the house bonding has begun. not that we don't already all hang out together all the time and shoot the shit (or talk shit, whatevs) but now it's just reached a whole new level. we now have a house blog of sorts at habitat for insanity. it's nothin special, just a spot that all four of us can kind of blog to. what are the chances of this being kept up? i have a feeling it will all come about on drunken monkey fridays. we'll all sit at our wireless laptops or in the computer room at the new house, giggling to ourselves and reading over each others shoulders as we blog back and forth. it will be so incredibly geeky. otherwise the site will just rot or collect random comments from friends of ours who want to check it out. all in all, it cost 7 big ones... no wait, small ones... 7 buckaroos. a couple good nights of drunken rambling and i think it'll be worth it. i'm going to vote it becomes a house bitching forum, that way we never have to actually deal with each other in a one on one manner if something is bothering us.
because everyone knows that is how i prefer things to be. at work today i had this guy come in and start going off on me today because he wanted to take his single line plan with 3000 minutes and share it with someone else. me telling him he couldn't do it just wasn't good enough. and the family plans we offer weren't good enough. everytime i tried to explain the benefits or suggest what i thought he should do, he would just cut in and start yelling about prices and minutes. finally he just said he was going to the place down the street. i let him walk and shot a dirty look at the back of his head on the way out. i hate dealing with angry people face to face. it's one thing if they have a problem that needs solving. i love making people happy. and i love solving problems. but to be just yelled at for the sake of it? i'm not a punching bag for anyone. i know it's my job, but customers like that... fuck 'em. i don't need them that bad. they can go harass some other poor schmuck for a year. that kind of customer would be in every week or so bitching about something or another and isn't worth the headache.
long and short of it... he was back in 30 min and walked right in and asked me what plan he should use. i told him to start a new line that had its own, separate plan just like his. he said ok and i had him out the door in about five minutes. i just don't understand some people. sometimes they will come in and demand, yelling in front of other customers like that will change what is or is not in your power to do. even if i could just crap out extra minutes for people, yelling at me wouldn't inspire me one bit. instead it makes me completly apathetic to their situation.
i'm not the kind of person who ever complains about things like that. the only time in my life i've gotten angry at someone who was just doing their job... well, there wasn't even a person on the other end of the line. i'd called up a tech support line for a cable modem i was trying to install for my parents. the number was long distance, and i was prompty put on hold once the call finally went through the third time. i was only hold for almost half an hour with an annoying sing-song voice telling me my call was important and thanking me for using their service... only to be sent to voicemail at the end. i was so pissed i left a very, very nasty voice message. i admit it, that one time i blew my lid. but normally i don't get mad at the person behind the desk or at the other end of the line, even if they are completely incompetant. i've had their job and know what it's like. if i'm not happy with them, i just ask to speak to someone else. it's just that simple.
was there a point to all this? oh, moving... very soon!! closer every day! i've always associated may as a stressful time, and even though i'm not in school that is true again. plus... yay yay!! the need for a car has become so desparate that i'm actually considering taking jaylee up on an offer. his dad is selling some car he owns that is apparently in good condition. i will take their word on this, but only because i know where his son lives (with me, duh). so i could get this car for $1700. which is totally cake. and then i'd have something. next year this time, i'll have my ccards paid off, my credit will be less crappy though not golden, and i could actually get a car i want. i like the way it sounds. settling you say? beggars can't be choosers huey tells me to repeat this to myself. and he's right. i'm getting a lot that i want this year, there's no reason to try to get everything at once. i figure i've got plenty of time to be super demanding later.
