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The Office
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 11:32 pmFirstly, I really need to get some Valentine's Day icons. I still have Christmas and never got around to New Years. We'll see if I can manage tiny hearts or something.
Today I had a customer that got irate and upset with me because I couldn't read her mind. I think that is a perfectly reasonable and logical conclusion to reach--being irate about no mind reading that is. I cannot imagine why it is that Talbots has not trained its employees with this technique. Get with the 21st century, guys! It should also be said that she became further irate when I suggested that the return label on the box for her Talbots returns might not in fact be from Talbots. Owing to the fact that it had her daughter's name on it, one that did not live with her. Also the fact that it did say Bank of America and Chase and was going to Illinois--where the Talbots warehouse in Lakeville Mass. most definitely is not located. She didn't know where the label could possibly have originated either. So obviously if she didn't know, I should. Rightly so she hung up on me. I was really slacking off on that call.
I got into The Office. The US version. I might try British humor later. But I am really digging the show now. Season 1 was a teaser and you can't really call it a season. Season 2 was a good developping season. You needed it for Season 3: Season of Gold. This season rocks. I have never laughed so hard through out the show. My husband watched the first 4 or 5 episodes with me up to the Basketball Game, at which point we both felt turned off. That was a really bad episode. But I pushed again and now I have reached the gold and he's back to enjoying it as well. I like a) laughing so hard I can't breathe and b) having ships again.
I should also mention that I had a revelation yesterday. I discovered which character I am from the office. I am... Michael Scott. ._. I'm not manager material, not that Michael always fits that bill, but I am that person who finds humor in the stupidest things. I tried to explain some of the funnier scenes to my brother who has never seen the show and it was the moment that I said "It was the funniest thing" that I realized I am Michael, teller of horribly lame jokes. But I'm just coping. At least I wasn't Dwight.
Speaking of which, my husband thinks he would be Dwight--the guy who takes things a little too seriously. And since Michael and Dwight are best friends, guess that makes sense why he and I are best friends. Also he would drive 2.5 hours for me.
Other than that, I have been sick all of January. Monday it was a sinus infection and we went to a walk-in clinic where we stayed for 4 hours! I also woke up on Friday at 11:45 am when I was supposed to get up at 9 am. I should have been at work at 11 am. I made it at 12:40 pm. What will happen? I don't know. It's an office. My boss doesn't know/care. We were supposed to look at my attendance today, but he didn't get to it. I was also contemplating a schedule which would give Matt and I the same days off, but he's pretty certain that since it is a 12 hour flex schedule from noon to midnight, I would end up always closing. Also we have pretty much quit playing WoW. There's this part of me that wants to play--possibly because we are paid up for 6 months and then there's a part of me that really dislikes the druid class lead who is the whole reason we quit in the first place. I know that sounds really petty, but that's pretty much why left when you boil off all of the other stuff. He's annoying and whiny and gets his way and we either fight him and spend all of our energy fighting him or we sit back and enjoy our game and watch him get his way and things fall apart just like we said it would. The guild is progressing well without us having cleared all of SSC and almost all of TK apart from Kael'Thas. And even taking down Doomwalker and Magtheridon. I just find it hard to care anymore.
Lots more too, but let's pace these updates.
~J White
Today I had a customer that got irate and upset with me because I couldn't read her mind. I think that is a perfectly reasonable and logical conclusion to reach--being irate about no mind reading that is. I cannot imagine why it is that Talbots has not trained its employees with this technique. Get with the 21st century, guys! It should also be said that she became further irate when I suggested that the return label on the box for her Talbots returns might not in fact be from Talbots. Owing to the fact that it had her daughter's name on it, one that did not live with her. Also the fact that it did say Bank of America and Chase and was going to Illinois--where the Talbots warehouse in Lakeville Mass. most definitely is not located. She didn't know where the label could possibly have originated either. So obviously if she didn't know, I should. Rightly so she hung up on me. I was really slacking off on that call.
I got into The Office. The US version. I might try British humor later. But I am really digging the show now. Season 1 was a teaser and you can't really call it a season. Season 2 was a good developping season. You needed it for Season 3: Season of Gold. This season rocks. I have never laughed so hard through out the show. My husband watched the first 4 or 5 episodes with me up to the Basketball Game, at which point we both felt turned off. That was a really bad episode. But I pushed again and now I have reached the gold and he's back to enjoying it as well. I like a) laughing so hard I can't breathe and b) having ships again.
I should also mention that I had a revelation yesterday. I discovered which character I am from the office. I am... Michael Scott. ._. I'm not manager material, not that Michael always fits that bill, but I am that person who finds humor in the stupidest things. I tried to explain some of the funnier scenes to my brother who has never seen the show and it was the moment that I said "It was the funniest thing" that I realized I am Michael, teller of horribly lame jokes. But I'm just coping. At least I wasn't Dwight.
Speaking of which, my husband thinks he would be Dwight--the guy who takes things a little too seriously. And since Michael and Dwight are best friends, guess that makes sense why he and I are best friends. Also he would drive 2.5 hours for me.
Other than that, I have been sick all of January. Monday it was a sinus infection and we went to a walk-in clinic where we stayed for 4 hours! I also woke up on Friday at 11:45 am when I was supposed to get up at 9 am. I should have been at work at 11 am. I made it at 12:40 pm. What will happen? I don't know. It's an office. My boss doesn't know/care. We were supposed to look at my attendance today, but he didn't get to it. I was also contemplating a schedule which would give Matt and I the same days off, but he's pretty certain that since it is a 12 hour flex schedule from noon to midnight, I would end up always closing. Also we have pretty much quit playing WoW. There's this part of me that wants to play--possibly because we are paid up for 6 months and then there's a part of me that really dislikes the druid class lead who is the whole reason we quit in the first place. I know that sounds really petty, but that's pretty much why left when you boil off all of the other stuff. He's annoying and whiny and gets his way and we either fight him and spend all of our energy fighting him or we sit back and enjoy our game and watch him get his way and things fall apart just like we said it would. The guild is progressing well without us having cleared all of SSC and almost all of TK apart from Kael'Thas. And even taking down Doomwalker and Magtheridon. I just find it hard to care anymore.
Lots more too, but let's pace these updates.
~J White
