Word: greeterism
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...head back in admiration. “That’s a great word, no suffixes or prefixes,” he says. Regrouping and using a blank tile, he scores big with the one-two punch of “FUSED” and “GREETER.” Thomas anxiously asks for the score. At 297-295, the game is close as the last few tiles are pulled from the bag. At 324-314, Thomas with a small lead, they head into the final round. Thomas slowly spells out a word backwards—keeping everyone...
...fact, my job also co-opts several of these possibilities. I often feel like a bedding salesman-cum-Wal-Mart greeter, as my employer believes strongly in greeting every customer who crosses an employee’s path. This is a wonderful policy, and most customers appreciate the gesture, though it’s a surprisingly difficult one to follow properly. First, there is the eternal question of what constitutes acceptable greeting range. I believe the official policy is a 10-foot radius, but its working definition is dependent upon a number of transient conditions—time...
...official greeter for ATLANTA DOGWORKS is Jumpin' Jess, an Australian shepherd owned by Greg Tresan. The two were three-time world finalists in disk-dog competition, but now that Jess has retired, she's "ambassadog" at Tresan's boarding and training facility on 15 pastoral acres in Ball Ground, 50 miles north of Atlanta. Tresan doesn't hold with anthropomorphizing. He wants you to enjoy your dog's natural behavior but also "bring them into your environment as welcome members of the household." At DogWorks, you can choose training in obedience, agility, herding and, of course, catching Frisbees. Daily boarding...
...starters, the UAC runs a 'greeter' program that schedules current students to accompany admissions officers in their daily information sessions at Byerly Hall...
...middle-aged self-assertion. He did it his way. He can make it anywhere. He picks himself up and gets back in the race--that's life, or Sinatra's blowhard version of it anyway. It is the artfully projected world view of a casino entertainer, a glorified greeter, whose job it was to make old guys with bum tickers and second wives feel good about themselves...