What my plan was when I created the ZOT

(and how I ended up) ^ | June 28, 2010 | Lord Dagon

[Monkey Face]

Still frustrated. But getting better.

[sionnsar]

Any word on the ignitor?

[Monkey Face]

Since the replacement ignitor didn’t change the way the engine acted, I’m thinking now it’s the coil. Which is almost as elusive as the ignitor, but not nearly as expensive.

[Tax-chick]

Have you consider installing a snake? It couldn’t hurt!

Neither Best Buy nor Radio Shack had the cable I need, but I see I can order one online at a fairly modest price. It’s still annoying, though. The darn thing is here *somewhere*!

[Monkey Face]

Nothing at Walmart?

If you’re weren’t in a hurry for it, I could send you my spare. It can go out this afternoon, too!

[Darksheare]

The master demanded an update on “The New Guy”.
At least, that’s what “Meow” sounded like it said at that moment.

[Tax-chick]

Yours is probably not the same size, since none of the zillion we have here is.

[Monkey Face]

Camera gizinta, USB gizinta. Meh.

[Monkey Face]

See? I could tell there was something catty about it all. Aliens can’t really hide their origins when coming from the Darksphere.

[NicknamedBob]

"Camera gizinta, USB gizinta. Meh."

You can always tell when someone has had professional training in the service department.

[Darksheare]

Cats are aliens, they came here from “Some Other Place” and stayed for the atmosphere.

[Darksheare]

“Customer service, how may we annihilate you?”

Wait, did you just say-?

[Monkey Face]

:o])

[Monkey Face]

They came because here, they are our Overlords. And want to remind us of that every day.

[Darksheare]

Yes, and they make off with pen caps to show us their power.
*sigh*

[Monkey Face]

There were many times I wanted to say that, but after a while, I became quite human. Then I would answer the phone in a pleasant humanoid voice and if they were rude, I just got nicer.

If they were really bad, I would put them on hold and take a deep breath. But I got to handle a lot of “nasty” customers because no one else wanted to deal with them. Good training.

[Tax-chick]

Frank steals the pen caps, too ... but he spits them out if you ask nicely.

[Monkey Face]

And sometime, even the pens, though hiding them is a little more complicated. You can always tell where their stash is: They will snake an arm as far under the furniture as it can go, then look at you with a blank expression, as if to say, “Whaddyoulookinat?”

Then furiously lick their chest fur.

[Monkey Face]

Because Frank is trainable. Katz aren’t.

[Darksheare]

I get psychotically ranting truck drivers who suddenly bug their eyes out and then behave for me, they later say that I’m ‘intimidating’.
Really, I mean, come on.
I’m all of 5’5” tall and 110 pounds or so at the moment and I’m intimidating?
They get laughed at in Receiving when they get there and whine.
I don’t know what it is, but it’s starting to creep me out.