In which I indulge in a little pre-vacation bitching. Don’t even read this, my babies! Save yourselves! Run away!
Feet
I sit cross-legged in my office chair. This is because I am, by nature, a floor-sitter and I don’t really like chairs. Sometimes when I sit like this my feet go to sleep.
Right now my feet [...]
In which there’s an amazing cake!
Today was the office “comfort food” potluck. (I brought a casserole.)
There are two birthdays in the office this month; mine is one of them. And Dani, whom I didn’t even know was a baker, brought in this fantastic cake:
Isn’t that thing just freakin’ awesome?!?
In which this will have to suffice!
I was gonna write about my weekend, but it really needs a particular image to make the post work, but I still can’t send images from my phone to Flickr and I forgot the phone’s USB cable at home so I can’t get the image online until later. Ergo: [...]
In which I am acquiring things.
I now have speakers and a UPS for my work machine. Still waiting on a proper desk and a second monitor. And a vid card.
But still! Getting stuff!
And my boss almost got me an ergo keyboard but they were $60 at Staples so I didn’t get one. Yet.
Also got [...]
In which I’m happy.
The new job rocks now.
I have a desk, a chair, a phone, and and extension. I’m taking calls. Co-workers are all adorable and geeky. Got my last direct deposit from the call center yesterday, getting my first direct deposit from the ISP tomorrow.
I have access to accounts and billing software and [...]
In which I’m all settled in.
Started the new job Tuesday. I like it here. Not much training to speak of but since this is my fourth ISP I don’t really need much. What I do need is a desk of my own, an extension, a headset, and some logins and I’ll be just fine.
Took a [...]
In which there’s really great news! Three times over!
Today has been the longest, slowest day ever. I’ve been here since ten and haven’t even been on the phone for two hours. It’s that dead in here.
Which means that the day has been dragging by with incredible slowness.
But when the day is over, I will officially [...]
Continue reading about Pretty Awesome Day, Really, For All Its Slowness
In which it went really well!
I had an interview today at 1:30 at an ISP/CLEC1. It’s about four blocks closer to my house than the company I work for now.
I did well in terms of enthusiasm and communication. I probably took a little too much control of the meeting overall, but I always do that [...]
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When he called back, he told me I’m “full of shit,” said I didn’t know what I was talking about, called me “young lady” with contempt, and said he would “get me fired.” He proceeded to argue with me again about our stupidity in not being able to charge an expired card in detail, and didn’t slow down at all when I asked, “Do you really not have anything better to do on a Friday night than to yell at someone who makes minimum wage?”
Continue reading about A day in the life of a call center drone.
This town has a really high percentage of geriatric citizens and I think it’s affecting me. I spend too much time idly wondering when and how I’m going to die. This can’t be normal.
In which WT flying F, people.
I was on the phone with this one guy for over twenty minutes verifying his wiring, and his DSL modem just would not train up. His connection had bounced about 25 times the day before and I figured it was either an improperly conditioned line or a bad DSL modem. [...]
