You know you've made it when...

[Str8 Jacket]

You get your very own Business Cards! A box load of business cards with my name just arrived in the office, I dont actually have anyone to give them to as I am just the Team Leader, not the Consultant, but what the heck, kinda makes me feel important! Maybe I'll give them to all (2) of my friends for Xmas?!


:wari::wari:

[Lissa]

Maybe I'll give them to all (2) of my friends for Xmas?!


:wari::wari: Gee thought you were cheap, but not THAT cheap Hels!!!

[jrandom]

The next business cards I get printed, I'm going to give myself the job title 'Minister of Algorithms'.

[Str8 Jacket]

Gee thought you were cheap, but not THAT cheap Hels!!!

Well your not my friend now. I'll just go try and find the other one.....

[The Pastor]

i got some bussiness cards with the company logo on them, but i have to wrtie my name on it by hand - they are blank lol

[Str8 Jacket]

i got some bussiness cards with the company logo on them, but i have to wrtie my name on it by hand - they are blank lol

I guess you could always waste company time by spending half a day writing your name on them! I just cant quite believe how many I have!!

[Qkchk]

You get your very own Business Cards! A box load of business cards with my name just arrived in the office, I dont actually have anyone to give them to as I am just the Team Leader, not the Consultant, but what the heck, kinda makes me feel important! Maybe I'll give them to all (2) of my friends for Xmas?!


:wari::wari:

Hahaha! Im just going through the same process - first time I'll be on a business card too :cool: As you say, it does make you feel important :rolleyes: Havent got mine yet but have seen the template. Maybe its the company xmas prezzie for me this year :scratch:

[The Pastor]

i know ive made when i cant hear the sirens any more :|

[vifferman]

"Made it"?

I have steadfastedly refused business cards the last four or eleven times I was told I needed some. Although they're useful when you leave colleagues ones at various seedy dives around the globe, or for writing shopping lists on, they're by and large a waste of cardboard and ink.

But I do like Jay Randomness's idea of bogus job title, highlighting the silly one-upmanship of them. I favour "Computer Psychoanalyst". Although the last time I used that job title, the Customs man at Chch Intergalactic airport was not the least bit amused. (It would've helped if the stupidfeckers I worked for had actually told me what my job title was...)

[MotoGirl]

I ran out of cards a month before getting married. My manager was paranoid and didn't want to order new cards with my married name "just in case". I wound up with 500 cards with the wrong name, which only had to replaced when I got married. :no:

That's alright though. My phone message had my maiden name on it for two years after I was married and it was always fun confusing clients.

[vifferman]

i got some bussiness cards with the company logo on them, but i have to wrtie my name on it by hand - they are blank lol
I'd watch that wrtieing if I were you - too much of that, and you'll go blind, and develop carpal tunnel syndrome.

[Big Dave]

You know you've made it...

....to the first rung.

[The Pastor]

bussieness cards are not a waste of time, for clients. i often use them, to ring them when i need them?

[Str8 Jacket]

bussieness cards are not a waste of time, for clients. i often use them, to ring them when i need them?

Unfortunately, that's I what I was worried about! :)
FORTUNATELY they have not put my cell phone number on it, which I thought that they may as they have given me a work phone....

[The Pastor]

they are pretty good advertising too, your out somwhere and somone goes "man i could do with.........insert what you sell here......" then bam out comes the card.

[deanohit]

The next business cards I get printed, I'm going to give myself the job title 'Minister of Algorithms'.

Years back as a laugh me and a mate had some cards printed up, I was the all rounder/caretaker at this lodge, so my card said "Property Manager", while my mate was the receptionist, so his said "Lodge Manager".
Boss wasn't all that impressed until we printed some for him entitled "Overlord of the Lodge". :killingme

[Lissa]

Well your not my friend now. I'll just go try and find the other one.....Good luck!!!!!

hehe you know I am joking, maybe girl with her skirt up her arse might take one from ya.

[Str8 Jacket]

hehe you know I am joking, maybe girl with her skirt up her arse might take one from ya.

Now you're just being mean, you nasty, nasty wench! hehe > :girlfight:

[imdying]

job title, highlighting the silly one-upmanship of themThey solved that problem at work, put anything on it you like... the level of pretentiousness is then your own problem :yes:

[turtleman]

Ha ! I once was told by management that I needed business cards, so duly ordered them. Two weeks later they arrived, all neatly printed with the correct information, company logo etc. A week later we were "restructured" and I was made redundant !

I ended up handing out the entire boxful to everyone (management included) at the leaving piss-up !

[merv]

If you give me one I'll put it in my folder with all the cards of the other important people I interact with.

[SwanTiger]

I just carry a vivd around and write my details on peoples arms or hands. Then frustration and anger from trying to clean it off a day later scars me into their memory.

Then after a few days people start asking "What's that on your hand?" and they obviously have to explain it. I call this my extended word of mouth marketing strategy.

[nodrog]

I just carry a vivd around and write my details on peoples arms or hands. Then frustration and anger from trying to clean it off a day later scars me into their memory.

Then after a few days people start asking "What's that on your hand?" and they obviously have to explain it. I call this my extended word of mouth marketing strategy.

Farkin homies, always writing on shit, pull ya pants up!

[ManDownUnder]

LOL yay business cards - right up there with the title "Manager" and your own cell phone.

Look behind the scenes and look at what they mean... they all are the company's way of saying "WE OWN YOU". Bu they do feel good when you hit that milestone... it is kinda cool.

Does anyone know of a wee printer that could print on the back of them though? I reckon there's good money to be made printing a deck of cards on the back of the buggers so there's something to do at conferences.

[Str8 Jacket]

Does anyone know of a wee printer that could print on the back of them though? I reckon there's good money to be made printing a deck of cards on the back of the buggers so there's something to do at conferences.

Now that's a good idea!!

[judecatmad]

You get your very own Business Cards! A box load of business cards with my name just arrived in the office, I dont actually have anyone to give them to as I am just the Team Leader, not the Consultant, but what the heck, kinda makes me feel important! Maybe I'll give them to all (2) of my friends for Xmas?!


:wari::wari:

Ooh! Now you can enter all those draws at cafes and bars - you know, the sort that say 'put your card in here and you can win a **insert lure of choice**'!

[Str8 Jacket]

Ooh! Now you can enter all those draws at cafes and bars - you know, the sort that say 'put your card in here and you can win a **insert lure of choice**'!

Ha, another great idea! I never knew having business cards could be so good!

[Qkchk]

Ooh! Now you can enter all those draws at cafes and bars - you know, the sort that say 'put your card in here and you can win a **insert lure of choice**'!

We are on the same wavelength, sister!

Amount of times you see them and never had a card to put into the box... Now I prob wont find any.

[gijoe1313]

And then you know you're really making it when you start snorting lines of cocaine!

... cocaine is god's way of telling you, that you're making way too much money! :innocent:

[Disco Dan]

My organisation does not use business cards... makes things too clinical and hospitalised. We are a family and advocate equality.

Would be nice though.. save me scrolling through my cell phone to find my own number to give to people.. :oi-grr:

[Str8 Jacket]

And then you know you're really making it when you start snorting lines of cocaine!

... cocaine is god's way of telling you, that you're making way too much money! :innocent:

Drugs are bad, mmmkay!

[judecatmad]

Ha, another great idea! I never knew having business cards could be so good!

It's the only thing my business cards (the ones work give me as opposed to my own Avon ones that I chose to have made up) are useful for - given that the company is so strict with budgets...and so short staffed...oh, and see me as not worth the time or effort now that I'm pregnant...and won't allow me trips around the country to network with the guys I look after!!!

Hope yours are useful!

[Hitcher]

'Minister of Algorithms'.

Does that give you power of censure over stupid comments on climate change made by a former Vice-President of the USA?

[jrandom]

Does that give you power of censure over stupid comments on climate change made by a former Vice-President of the USA?

No, but I'm pretty sure it authorises me to giggle in public about him inventing the internet.

[ManDownUnder]

Ok handy dandy tip to winning things in those "business cards in the hat" things...

Pull the card out and just before you drop it into the hat/bucket/bowl/whatever, put a crease in it.

Picture this - get the card and fold it in half so the fold crosses the shortest axis (i.e. 1/2 way down the longest side). don't stand there and fold it before you put it in though - a bit obvious. Learn to quickly crease it across the back of your index finger just as it goes into the bowl.

It forms a little "teepee" in the bowl and when hands go in looking for somethig to pick up it's a lot more likely to find their fingers... trust me on this one :whistle: