This honestly isn't as sucky as many things SCs do. It's more like the drip-drip-drip of erosion on your desire to be helpful.
SC: who else?
Me: eager to be helpful, but I'm developing that "Would you like to see your spleen?" rictus smile by this point.
SC: "Blargleblargleblarg, let's run around Robin Hood's barn, statement."
Me: "I'm sorry. What is it I can do for you?"
SC: "Blah, blah, blah, story of something totally irrelevant, derry-and-toms, I like cheese."
Me: "What is it I can do for you?"
SC: *insert actual question I can help them with*,
WHY? Why is it so hard to ask a simple question? If I called the local library, looking for a book, I'd say, "Hi, could you tell me if you have 'Spanking Bunnies for Fun and Profit' by A. Pervert, please? " and not do a 20-minute performance art piece.
Spit. The. Damn. Question. Out. People.
14 minutes, Friday. 14 minutes of my life gone forever while the caller went into some weird stream-of-consciousness fugue state wherein I learned about the difficulties of calling three different animal control agencies to find their cat (they live on the border of three towns), none of which has a ding-damned thing to do with my job.
Gah!
SC: who else?
Me: eager to be helpful, but I'm developing that "Would you like to see your spleen?" rictus smile by this point.
SC: "Blargleblargleblarg, let's run around Robin Hood's barn, statement."
Me: "I'm sorry. What is it I can do for you?"
SC: "Blah, blah, blah, story of something totally irrelevant, derry-and-toms, I like cheese."
Me: "What is it I can do for you?"
SC: *insert actual question I can help them with*,
WHY? Why is it so hard to ask a simple question? If I called the local library, looking for a book, I'd say, "Hi, could you tell me if you have 'Spanking Bunnies for Fun and Profit' by A. Pervert, please? " and not do a 20-minute performance art piece.
Spit. The. Damn. Question. Out. People.
14 minutes, Friday. 14 minutes of my life gone forever while the caller went into some weird stream-of-consciousness fugue state wherein I learned about the difficulties of calling three different animal control agencies to find their cat (they live on the border of three towns), none of which has a ding-damned thing to do with my job.
Gah!
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