Word: repping
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...called Dell Direct, which allows a technician to connect to a customer's computer to root out problems. That's partly in response to harsh criticism after the company didn't initially beef up customer support as business grew, leading to 30-min. waits to talk to a phone rep. Last year Dell also announced it would hire 1,500 more call-center workers. "What I am most excited about is the investment in customer support," says Rollins. "It allows consumers who are not on a network directly, to connect with us the same way a big corporate client would...
Slavitt’s snobbery emerges again in his contempt for those without “elite” education when he supposes that his own intelligence might make him a weaker candidate. “[A]s [State Rep. Timothy J.] Toomey is almost certainly less intelligent than I am,” Slavitt speculates, “he has the advantage, because his mind is much less likely than mine to skitter off in all directions...
...Meanwhile congressional Democrats, who've long complained that the prescription drug benefit is a disaster, were quick to pounce on these findings as more evidence of flaws in the program. "The poor quality of information is inexcusable," says Rep. Henry Waxman, senior Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee. "Seniors with basic questions about Medicare drug benefits are being left in the dark...
...Clearly, the objective was to build support for the position of whoever was organizing each event, while taking potshots at any other approach. One House Republican admitted as much beforehand. Rep. Brian Bilbray, a California Republican, was part of the congressional panel at the San Diego event. In an interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune, Bilbray called the House hearings "a good way to highlight the problems with the Senate bill...
...Translation: The Senate bill has to come a lot closer to what we want. Meanwhile, in the basement of the Capitol, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana spoke with TIME.com before holding the latest in a series of meetings with Senate hard-liner Jon Kyl of Arizona, a kindred spirit to the House Republicans...