Connie, where do you work? I could do customer service if it was chat. I HATE the phones.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
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
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
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."
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.