Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Jumbled

My entries never have a common theme anymore. They're just a bunch of jumbled thoughts. Apologies.

- I am BEYOND excited to move. You have no idea. I want to start packing NOW... even though it's still a little less than 2 months away. I'm already trying to go through and figure out what I can start throwing away.
- I got to see Kiley this weekend!!! And Jamie the weekend before!! Simply fabulous.
- Both Toy Story 3 and Date Night were hilarious. I recommend them both. And yes, I realize Date Night came out ages ago. What up dollar theaterrr.
- Today I saw a woman with a 'baby on board' sign on her back window... and she was smoking. Like... seriously? You're concerned that I'm for some reason going to have the urge to slam my car into yours UNTIL I see the 'baby on board' sign... yet you're not concerned about what smoking is doing to your child? Insane.
- Within 5 seconds of seeing the disaster listed above, I also saw a couple that was out on the sidewalk advertising for ballroom dancing lessons. Like... you know how sometimes you'll be driving and you'll see people on the side of the road holding signs saying things like, 'Mattress outlet!!' or '$5 hot and ready pizzas at Little Caesars!'? It was like that... except for ballroom dancing. Not only did they have to stand on one of the busiest intersections ever (Cleveland and Shrock), and not only did they have to hold an obnoxious sign, but they were ALSO required to BALLROOM DANCE on the SIDEWALK. Not joking. They were clasping hands... as you do in ballroom dancing... and between their hands was the giant obnoxious advertisement. And they were dancing. So sad.
- My FAVORITE HOLIDAY EVER is coming up - The Fourth of July!!! I LOOOVE the 4th. It's everything great rolled into one (minus presents) - warm weather, people in good moods, America, the color red (my favorite), family, friends, parades with candy, popsicles, corn on the cob, lemonade, grilling out, and FIREWORKS. Omg. Yesssss. Sadly, Donny will not be home :( Bummer. However, I am still determined to have a wonderful day.
- I take the next section of the CPA exam in a week and one day. This test is definitely not looking good. I definitely feel less prepared than I did for the other two... yikes.
- The call center is the usual. Boring. Soul-sucking. Freezing cold. Full of only two types of people: 1) ghetto people 2) 18 year old Desales graduates who talk about 10 octaves higher than anyone normally should. 'Hiiiii, this is Kimberly, how can I HELP you today?!!?!?!?!?!?!' When they're not on the phone, all they do is discuss the following topics:
1) Which $300 purse they're planning on buying. I am not joking.
2) Credit cards. By that, I mean the conversation went as follows:

Girl 1: Um... so like, the person I just talked to, their credit card had declined. What does that even mean?
Girl 2: Um... I think that's like where you spend too much money.
Girl 1: What do you mean?
Girl 2: Like.. the bank only lets you spend so much money on your card.
Girl 1: Weird. So like... how do you know how much they let you spend?
Girl 2: Ummm... I have no idea. Maybe they call you or something.
Girl 1: Omg. Good thing I don't have a credit card, hahaha... I would be soooo broke. My credit card would decline like ALL the time.
Girl 2: Yeah probably.

3) People they don't like
4) How stupid every single customer is. Since these girls are all new, they don't realize that the customers are asking LEGIT questions that we get all the time. They think the ONE customer who wants to know the thread count just called them. They'll get off the phone and be like 'omg. that lady just asked me like 4 questions about the thread count!!!!!!!!' Like... hi. I answer roughly 15 calls a day SOLELY about thread count. You sell linens. This is to be expected. Shut up. This one girl today was also laughing HYSTERICALLY (on the phone... AT the customer) because the customer thought this girl was at her student's school. This happens all the time. It's because our company sends out brochures specifically with the student's college's name on it. Therefore a lot of times the parents think the school is selling the linens themselves... when they're really just contracting through us. So it's not a ridiculous question. They'll call us and be like 'Hi, can I talk to the housing department?' But this girl was legit like, insulting the customer by laughing at her. Sigh.

Other than the call center, life is good. Moving right along. I'm trying to be as LAZY as possible until September, since that's basically when my life ends... AKA I start working 50-60 hour weeks. Hooray.

3 comments:

  1. YAY MOVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I told Colin I wanted to start packing but we agreed not to in order to NOT freak out the kitty. But we have friends saving boxes and I want to go pick them up and start! We are starting the process by throwing away crap and donating things we never wear anymore.

    I wonder if when I worked at Delias I sounded as dumb as these girls... I don't think I could have.

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  2. ohhhhh the call center. Joanna, i am sure we were just as pathetic and clueless as those girls. stupid questions/comments are kind of my thing.

    ok i read this all like 5 hours ago and now i forget what i wanted to post. oops

    i love you!

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  3. just another call center person saying, "ohhh the call center." :)

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