I'm not in right now...
Good god, I am so ready for a drink. As seems to be typical at my work, the last few hours of today have been dragging on like a South Bend winter. I was actually busy for most of the day. I’m never really busy. But today I feel as if I actually earned my pay. It’s a good feeling.
Okay, I pose a question. If you call a business, and no one answers, what do you do?
I usually leave a message (if there is voicemail) or I wait a few minutes (about 10) and try again. I do not think I am abnormal in this practice. However, here at AO (my work, abbreviated for simplicity and anonymity) people can’t wait 10 minutes and won’t leave a message. Today, while I was at lunch, in nine minutes I missed 16 phone calls from the same number. Later, I had to run to my car for something. I couldn’t have been gone more than 10 minutes. Over the course of 6 of those minutes, the same person called me 14 times. Of course, this was not the same person as the first 16 missed calls. I mean, come on people. Get a grip. You see, life will go on if you don’t order your free catalog for another half hour, or even if you can’t order it until (gasp) Monday.
And so I end my first week of blogging with this thought:
Leave a message at the fucking beep. It’s not hard.