Another Opinion Among Many

/RANT ON

So, lets say that I call you about something and I start with, “Hello, my name is Corey.”

Then, I wait.

Do you know what I want? OF COURSE NOT!!!

Let’s say that all you’ve said, in your professional capacity, is whatever your company requires as, “Hello.”  Should I expect that you’re going to immediately interrupt me as soon as I’ve said 1/2 sentance?

OF COURSE NOT!!!!

So, why is it that almost everyone that I receive calls from at work expect this to happen to them? Am I the only polite person on the planet? I don’t think so.  I don’t even think that I’m that polite.

But, it seem that in around 1/3 of the calls I receive in a day, here in the billing office of the gas company, the caller seems to think that if they tell me their name, I will magically know the reason why they called and can take over the conversation at that point.

I can’t.

Another 1/3 of the callers think that I can psychically glean their thoughts from only hearing 1 sentance about something totally unrelated, like “I’m moving.”  These people wait approximately 1 second of silence and say, “Hello?” as if I wasn’t there.  So, either they’re expecting to be instantly interrupted or they’re use to calling on the world’s worst cell phones, which drop the call often.

ARE THESE PEOPLE NUMB????

I didn’t mention the 10% who call in and input their account number into the IVR, only to say, “You have my account number, right?” only to have called from a blocked line or through an antique telephone switch that doesn’t translate the phone call’s metadata (or the software just isn’t working on my computer).

I can guarantee that if you’re ever in a situation where you input your account number to speed things up, it’ll show if you keep your mouth shut about it and it won’t be there if you assume.  Don’t ever mention the phrase!  :lol: You’ll jynx it!

perhaps I should rename this post to appear like an episode of Seinfeld, since its about nothing

/RANT OFF

…or has Yahoo!s email spam protection gone to complete shit? I’m getting all kinds of spam in my inbox now that I didn’t before. Its bad enough that my spam folder was getting filled with 2000 pieces within a week (without any of my input or solicitation). Now, its coming into my inbox at a good rate. This is why I’ve migrated to gmail (and my own). Yet another “premium” service that Rogers (my ISP) is passing off to us, which is really crap.

…oh, is this thing on???

Since International Talk Like a Pirate day is over, I figured that I’d re-write all my blog posts in plain modern english again. Now, that could have been a lot of work, had I not had some help.  Those in the know, know.

So, I got gas this morning and it’s the first time since spring that its been less than $1.00/litre.  I paid $0.979 for regular unleaded.  That’s 6 cents less than my previous gas up.  I wonder if it’ll ever dip below $0.90 ever again.  I miss those price wars where it was under $0.40/l.  Maybe someday, we’ll just use dirt to fill up.

So, I was going to work tonight, and all was well.  I was cruising along at my usual Q-rated speed in the left lane (AKA my lane), and I thought that this was going to be a usual trip, fraught with nothing exciting.

I was a tad wrong.  Sems that Mr Minivan ahead of me was driving along at about 10kmh faster than the cars in the right lane.  No biigie, I thought.  I’ll slow down and wait until he pulls over and blast back up to supersonic.  Ya know, sometimes, you can be wrong.

The thing is that he wasn’t only going barely fast enough to justify a pass.  He was also dangerously weaving left and right as if drunk.  Or, maybe he is just an asshole.  It was option #2.

I was eager to get past this guy, as I had no desire to be part of his accident, so I was alert for an opening.  When he got by any cars, he’d weave into the right lane, but only half way, as if he owned the whole road (for the want of a rocket launcher…).  Then, he’d barely escape collision with the cars ahead and pull left a bit.

Finally, this accident waiting to happen did pull to the right, after which I turned on the afterburners and blew by him so fast he was probably in reverse.  As I went by, I had to peek over.  Sure enough, he was having an animated conversation on his cellphone, which was cradled on his shoulder, wedged ther by his big, stupid head! Proof positive that the research is true.

NOTE TO ALL DRIVERS WITH CELLPHONES: Please, please, please! Buy a headset.  They’re only $30-40 now, even in bluetooth wireless.  If you can’t fork it over, then PULL OVER if the conversation has to occur!  Save your life and those around you.

I realize that this rant is appealing to one’s common sense and that, because of this, it may miss its intended audience, but I just had to say it.

No, not log home. Blog home. I have decided to set up a blog on my own website to play around with it and I found that I really liked the idea. So, if you read my ranting and would like to continue, you can take a gander over at my blog