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[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Sales Coordinator: “Hey Ann! Do we have any interest in joining the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce?” Ann (inquisitively): “Maybe… Why?” Coordinator (excited): “Well, I met this guy who works for the chamber during a zoom meeting and it seems like a great organization to partner with….
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “Hey Ann! Ready to ring in the New Year?” Ann (inquisitively): “Yes, but it’s only November. It’s Thanksgiving week not New Year’s.” Customer: “I know, but this year has been so rotten. I’m ready to scrap 2020 and move on. 2021 bigger and better things, you…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “Can I be doing more?” Ann: “Uhh… I’m not sure what you mean. With your background checks?” Customer: “No, it’s just this time of year I feel like I should be doing more to help others. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate blankets, give money to…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Santa: “Ho Ho Ho!” Ann (rolls eyes—this guy calls every year): “Hey Santa! How’s things at the Pole?” Santa (bites cookie, takes a swallow of milk): “I’m starting early this year screening my elves. I don’t want a repeat of last year.” Ann (shudders to think of…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “You’re drinking a pumpkin-spiced latte, aren’t you?” Ann (defensively): “Yes, but it was made with almond milk.” Customer: “I’m looking for ways to simplify the background screening process. But then I wonder, is simple the same as efficient? Is efficient the same as fast?” Ann (takes…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer (bites into a donut): “Do you know how many hamburger’s McDonald’s sells?” Ann (flips on computer): “I can tell you in less than a minute. Knowing stuff is what I do.” According to a 2016 report, McDonald’s sells: 75 burgers every second 4500 burgers every minute…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer (calling from under his desk, tin-foil hat firmly in place): “Is it safe to come out?” Ann (brushes cheez doodle dust of her jeans): “No, but things are definitely improving in the world of background checks.” Customer (loosens chin strap on tin-foil hat): “That’s great! Fill…
TRUE STORY on the importance of Continuous Criminal & Driving Monitoring: [Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I need you to re-check one of the house managers of my nursing home. One of the staff looked at Carol’s Facebook and Carol told the world on Facebook that she stabbed her boyfriend last…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I’m running low on masks. Isn’t there a way to have the applicant initiate the background check and not have them come into the office to fill out the forms? All the forms. . .” Ann: (yanks computer out of briefcase): “So easy, my friend. So…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I’m tired of it all. Tell me something to make me laugh.” Ann: (bites vegan donut—imagines it’s like having a salad): “Okey dokey. My husband just bought a 2010 Harley-Davidson Road Master in candy-apple red. It is being shipped from Illinois. The last road trip we…
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