In which I get the first of many packages. When I got to work this morning my new phone, an LG Lotus LX600, was on my desk. I unpacked it, which required opening about six plastic bags and removing five plastic clingies from various of the phone’s shiny surfaces, and plugged it in. Then I […]
In which twitter got me yesterday afternoon off! I follow the U-B on twitter, and noticed while at work yesterday afternoon that they’d posted an article about the city wanting people off the streets due to the extreme weather. So I texted the article link to everyone at work – including management – and within […]
In which I share what I’ve used Google’s define1 function in the past seven days to better understand. lemniscate antipathy sidereal basque DS3 SSP I often look up words I’m familiar with just to make sure I really do know what they mean. Because sometimes? It turns out that I actually don’t. Well, that’s not […]
In which there’s lolcats. I’ve been giggling at icanhascheezburger in between calls for the past hour or so; it’s the only thing keeping me sane at work this evening. I have a really hard time supporting people who can’t read (srsly, it’s really hard) or who make up their own words for things (there’s no […]
In which I go off. First, this crazy woman called and left a message for support. I called her three times and her line was busy, so I moved on to the next ticket. Meanwhile, one of our three techs was out today, so we were short staffed. Then the woman called the sales queue… […]
In which having a strong voice is more of a bug than a feature. Depending on how closely you read the ‘box, you may or may not be aware of the fact that I am now sitting in what is my fifth location at work. In only ten months! I started in the back room, […]
In which there’s audio. Low-quality audio! Today, for fun, after updating system status at work I saved a copy for YOU to listen to: System Status Now wasn’t that just thrilling? In other news, I ordered an R/C Dalek today. Yea verily, superiority SHALL BE MINE!!! Ahem.
In which I’m in a Very. Bad. Mood. We were all told to be at work at 8 AM this morning for some kind of special training meeting with MMPI-like aspects. (Like I need to take another fucking MMPI.) Since I normally don’t start work until 11 AM, 8 AM feels like 5 AM to […]
In which there’s a party! And swimming! And prizes! My employer throws two company parties a year. One’s at Xmas, and the other is a pool party in the summer. At Xmas, we sat at table fully dressed, and waitresses brought us food and drinks – which is how it should be. But last night […]
