Connie, where do you work? I could do customer service if it was chat. I HATE the phones.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Miracleman - Feb 22, 2007 9:57:49 am PST #2930 of 10001
I can do this all day
Aims - Feb 22, 2007 9:59:21 am PST #2931 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hey babe? Check your email.
shrift - Feb 22, 2007 10:00:16 am PST #2932 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Speaking of customer calls, I have this embarrassing habit of completely blanking on customer names almost immediately after they tell me who they are. I have to write it down if I want to avoid the embarrassing, "And, uh... what name is your account under, again?"
Me: Brain, I know you don't give a shit about these people, but could you hold onto the info for at least two minutes before trashing it?
Brain: And overwrite all those Journey lyrics? NEVER.
Me: Fantastic. I'd be golden if only these people were named Wheelinthesky Keepsonturnin.
Liese S. - Feb 22, 2007 10:02:08 am PST #2933 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I totally had that thing too. And then came the terriblehorriblenogood stretch where I was a temp secretary. To, like, the second biggest dude at a university. You better believe I learned how to remember names in a flash. And it's evidently a skill I've retained, even though I only now use it to startle customer service people I'm on hold for.
shrift - Feb 22, 2007 10:05:05 am PST #2934 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I love the fact that my work phone has caller ID, I tell you what.
Dana - Feb 22, 2007 10:05:52 am PST #2935 of 10001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Jesse - Feb 22, 2007 10:06:37 am PST #2936 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When I was a temp receptionist, I started out asking people how to spell their names and stuff before I'd announce a call, but eventually, I just went with the feeling, and it still worked out. "Um... Snarflebug Cattywampus is on for you?" "Great! Put her through!"
I am now looking for a document that seems to have completely disappeared out of my files, and I can't figure out why or how, but I NEED IT BACK.
flea - Feb 22, 2007 10:07:40 am PST #2937 of 10001
information libertarian
I tend to ask people to spell, but then they're like, "Um, T O M J O N E S" and I'm like, "Um, duh."
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2007 10:09:04 am PST #2938 of 10001
brillig
Connie, where do you work? I could do customer service if it was chat. I HATE the phones.
I work for a software company that makes programs for insurance adjusters and contractors. Occasionally I work with techies, but mostly I work with folks who probably went into their line of work--repairing houses--to avoid all that officey stuff.
I've done the Microsoft tech support, though. This impresses by fellow techies.
Jesse - Feb 22, 2007 10:10:10 am PST #2939 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I tend to ask people to spell, but then they're like, "Um, T O M J O N E S" and I'm like, "Um, duh."
A big part of why I stopped, when it was just to announce a call. It doesn't really matter if I think the guy's name is Tomjo Ns, you know?
Ow! I just did something really weird to my neck and shoulder.
I hate this week.