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Thank You for Calling

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

I am in a bad mood already this morning, maybe its because I am tired, maybe I am just sick of this job, tired of doing a job in which I cannot be creative, that I cannot use my mind.

I’ve already had this morning a 5 Hour Energy , a cup of tea , two extra strength pain away tablets that have 65mg of caffeine each and I am starting on my Mountain Dew next. And still my mind just wants to shut down and go back to bed, it knows it is not needed.

All day long ” Thank you for calling …blah blah blah “, like a mindless drone. I could change jobs, but everyday I work here I get dumber and dumber. The IT fields advances and we sit here holding the hands of our customers watching it as it passes us by.

I know I must sound condescending at times to some callers, I know I should not take it out on them, its not their fault that they usually only get an hour of phone training on the product. But they should be able to think a little bit for themselves. Read the error messages, before you call us. And they should have some sort of computer skills. Seriously, you need to at least be able do some basic tasks.

And to our Primadona customers which we must walk on egg shells with and cater to your EVERY whim …. Remember you called US for help, don’t give us attitude when we are trying to help you. Maybe you should also learn some basic computer skills, then maybe you wouldn’t need our help so much.

I could go on and on but you have all heard it before so I will spare you the rest of my bitching.  Go ahead and verbally slap me for once again complaining.  No need to be gentle, I like it rough.

Random Thoughts From Our NC Trip

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Mini vans really are MINI and are not meant to take a family of 6 on vacation.

Do people south of Chicago not know how to use the ramp to merge onto the highway?  I saw way too many people stopped at the bottom of the ramp waiting for a break in traffic.

Do these people also not know that the ramp to merge onto the highway is so that you can get up to the same speed as the traffic you are merging into.  If I am doing 75 I don’t need to slam on my brakes because you are doing 45 coming off the ramp.

Don’t take a trip with a Mexican woman with no patience, in a mini van, with 4 kids.

Police escorts are normal at funerals except it seems in Chicago.

I guess its customary in the south to have your church group bring food to your house for a post funeral meal.

Don’t assume your mother made hotel reservations for you.

When ordering pizza outside Chicago don’t tell the waiter you are from Chicago.

A five year old gets a bit antsy when strapped in a car seat for 15 hours.

It hurts to get pinched under the arm ( repeatedly ) when driving.

Don’t trust a GPS on a cell phone belonging to a White Sox fan.

Follow the person whose house you are going to ….  NOT another out of town person with the same map as you.

Does This Mean Anything

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

tired. sleepy. bored. underused. chicago. suburbs. weather. cold. move. arizona. texas. job. sucks. sore. achy. uncomfortable. head. congested. pants. unbuttoned. health. sucky. wife. sexy. sports. cubs. bears. steelers. callers. idiots. money. none. kids. many. car. lamborghini. cadillac. wrists. throbbing. women. latina. tv. house. two and a half men. stressed. out. numbers. 6. 11. 13. neighbors. clicky. vacation. vegas. strength. gone. food. steak. lobster. crab. surgery. many. boing. jessica. alessandra. christina. adriana. convention. avn. 69. you know. ;)

Income Tax

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Cha Ching!!  We got our income tax check, I love this time of year.  Time to start getting prices for my deck.  Cannot wait to be able to sit outside on my patio and cookout.

Leap of Faith Friday #4

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Leap of Faith Fridays series was cooked up by Christine at Chicken Fried Therapy .  I know I missed the first 3 weeks of this and I wanted to participate but I just cannot take the leap.  These leaps of faith are things that I am in  need of doing in every aspect of my life, personal and professional. 

These leaps or coming out of my shell are things that I am seriously planning on doing in the very near future.  I have been contemplating on going to a hypnotist to help retrain my brain into not being so afraid of going after things that I want out of life.  I do not know if I am afraid of failure, looking stupid, being ridiculed , being judged by my looks or a combination of all of these things and the unknown reasons.

At the end of my journey I am planning on getting a large tattoo on my back of a person emerging from the water with arms stretched to the side, fits clenched symbolizing my emergence from my innerself.

Until then I guess this will have to be my starting off point to my own leaps of faith.