MM, your experience is precisely why I love the fact that I've been transferred from phones to chat support. A) I hate talking to strangers (I don't care if I'm good at it, I still hate it), B) too many people are idiots.
I wanna hurt you, but I can't resist the sinister attraction of your cold and muscular body!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2007 9:54:36 am PST #2928 of 10001
brillig
Cashmere - Feb 22, 2007 9:55:04 am PST #2929 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'd read excerpts of his monologue, but that's the first time I heard the whole thing. I love him. I'm going to have to start TiVoing his show.
Rent Saving Grace--he's BRILLIANT in that.
Today's outing was going to get the oil changed. We stopped by for a snack pack of Timbits for a snack. I highly recommend that.
Miracleman - Feb 22, 2007 9:57:49 am PST #2930 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Connie, where do you work? I could do customer service if it was chat. I HATE the phones.
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'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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."