Thank you! This morning we raised close to $875 for Intervol, a Rochester community based non-profit organization dedicated to serving others through the recovery and redistribution of medical supplies and equipment; to bridging local hospitals and medical professionals with other countries and care-giving organizations in areas of need. For the next few months Intervol will be focused on Haiti. Learn more about Intervol at http://www.intervol.org/

We like to go “grass roots” when we raise money. It’s just us and you! We put people on street corners with home made signs begging for money and you give! Thank you! It is a very unconvential fund raising method, some people do not give because they do not believe it is legit. It is! And some of the Break Room faithful, Pat Duffy, Toothless Eddie, Willie Lightfoot, Carl the Bills Fan, and listener Cathy with her family, stood freezing in various parts of town with their home made signs for about 3 hours and with very little pre-promotion raised close to $875! Thank you, thank you, thank you! We have the best listeners.

Cathy’s home made sign

Toothless Eddie and his home made sign in the Break Room

Your cash donations turned into a money order for Intervol

It kills me every time.  I call for an inquiry on some kind of bill and I get connected with a person in another country.  Sounds like India or some similar locale. They allegedly speak English but I have trouble understanding them most of the time.  These conversations take twice as long because I always have to ask them to repeat what they just said.  Oh yeah…with a heavy accent, they tell me their name is “Jeff” or “Jane.”  Right.  Your name is Sanjay or Rajeev, but it ain’t “Jeff.”  Please.  Now, truth be told, if English is not your first language, it is an incredibly difficult and complicated language to learn.  All I ask is that all of these companies who are saving a buck by having their customer service outside of the US of A get people from a country that can speak…the…language.  Or, at the very least, teach them a little better.  No, a LOT better. Better yet, bring the jobs back here to the US.  Maybe it’s a conspiracy to discourage people from calling to complain or dispute a bill…It kills me every time.

I have enjoyed watching the bull shit wrangling with the Tonight Show, proving that show biz is a fickle mistress! A guy who has been through the wringer with NBC, David Letterman, has a look at the future of the Tonight Show.

Wyclef Jean has been catching some crap about his charity’s history and we’ll get into that in the Break Room. But, Wyclef has been to Haiti to see the devastation first hand and to roll up his sleeves and help. This video is nine minutes long, but I found it riveting. Let me know your thoughts.