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Posted on 07/12/2005 8:11:36 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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Okay, Wunderground says the Air Force plane reports it ~is~ a tropical depression and that NHC will post an intermediate update at 8 p.m.
Later. I gotta go mow the front yard...or have a heat stroke...or both...
I'm getting home to watch the Weather Channel.
Although, if it does hit, it'll hit north of me and Sam.
But ksen may be in for some stormy weather!
Eeek. And I'm going to FL in a couple days. True Ft. Walton Beach is on the other side of things, but still...
Oh dear! Miss Cat has been vocalizing her disapproval very insistently since I got home this afternoon.
Gonna be a movie and kitty night tonight.
Any particular kitty movies that might help?
It was reported back to me via gossip channels that I managed to seriesly upset two visitor-control types who man the front desk of an office building I had to visit yesterday. This company makes a great deal of money by hosting meetings in their lovely conference rooms.
There were two meetings in the building that day. I ended up in the wrong meeting and got embarassed because I didn't have $$ on me for the lunch order. "I know I mentioned it in the email," the guy said. "What email!!!?" I ask. It was a bad hair day and was over 90 degrees in my office when I left and then I end up in the wrong meeting! ARgh!
That embarassing oops combined with some singularly unfriendly front-desk types had me in a bad, bad mood. Not once did they smile or ask which meeting I was attending, they just asked for my ID. Some of my paperwork wasn't in order. Instead of doing the bland win-win-smile thing, they got haughty and started arguing with me. I know I sent the paperwork in Feb, but they didn't have it. I had it sent again, no biggie. Anyway, I snapped at them and insisted they walk me to the correct meeting since they hadn't bothered to offer to tell me where my meeting was.
Anyhoo, it gets back to me that they were really mad over my hyper-***** routine. They asked the first man they saw from my organization if 1) he was my boss and 2) who my management was because something had to be done about my attitude. Their little tantrum took place in front of some of my management's peers.
Ok. So I snapped at them, but if you're going to scowl at your customers and not volunteer any helpful information you're going to encounter some rude folks as a result. When you interact with the public you have to expect a certain amount of that even if you're perky. It's just a universal law.
But what makes me so blasted angry is that no one in *my* management/gossip chain is calling the behavior of the front-desk ladies unprofessional. You just *don't* criticize one customer in front of another, you don't critize a customer behind her back in front of other customers, and you don't ask strangers what they know about a customer's management! Un-bel-ie-vable
I brought it my management's attention in the name of damage control just as soon as I heard about the tantrum. They suggested I apologize.
I'm not so inclined.
I NEED SOME CHOCOLATE.... it's good for blood pressure.
She doesn'r really watch the movies...she just wants me to be on the couch next to me. The movie is for the human.
My co-worker went to see Mt. St. Helen's last Saturday....said he hung out on Johnson Ridge for a couple of hours waiting for the clouds to lift.
Ummmm...I guess I'd be beside myself. :)
She wants to sit with me on the couch. 'Course usually in weather this hot she'll move to the hardwood floor where it's cooler.
That can sure happen... Did he ever get to see it?
I think he got to see part of the crater.
Heh. I'll do that.
Uh oh....I think she just found the horse shirt.
Guess I'd better do some laundry.
If you go cheating on your pets with other pets, they are bound to find out!
Wonder what part of this afternoon's diatribe was about the strange pets.
I'm sure it was high on the list of grievances. :~D
She's purring now.
Evening All - we had ya beat Corin, unfortunately, 101 with your humidity. It's down to the lower 90's now. Rained north of town but not here, sigh.
OT - pets have a way of recognizing new and interesting smells.
G'nad - got a great CD at the auction Saturday following the road kill buffet. "Feathers in the Wind". Great songs.
Chocolate is good for recovery after encountering the dementors.
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