Working at AOL
Michael As an AOL employee, you get a free AOL account and an additional one, which I will give to Angelika. Unfortunately, no more than that, so requests are pointless! AND I AM ALSO NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BUSY PHONE LINES OR SYSTEM CRASHES OF AOL OPERATIONS, DEAR AOL USERS! At the moment, I am still getting used to all of this stuff since I previously had a different internet provider, silly me! From now on, I naturally have to promote AOL, so, folks, their stuff is really good, buy it in masses!
Yes, and it's really nice at the company: There are vending machines for drinks and snacks, for all-nighters and such. Fresh fruit is available every day, and of course, there's coffee too. There's a massage chair where you stretch out, press one of about 30 buttons, and then it rumbles and works, and your back gets massaged, very pleasant. Then there's a pool table. A small fitness studio with a rowing machine and so on. And since, as an AOL employee, you naturally have to use the AOL software, you might click around in the news, follow baseball games, or check the current price of AOL stock, which you also benefit from. You see: I'm staying here.
So, this letter was written on a laptop on the Caltrain on the way from San Francisco to San Mateo. I have to get off soon. And since Angelika always complains that she gets so few responses to her newsletters from you (if you're not one of the silent consumers, you're off the hook, there are also diligent writers among you, but just a few), the following verdict is issued: Anyone who doesn't write a response won't get anything next time! Don't mess with Schilli.
Habe die Ehre!
Your AOL-Michel.
P.S.: I had a good American joke explained to me yesterday: When you make fun of a name, you say it twice and add a 'Schm' before it the second time. "Did you ask Barry?" "Barry, Schmarry!" "How about Daniel?" "Daniel, Schmaniel!" This is truly the ENDLESS joke; I could recite it for hours. Angelika can't stand hearing it anymore...
P.P.S: A commendable feature at AOL offices: On Friday evening at 4, the locked refrigerator is opened, and lo and behold, wonder of wonders, it is full of beer! This is greeted with great excitement, and the stock is immediately set upon for consumption. With music and pool billiards, it's a lot of fun!
