I think I should stop and eat lunch before I start smashing shit.
You should. I went to Chick-Fil-A.
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
Dana - Jun 28, 2007 7:38:52 am PDT #5236 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2007 7:39:09 am PDT #5237 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I admit I try and wring any little piece of information out of whoever answers the phone. I try to be nice about it, like anything I get will be gravy. So many calls go "Hi. I'm so-and-so. Here's my problem and so-and-so said that you could help. Are you the right person? If not, can you point me in the right direction?"
In the new job I have tons more of that to do. Not only am I still feeling my way around, but information is obscurely held here, and that "if not, then who?" question is scarily revealing.
So I don't take umbrage with people who ask what I can't answer--until they get huffy. Which happened a lot in my last job--somewhere in the phone IVR system my number came up for customer support. The company was about 15 divisions strong and I never quite worked out which one of them people thought they were talking to. But man, did I get cussed out for saying that I was in IT and couldn't help them resolve account issues--and to top it off, no I can't transfer them anywhere, because I don't know where they came from, and we don't know any of the customer-facing phone numbers anyway.
Man, that English breakfast latte was good. My appetite is inching back into existence.
Nilly - Jun 28, 2007 7:43:40 am PDT #5238 of 10001
Swouncing
In practice, I don't call her anything
I call these people "excuse me".
Frankenbuddha - Jun 28, 2007 7:45:04 am PDT #5239 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Y'know, I'ma learn from John Crichton's mistake and just take a pass on this one
And miss the opportunity to make a baby with Aeryn Sun?
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2007 7:46:16 am PDT #5240 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Somebody broke GirlGeniusOnline! I only just got addicted, and now I'm bereft.
shrift - Jun 28, 2007 7:48:11 am PDT #5241 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
You should. I went to Chick-Fil-A.
I just called for Thai take away.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 28, 2007 7:48:58 am PDT #5242 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And miss the opportunity to have a baby with Aeryn Sun?
Peacekeepers were pretty free with the interbreeding, but I don't think even Aeryn would be able to pull THAT off, Frank.
DavidS - Jun 28, 2007 7:48:59 am PDT #5243 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just called for Thai take away.
I would not mind a Thai taking me away.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2007 7:52:15 am PDT #5244 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I would not mind a Thai taking me away.
Or Calgon.
Maybe a Thai and Calgon can fight over you.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2007 7:56:56 am PDT #5245 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I call these people "excuse me".
Heh. As it turns out, I'm not a person who uses the other person's name a lot in conversation, so it really doesn't come up so much.