That's a great shirt, ita. Are those French cuffs?
*sigh* I swear, my kids go from room to room to room making as much mess as they can. I strongly suggest to parents of pre-toddlers to start buying paper towels in bulk and stain guard your furniture and carpet.
In the firsty of first world problems, they can't hook up our home theatre today because of issues with the subwoofer we picked and the tuner. And some cable stuff. Feh. We can get the equipment sorted today but the install will have to be resheduled for next week. I was sort of looking forward to watching tv on plasma.
Why do people dial the phone and listen to the phone ring on speakerphone, and then pick it up when they get the person.
I do this because I am never sure if I am going to get a pushbutton menu instad of a person, and that's easier to navigate when my phone is on speaker.
fit over my calves, but we'll see. Calfs?
Calf muscles?! Or in my case calf fat?
If it's a business call from someone I'm not really familiar with, I'll answer it as I do unknown callers ("Editorial Library"). If it's my boss or someone else from my department, I'll answer as I do a family member or friend ("Hey there! Thanks for returning my call/What's up?/whatever is appropriate here").
I finally got around to putting up more Budapest pictures. There are some pretty cool pictures of the baths and metro [link]
I do this because I am never sure if I am going to get a pushbutton menu instad of a person, and that's easier to navigate when my phone is on speaker.
This reminds me that if no one answers and you aren't going to leave a message, you just press a button to hang up.
I have my own office though, and don't use speakerphone in earshot of other people.
Now, this is a question I’d like to pose. When you know who the caller is, should you greet them by name, or just answer hello? And does this differ if it is a personal call rather than a business one?
Keep in mind that I answer the main phone line for our department, but I usually pretend I don't know who is calling (because often it is a student and I think it would freak them out if they thought I knew their phone number) but if it is a friend or a close coworker, I say 'Hi Katie!' (or whatever is appropriate.
big jump to Last to say
Happy Birthday to SuperMoM!
I have my own office though, and don't use speakerphone in earshot of other people.
I think this is the key. Of course the people I can hear doing it have their own offices, it just carries here. The singing cow-worker is also in her own office, but I can hear her. I can pretty much here what anyone in my hallway is saying even when they are in their offices. Please note the people I work with are VERY LOUD talkers.
