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Pretty good WIND commercial...

WIND might not have the big bucks that Rogers and Bell do, but with a little kinetic typography they can still produce a slick commercial.

I'm switching over to Wind in December and can't wait to once and for all be free of the the Big Two completely (by the way, my Teksavvy extreme cable is awesome, not sure why anyone goes with Rogers).



The only negative thing I can say about Wind so far is that when you go in to their stores (or at least the one I was in), which are fairly small outlets usually within local malls, they don't have any chairs for their employees.

I've seen this done before in some consumer-traffic businesses, take away the chairs and the employees are forced to stay on their feet and so they don't get lazy and sit down.

Back in my younger years when I worked 10-hours on your feet type of jobs, I can tell you, it's torture if every now and then you can't sit down for a minute or two. The only thing more torturous is 10-hours at a desk jobs (which destroys your back)  ;)

This may seem like a small thing, but I actually delayed my purchase because of it. I thought 'How nice can Wind be if they force their employees to stand and never sit?'. And when something sets off my spidey senses that causes me to do more research before doing business with someone.

What Wind should do is give their employees some chairs.

Also, because Wind is growing in popularity, you, the customer, are often forced to stand around waiting for your turn with a sales clerk for a good half hour. So the customer is forced to stand around also.

Get a big orange Wind-branded couch in there guys, customers will be much happier with you if they are waiting on their butt instead of on their feet. Remember, people are coming to you because they feel that the big two are inhumane. Don't mess it up by treating your employees in ways that customers will think is not right.

Other than that though, Wind seems like a great service provider.

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