On Many Subjects

Something weird is happening at work. The phone rings, I pick it up with my normal cheerful speil designed to get people to respond and I heard nothing. So, I repeat myself. Me: Good Morning! This is SUPER HIGH TECH WEB DESIGN COMPANY. How can I help you? Caller:..... Me: Good Morning! This is SUPER HIGH TECH WEB DESIGN COMPANY. How can I help you? Caller:..... Then, I hang up after listening to a protracted silence because nobody says anything. I know the phones are working because get plenty of calls from people who actually say stuff, but this is ridiculous. At least 8 or 10 times every day I get a call from NOTHING. Coworker #3: No one is on the phone. What's up with that? Me: I dunno. I happens a lot. C3: Maybe it is a wrong number. Me: 10 times a day? C3: Maybe they have a bad connection Me: 10 times a day? C3: Maybe it is aliens who are trying to make first contact. Me: Oh, yeah, right. If I were an alien trying to make first contact with the human race,...

Me: I am not going to work today. Digitaljon: Why not? Me: I don't want to. DJ: That's it? Me: Yes. That's it. I am not going to work today. DJ: Ok Me: I really mean it. DJ: Ok ME: I am not kidding. DJ: I didn't think you were. Me: I am totally staying home, today. DJ: You said that. Me: I know I have said this before and went to work anyway, but I really mean it today. DJ: I know you do. Me: No. I REALLY REALLY mean it. DJ: All right. Me: I am very serious. DJ: I would be surprised if you weren't Me: I am not going and that is final! DJ: Ok. Me: Final! I am not going to work! DJ: Where are you going now? Me: I need to take a shower because I have to get ready for work. DJ: You are making me crazy.

I get really passionate about some things and then I have to spend a few minutes discussing it here in blog-ville. I have a very important job where I work... I do Search Engine Optimization, which means I get to write articles and I get to blog at work. So very cool. Every now and then, in between blogging about steel building construction, and water fowl on the Outer Banks, I can slip in my own blog where I can have some FUN. Well, not this week because I was too busy for that sort of trivial nonsense. But, I digress. Also part of my job is answering the phone. I wasn't hired as a receptionist/gatekeeper. I feel into the job because of my charming personality, my ability to make GOOD coffee, (I think the guys at work screw it up on purpose so I will continue to make fabulous coffee. Did I mention I am the only girl there?) and the fact that I have a charming phone voice, and excellent social skills. Being a SUPER HIGH TECH WEB DESIGN company that designs websites for the r...