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I sincerely welcome your feedback, your comments, corrections, input, or just about whatever you'd like to send me. Just keep it G-rated, and lay off the spam. However, please note that anything you do submit becomes my property, to do with (or to ignore) either in whole or in part, entirely as I please.
Thus, don't hassle me about rights, payment, credit or compensation of any kind. If I like it and use it, I'll make a reasonable effort to provide suitable acknowledgment so you can have bragging rights. I've certainly done plenty enough around here that I don't need to hog anyone else's glory.
There are three easy ways to contact me:- For something specific to a particular ENTRY, please use the COMMENT link at the bottom of that individual ENTRY
- For something relating generally to the GLOSSARY as a whole, please use the COMMENTS TAB at the top of any page
- For other matters, such as something you'd prefer to discuss privately, please email me directly.
I'm always looking for good feedback, so I'll keep an eye on the COMMENTS venues, believe you me! However, things being what they are, I'm sure you'll understand the need for those venues to be moderated. That means your COMMENTS don't show up right away. I have to first read them and approve them as worthy.
To email me directly, please use the address at the bottom of this ENTRY. I've “spelled it out” in a way that's intended to let you easily figure it out, but discourage web crawlers. If appropriate, and to save time, please be sure to include links to any specific ENTRIES of interest. I'll try to get back to you in a timely way.
And finally, if you like what you see hereabouts, and perhaps think “Hey—I'd like to talk to this guy about doing some work for me along these or perhaps similar lines,” that would be great. Besides being a part-time stock clerk with an interesting hobby, I've also got many years of experience as a writer, trainer and training designer. (Perhaps you can tell?) Again, just drop me an email to get the conversation rolling.
All best wishes,
David G. Smith, aka:
S T O C K C L E R K (ª †) G Μ A Ι L (Ð Ο Τ) C Ο Μ
One thing needs to be perfectly to be clear: this is a purely personal project. With the exception of hastily scribbling down a few quick notes every once in a while as I'm working—I've done everything entirely on my own time.
Both my immediate manager and the management of my store have been very generous in giving me permission to pursue this. They've even allowed me off-hours access to take occasional photos and video at my own time and expense.
However, our entire arrangement is that they tolerate my “hobby” just so long as it does not infringe upon nor interfere with any customers, nor with my nor anyone else's work. Which is all very reasonable, if you ask me. They are not sponsoring this effort, and I have not and do not expect to receive any compensation of any kind.
Throughout this whole thing, I have been very “above board,” and have at my own expense printed and distributed about 30 complete, 65-page copies of the first, and only previous edition of this glossary to store managers, co-workers, union representatives, and just about anyone else I could think of or who happened to ask. I was looking for constructive criticism, and got some. Thanks to all.
That said, it should be clearly stated here once again that this is a 100% personal project, based on my own personal experience. If I got something right, I got lucky. If I got something wrong, not so lucky.
This is in no way an official document. It does not represent nor is it intended to represent any official policies, procedures, views or opinions of the store, the company, or the people I work with. Like I said, it's just a personal hobby—something I've taken on for my own entertainment.
There is absolutely no claim or warranty made here of any kind. In fact, I strenuously disclaim any and all suitability, merchantability, or fitness for use of any kind whatsoever for the information you may or may not find herein, and will not be held liable or accountable for any claims of losses, damages, or harm of any sort, regardless of negligence or any other cause. The information herein is presented entirely “as-is,” for your individual, non-commercial entertainment purposes only.
If you like it—fine. If you don't—that's okay too.
There are surely plenty of errors, omissions, and other mistakes in here, and if you want to help me fix them, I'd appreciate hearing from you. But, this is a pastime, not a profession, so please be patient and understanding.
I may or may not continue to make updates and improvements. If and when it ever stops being amusing, I'll probably just let it sit.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons (CC) Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Please see the Creative Commons link at the bottom of any of these pages for guidelines and details on appropriate use.
As I hope you can plainly see, I've put a lot of work into this. I'm happy to share it, but if you're planning to republish it in whole or in part, or use it for training or for any other commercial or business application, you should first contact me to make a suitable arrangement.
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