Phone Etiquette

Yesterday I answered a phone call at work, because the receptionist was on her lunch break. The conversation went like this.

"Good Afternoon (name of company where I work)"
"I'd like to speak with Jill"
"I'm sorry Jill is on another line at the moment, may I put you through to her voicemail?"
"I need to speak with her"
"I understand that but she is unavailable, do you have a number where she could call you back?"
"I'm at work"
"Ok, can you be contacted at work?"
"I might be busy"
"Ok, well I'm not sure what to tell you, because she is unavailable, and may be quite some time on the phone. Would you like to hold for her?"
"Ok, but I don't want to hold for too long. I need to speak with her."
"Alright sir, I can understand that, but I certainly can't say how long you'll be holding for, because there is no way of knowing how long she will be on the phone. I'll check back with you in a few minutes to see if you'd like to continue holding."
(put phone on hold)

This is completely unacceptable phone etiquette. It has been coming to my attention more and more lately that there are a lot of people on this planet who don't have any people skills, common sence, or common courtesty. It infuriates me. I realize I should calm down about it, and just take it in stride...but it annoys me to no end.

On another note, I had a thrilling conversation with my brother Josh last night. It was great fun, and I got to know all about his incredibly insane neighbor. Josh I wish you'd post that letter that he wrote you, and that you wrote him somewhere on the internet I could link to. That'd be a great idea!

Anyway, I'm going to make myself some cream of wheat for breakfast and get on my way to work.

**the Motorcycle woke me up again this morning, leaving me trying to think of where I could buy a paintball gun.**

FYI

If you live in a down town centre...please continue reading this. I fear a large number (not all) of people who live downtown have the wrong impression.

Just because you live in a trendy downtown neighborhood...or perhaps its not even trendy...perhaps its just downtown, and there are homeless people picking through your garbage...people at restaurants and bars almost all night, just down the street from you. Unless you have a bar license, this does not give you the right to have a bar in your own home.

Because you live downtown, this does not give you the right to turn your bass up and crank your music just below the place where your eardrums would burst. In case you don't have the capacity to jam it into your small head, I'll enlighten you... there are other people around...possibly who have the unique "priviledge" of living beside you...who are not interested in the horrible Mexican techno you love. Or perhaps you feel like because you live downtown you can have parties with people yelling and screaming until 3am...music blaring (of course bass again). No...you have been mislead...perhaps the mexican music has given you the wrong impression. Maybe you're the one who drives down the street on that horrible motorcycle with the very annoying exhaust that is louder than my normal YELLING voice in my home 3 stories up. I have been grossly close to getting a paint ball gun to remedy you...so I'd reccomend you find another street.

In closing...when you live in a building downtown, please do the rest of the human race a favor..and keep your music, tv & parties to a dull roar. Keep your vehicles to a dull roar...and don't honk your dumb ass horn outside at 6am cause you are waiting for someone and they are a bit late. Use your CELL PHONE and call them. The rest of the neighborhood is not late.

I'm infuriated at the people in this stupid neighborhood.

Yeah Janelle!!!

Ok so Janelle recovered last night, and is NO LONGER GOING HOME!!! How exciting. Whether she is able to rise above the evil Dr, and is buddy Boogie...I guess we'll find out in the next couple weeks... but I'm thrilled for now that she's staying in the home, and hopefully Janelle has learned her lesson to use those around her, and then stab them in the back...and be friends with the trustworthy Chicken George...(I think)...that's what I hope for her. Watching BB is getting nerve wracking...ugh.


S

Busy, and tired

Have been so delinquent in posting. Perhaps in the winter when there isn't so much busyness...(hopefully), I'll write more. Have been busy...had my friend Lexi here last weekend...babysat the Bier-babies one weekend, which was a blast! Hung out with Darren & Nicky tonight, had dinner with Chelsea and Andrew...its been nutso.

I hope life slows down. We've decided to go back East for Christmas/New Years, and have purchased our plane tickets, so that'll be fun. I think we're thinking baout spending New Years Eve in Manhattan. That would be quite the experience I think! Anyway. I'm EXHAUSTED!

I love BIG BROTHER!

S

**if you have any BIG BROTHER chat...opinions, discussions, PLEASE write on here. I love this show.

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