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  • Redundancy in action...

    Phone call from A, at the funeral home...now, I like A, but he either needs medicine or is taking too much, I'm not sure which...

    Me: "Newsroom."
    A: "Hey, this is A, I just sent an obituary for John Doe."
    Me: "Okay-,"
    A: "-and a photo."
    Me: "......okay, let me check." *does so, comes back* "Okay, I've received them both, A."
    A: "You've got the obit?"
    Me: "Yes."
    A: "You've got the photo?"
    Me: "YES."
    A: "So you've got them both?"
    Me: YES, A. I HAVE THEM BOTH. RIGHT HERE."
    A: "For John Doe?"
    Me: "I HAVE AN OBIT AND A PHOTO FOR JOHN DOE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, I AM HOLDING THEM IN MY HANDS LOOKING AT THEM AS WE SPEAK."
    A: "Okay, thanks!"

    Twenty minutes later...

    Me: "Newsroom."
    A: "Hey, Mysty, this is A, do you have that John Doe-,"
    Me: "Yes, A."
    A: "The obit and the photo?"
    Me: "Have them both."
    A: "Oh, okay, thanks!"

    Usually, repeat at least twice more before he finally gets the idea settled into his head.

    For the record, A lacks a radar for sarcasm, and the "danger sense" most people have that informs him when someone is thinking of finding him and hitting him for an extended period of time...hence why he does this to me several times a day, for EVERY obit he sends me.

    Sadly, A is otherwise a total sweetheart so I can't talk myself into mauling a lesson into him. Sigh.
    "Maybe the problem just went away...maybe it was the magical sniper fairy that comes and gives silenced hollow point rounds to people who don't eat their vegetables."

  • #2
    Are you sure you have it Mysty? The obit AND the pic? Both?

    Runs and hides behind Raps. Realizes too late that Raps isn't big enough to hide me.
    This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.

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    • #3
      Ever thought to just turn it all around on him one day? Answer truthfully the first few times, when you sense he's getting to the end of his need to call you, claim to never have gotten them...?
      Or, perhaps send him something, and call him forty times in a day to make sure he got it?
      "I call murder on that!"

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      • #4
        Did you get that thing I sent ya?

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        • #5
          Call him repeatedly to let him know that you got what he sent you, just so he knows you got it.
          The Borg wouldn't know fun if they assimilated an amusement park. -- B'Elanna Torres, Star Trek: Voyager

          Math! Math, my dear boy, is but the lesbian sister of Biology. -- Peter Griffin, Family Guy

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          • #6
            You should never have to talk yourself into mauling a lesson into anyone. It should just be natural instinct.
            Total surrender
            Your touch is so tender
            Your skin is like water on a burning beach
            And it brings me relief
            "Nails in My Feet" - Crowded House

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            • #7
              Quoth Shengirl View Post
              Did you get that thing I sent ya?
              I'll make sure you get another copy of that letter, Rob. Oh, and, I'm gonna need you to come in Saturday, yeah...
              "I call murder on that!"

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              • #8
                Maybe he accidentally mistook the shredder for the fax machine one day and gets a bit nervous ever sense?

                Oh well at least you got it. You did get it right?

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                • #9
                  Maybe play with him a bit.

                  First time, be totally honest. You've got the Obit and the Photo for John Doe. Be sure he hears this properly, as we don't want to punish him for mishearing. Allow him one confirmation.

                  The next time he asks if you have them, even if it's during the same call, answer differently. Now you only have the obit, no photo. When he confirms, you now have the photo, but no obit. When he tries to confirm again, you have the photo and obit, but for Jane Doe. Feel free to gradually increase the silliness, until you're confirming you have the Obit and Photo for Jimmy Hoffa.

                  Lather, rinse, repeat. If called on it by a superior, say you were confused and thought he was referring to different obits, because you had already confirmed the first one.
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                  • #10
                    Next time call HIM back after such a call and say that you have an obituary and photo of John Doe and wanted to confirm that John Doe is still dead.

                    Then ask him to go look just to be sure.
                    "Ignorance is no excuse for a law."
                    .................................................. ..................- Alfred E. Newman

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                    • #11
                      Quoth bigjimaz View Post
                      Realizes too late that Raps isn't big enough to hide me.
                      I don't think hiding behind the moon will save you.
                      I AM the evil bastard!
                      A+ Certified IT Technician

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                      • #12
                        Quoth lordlundar View Post
                        I don't think hiding behind the moon will save you.
                        You're probably right.

                        I'll await my fate with both trepidation and goose bumps.
                        This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth South Texan View Post
                          Next time call HIM back after such a call and say that you have an obituary and photo of John Doe and wanted to confirm that John Doe is still dead.

                          Then ask him to go look just to be sure.
                          That's just beyond awesome

                          Quoth Polenicus View Post
                          you're confirming you have the Obit and Photo for Jimmy Hoffa.
                          Jimmy's not dead ya know? He's just waiting. One of these days, when all seems dark, and the world is in trouble, he'll come back. O'course by then he'll be really old, and most people probably won't remember him.
                          Ba'al: I'm a god. Gods are all-knowing.

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                          • #14
                            Heck, by that time, he'll be so old he won't remember most people himself.

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                            • #15
                              Refer him to:

                              The Federial Department
                              of Redundancey Department

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