Consume chocolate?
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
sarameg - Mar 17, 2006 12:10:41 pm PST #4672 of 10001
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 12:13:51 pm PST #4673 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, back me up on this.
When you call someone's office, is the first thing you say, "To whom am I speaking?" Or do you actually say, "Hello, this is ______ from ______, and this is my issue." ?
Isn't just asking "Who is this" rude? Cause my first response was just almost, "You called me. Who the fuck is THIS?"
brenda m - Mar 17, 2006 12:15:54 pm PST #4674 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
It's totally rude. I do always answer the phone by saying my name though, and it irks me when people don't.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2006 12:17:21 pm PST #4675 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When you call someone's office, is the first thing you say, "To whom am I speaking?" Or do you actually say, "Hello, this is ______ from ______, and this is my issue." ?
Depends on how long I've spend trying to get person X on the phone.
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 12:18:53 pm PST #4676 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
This was a call to the reception desk. First call.
beth b - Mar 17, 2006 12:19:25 pm PST #4677 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
generally I state my name and then who or what I am looking for
if I answer the phone as a business, I ID myself. If I answer my private phone (s) all you get is hello, until I know who i am talking to
lori - Mar 17, 2006 12:20:42 pm PST #4678 of 10001
re: coffee. I use one of these [link] every day. I drink out of it on the drive to work. Not all purist, since I keep drinking off the grounds, but it works for me and is very convenient. Also, unbreakable.
But then I can just rinse the grounds down the garbage disposal.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 12:20:47 pm PST #4679 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I hate "To whom am I speaking?" But not nearly as much as I hated, in the days of pagers, "Who called me?" Dude. Not me -- I'm the front desk of a company. Shit.
Trudy Booth - Mar 17, 2006 12:21:38 pm PST #4680 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
When I receive mystery 800 numbers on my answering machine I probably sound like that when I call. Your office giving away weekends in Las Vegas for the first lucky person to call?
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 12:21:55 pm PST #4681 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Our "scripted" phone speech is "Good morning/afternoon, Company X, How may I help you?" it seems like the perfect time to say, "Hello, this is Tenant Rude Bitch, I have this incredibly petty issue I need you to handle right now becuse my boss is VERY IMPORTANT and he will KILL ME if you don't do this stoopid little thing yesterday."
You don't have to be RUDE.