’m not … which is why we have dancing monkeys and party hippos to take care of things when he is off fired somewhere.
He gets emails from youtube saying he was one of the first people to watch a video that trended as the most watched video on youtube. Some of these videos should stay hidden forever.
What makes it more horrible is I was sure I’d be off the hook for all his crazy shenanigans when he came out to Bulgaria for my sons baptism.
My family would finally understand I really do work for a madman with a strange behavior!
He was the perfect gentleman and very social. Everyone loved him and my wife was telling me I should act more like him. I hate him!
It will be an interesting social experiment if you are still subscribed to this email. I hope you get an idea what its like working in a madhouse with Steve.
Next month, as one of my closest friends would say, I’ll start from the beginning. I can tell you about the time we went clubbing and when we got to the vip Steve had 4 girls with him... Or at the restaurant when he picked up my wifes cousin and yet I get looked at funny! But until next month here’s a 25% coupon off: XXXXXXXX* you can use in the store for men, women and unisexy blends. Steve mentioned we are running low on some things, but he’s been busy with some family stuff. If anything is out of stock I know he will get to it as soon as he can. I don’t get how he does as much as he do. The coupon is good now Thursday 25/9/14 through Monday 29/9/14.
In fairness to all, and to ensure we maintain our sanity, all promotional offers will ONLY be honored during the term of said promotion and not apply before or after promotional term. Valid on in-stock, regular retail products only. Thank you for understanding our position as we look forward to serving you and continue to offer new promotions as often as possible.
And here's a video on how to use the code if you dont know: How To Use The Coupon Code Like A Rock Star!
*coupon codes are only available to our newsletter subscribers
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