Eager requests for confirmation of what customers have already been told by Microsoft or through approved channels may be seen as indicative of communication issues between consumers and providers, which can be addressed in the fortnight* to come.
That will not keep pace with demand, however: one eager player has requested 100 copies of the same horse.
The international community seems eager to honor the request by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's new president, that Mr. Taylor be removed from the region.
Hawaii officials have been inundated with similar requests since Obama first became a presidential candidate, and emails obtained by Talking Points Memo suggest the state was less than eager to fulfill the request.
Generally, though, the multilingual staff was friendly and eager to assist with requests like bike rentals and straightening out an overcharge from a boutique.
And executives at some publicly owned companies with outstanding junk bonds, like Price Communications and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, have not been eager to respond to requests for information.
Captain's chairs and table mats instead of tablecloths take things in a more casual direction, as does the service, which, while endearingly friendly and eager, shows inexperience: Reservation requests left on the hotel's answering machine were never confirmed, and on one occasion, we waited several minutes, unacknowledged, to be seated.
Physicians were very eager to learn, and requested support for medical education and greater training.
"I know what I want, Joe," one patron said, and Mr. Vena nodded, also acknowledging the request of the eager customer on the stool next to her. "A bat and a peacock?" he said.
