Yeah right!

1) CUSTOMERS - WHEN IT ASKS FOR "ADDRESS 1" AND "ADDRESS 2" ON AN ORDER FORM IT IS NOT ASKING YOU TO ENTER YOUR STREET ADDRESS TWICE.

2) For safety's sake I removed the link to the place I worked from this blog.

3) I had my first angry customer call today... I think she hung up satisfied and happy...but I was going to kill something. (Oh and she was the mother of somebody who'd already called but the son hadn't done an effective job at getting me to give him what he wanted. Truth is he would've gotten what he wanted anyway but I hadn't dealt with a "refund/exchange" yet and was just basically bullshitting through the call. That'll teach me!)

Let's just blame it all on UPS...that makes me happy.

4) So Landmark Education has this teaching that you get what you are a clearing for. In other words, if you expect people to treat you badly, people will treat you badly. So yesterday I got that my boss is a clearing for silence. He's deaf in one ear and he's just now hired his second deaf employee. I work in a friggin' warehouse office... there should be cussin' guys and hip hop (or something). Instead its quiet..... of course the two deaf guys could be cussing - I don't understand the hand gestures.

5) The girl who works with me in the office (we'll call her Mario) is originally from a South American country. She speaks English well but she does have a bit of an accent as does the warehouse "captain." So I can't communicate with the deaf guys and not the South Americans...this leaves Larry....

But anyway - Mario and I spend all day chatting but sometimes she just doesn't "get" what I'm saying. Sample conversation:

Erin: What do you think a 14 year old girl who watches Monty Python would like?

Mario: Obnoxious

... I stared at her in puzzlement.

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Gift message:

Thank you for saying nice things about me!

Now, death awaits you with sharp pointy teeth.

Now that's funny in and of itself but what's funnier is that this is being sent to a psychiatrist! (Oh and its a "bunny with sharp pointy teeth" plush doll from Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail.)

Larry

So there's this girl at work, we'll call her Larry (because that's absurd), who I can't quite figure out. Once upon a time she did my job but now she's website photo and copy writing girl. She gets her own section of the warehouse for photographing so we only see her maybe four times a day when she's clocking in/out (yes I work with a timeclock). She also comes in to our office on occasion to directly speak to the girl who works next to me.

At first I thought - OK she hates me. But that's obviously irrational so I revamped it to 'OK she just needs to warm up to people like I do.'

So I think we're sorta feeling each other out.

The other day she came in and told us (while looking at the other girl) "You need to buy a lottery ticket." Then, in typical Erin fashion, I looked blankly at my computer screen and the other girl kinda snickered. So, feeling rejected, Larry left. I felt bad about this silence...but I've still been avoiding her.

She also kinda intimidates me in this 'cool but silent' way. I try not to go down aisles in the warehouse where she can see me for fear she'll see me not able to reach something and looking like an idiot.

But like I said... we're feeling each other out. The other day I asked her, "So did you buy that lottery ticket?" And she said she had but her friends had "laughed at her" just like we did. Ah hah! So she thought I laughed at her! I corrected her with, "Hey I would have done it if I had a dollar!" Then I told her I'd split a ticket with her (if she won I'd give her 50 cents).

This week she made contact with me by saying, "Aren't you hot in that?" referring to my sweater.

Progress!

Tuesday/Wednesday

Customer Quote/Gift Message from Tuesday:

I like the little tacos. I like them good.

Customer Quote/Gift Message from Wednesday:

I will now sing the Doom song. Doom, doom, doom, doom, doooooom!

These both accompanied orders of Invader Zim dolls.

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Customer Quote of the Day:

Gift Message:

Thanks for being my little helper! - Satan

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I may have to change it to "Customer Quote of the Day" or something like that because there is a two-way tie today and it doesn't involve the gift message. This time it involves the "How Did You Hear About Us?" field in their order.

Winner 1:

Q: How did you hear about us?

A: Self Inquiry

Winner 2:

Q: How did you hear about us?

A: I don't care.

And the second place winner (the silver medalist) was this Gift Message:

"All I want is what I have coming to me, All I want is my fair share."

Sounds familiar....Legend of Billie Jean??

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I may have to change it to "Customer Quote of the Day" or something like that because there is a two-way tie today and it doesn't involve the gift message. This time it involves the "How Did You Hear About Us?" field in their order.


Winner 1:Q: How did you hear about us?A: Self Inquiry

Winner 2:Q: How did you hear about us?A: I don't care.
And the second place winner (the silver medalist) was this Gift Message:"All I want is what I have coming to me, All I want is my fair share."
Sounds familiar....Legend of Billie Jean??