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What? No reaction to the FTR winning essay? - What-a-crock.

Posted: Apr 02, 2010

I made the mistake of choosing to read it while eating my dinner. Blecch. It just sounds SOOO fake, so sickeningly sweet. Notice how all the words are manipulated to make MQ sound so wonderful. And who the heck calls Benchmark "Benchmark KB"? KB? Come on. I have yet to see it even once referenced that way on this board by real MTs. Really smells like a suit to me. Watch them use that winning essay in some publication or MQ advertisement somewhere, at least on their website. I also had to laugh at them giving all those who submitted essays a $50 certificate. Yea, like all two of them.

crock - anon

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look down 7 or 8 threads below this.....

I hope they enjoyed selling themselves out for their $50 gift cards less tax.

Guess we'll never know if the winner really exists.

Makes me sick to read it too.

Posted a few posts below. - Chapstick

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Like one of the posts stated below, the winner mentioned in her essay SPARKLING REPUTATION. That just made me sick. What the heck! It stood out like a sore thumb to me which is probably why this essay one. First time right enables first class patient care? Really? How?

SPARKLING REPUTATION - What-a-Crock

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That's exactly what I mean. It's something only the higher-ups could possibly try to get away with saying. I did read the posts below and it really looks to me like the suits sat around and said, now let's see, what should the fake winning essay sound like? What could we get away with? Hmmmmm.

The "winning essay" is almost laughable as it's impossible to take seriously. No MT employed by MQ and suffering their recent blows could write something like this, even for money. It's just impossible for me to believe. I had a hard time trying to digest my dinner after reading it.

First the higher-ups said "gee there are no essays coming - Anon

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to read, are we going to have to compose some piece of cr*ap ourvelves do you think? Well let's try and dumb-down ourselves like one of those typist girls and write one. Secretary babe, bring in your steno pad and take this down and get me a cup of coffee hon, OK?"

They must have pulled out the old thesaurus for the essay. Stellar would have been better! HAHAH - mrs.krabs

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Sounds like a suit or a butt kisser. But, really "sparkling?" What the he-double-hockey-sticks! It doesn't even make sense, even if it was true. That's just nauseating.

Sparkling sounds like it is from a kitchen-cleaning - sick and tired

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product from the 50s (showing my age, I know).

Somebody needs to google MQ to read all about - anon

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that Sparkling Reputation! Obviously the essay writer didn't google. If winner is indeed an MT, then it would be a newbie who has an extra-easy account, who hasn't been initiated into MQ yet.

Sparkling toilet bowl? - mrs.krabs

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I just had to look it up in a dictionary. It can mean "brilliant in performance." Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket!! Still doesn't make sense either way, even if MQ was a wonderful company to work for. That person must have sniffed too much sparkling kitchen cleaner.

Oh, please! Please! Post the essay on here - so those of us at similar, but -

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different MTSOs can enjoy the laugh, too! My co. did this "essay" thing last year, and the result was similar to what you describe. You're right, it IS nothing but a crock of caca.

crock-of-an-essay - mt

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that essay made me sick as well. In my former life as a PR marketing person, I could have easily written that and been applauded by my suits. It's just about making the company sound good for the website/advertisements. Same thing with Transcend's website too. I laugh everytime I see their advertisements as well as MQ. What a crock is right!

I refused to even open the e-mail - Old part-timer

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I'm sure they don't care, but I won't even give them the satisfaction of opening the e-mail.

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