am Failing in Communication
For as long as I have had the star system rule my life on EBay I have always had a very high score on “communication”.Anyone that knows me knows that I never stop talking and it works the same way on the Internet.
When I sell something I invoice,I send a friendly delivery confirmation email and I also write a personal hand written note with each purchase.The only thing I do not do is follow the package riding shot gun in the USPS truck and knock on the door and give them a hug.Of course if that was even remotely possible I would do that too.

I am as friendly as they come.Heck, some woman called tonight and it was a wrong number and I even had a brief conversation with her.I communicate very well,in fact I LOVE to communicate.So why has my 4.97 star dropped to 4.88 faster than speeding light and nothing in weeks has raised it? It is a red nasty bar staring me in the face like I have done something really wrong.I know I have not.. so where’s the beef?:)

As far as I can remember I have always loved the art of conversation.In fact there is a an old wives tale in southern Quebec that the Chatty Cathy doll was designed after me.Same square block cut blonde hair and smocked dress.Same gleaming white teeth and incessant blinking eyes.The only difference is no one had to pull a string on my neck to talk.No one had to change my batteries to keep my mouth going. It was the mouth that never stopped.

It told stories,it tried to sing,it cried and occasionally I wet my pants as I was too busy talking to go to the bathroom.It even had accents some days.It seemed to change from a British accent to a New Englander ‘ayah” to a droning whine.

It did public speaking,it debated, and it protested at Vietnam War protests.It sang Beatle songs,hymns and spoke french.It always had a story to tell.According to my grandmother it interrupted every Lawrence Welk show on every Saturday night that she could remember.But she never scolded me and always told me if I did not ask questions I would not learn anything.

So what have I done wrong to acquire this awful red bar? I have read that to be a good communicator you should make small talk about the weather or sports or the movies.Being Canadian we always talk about the weather.Its always at least the second or third thing we ask anyone when we have a conversation.So maybe that is my problem.Next time I send out a shipping email I will ask them about the weather.Let’s see if that makes the red bar disappear..:)

Linda Seccaspina
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Savannah Devilles.