Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Day off.

Wednesday is almost over. Not much going on. Had the day off. Did very little of merit.

So... stop reading this one and go read the previous post. It's a lot more entertaining than this one.

Laters!

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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

   Chopping down the Phone Tree...

...or, Dealing with the dreaded Interactive Voice Response System.

The other day I mentioned that I spent about an hour punching buttons on the phone trying to reach a live person at my loan place. Here's the original passage:

My day was spent trying to figure out the right buttons to press to get to talk to a real, live person at my loan place! I think I dialled the number at least three times before I figured out the proper combination of buttons to press that ended up with a live person at the end of all that beeping. That wasted about an hour.

Mamma Vash commented thusly:

Oh, oh-- dealing with the dreaded Voice Mail! I hate voice mail, I make snide comments while it goes through the menu -- and generally try to figure out how to trick it into giving me a live person... sigh, never works. A really weird stray thought... imagine several different anime characters trying to cope with Voice Mail....

That got me thinking...How would different anime characters react to dealing with an IVR? I know there's a lot of anime out there, but I limited my thinking to a few of my favorites. Enjoy.

Cowboy Bebop
Jet: He'd sit through it patiently pushing buttons. He'd probably be doing something else while waiting...like working on his bonsai trees.

Faye: She'd lose patience half way through, slam the phone down, tell it off and complain to whoever's within earshot.

Spike: He'd eventually get frustrated and perhaps shoot the phone.

Ed: She'd hack her way to whatever it was the others were after and change the program in the process.

InuYasha
InuYasha: He'd snort at it and not bother.

Kagome: She'd go through it patiently. She's too nice to lose patience with it.

Miroku: If the voice is female, he'd ask it to bear his children.

Sesshomaru: He'd make Jaken deal with it.

Naraku: Does it have anything to do with finding shards of the Shikon Jewel? No? He'd not bother with it.

Trigun
Milly: She'd patiently wait through all the choices and probably would forget what she was after in the first place.

Meryl: She wouldn't be going through the IVR because she's probably sitting at the end of it.

Vash: He'd patiently sit through all the choices, considering each of them until Wolfwood loses patience with him and shoots the phone.

Knives: He'd destroy it, of course.

FullMetal Alchemist
Colonel Mustang: He'd make someone else go through it and let him know when there's someone there.

Major Armstrong: He'd take off his shirt, flex his muscles at it and go on about the great button pushing skills passed down through the Armstrong family for generations.

Lt. Colonel Hughes: He'd try to tell the voice about his darling daughter and wife.

Edward Elric: He'd try to figure out how to transmute his way through it, but probably would end up transmuting the phone into something else.

Alphone Elric: He'd fix the phone and then go after Ed to try to convince him to try it again.

Winry Rockbell: She'd take it apart and make it work better.

Izumi Curtis: She'd barf blood on it.

Gluttony: He'd eat the phone.

Lust: She'd have to watch how she presses the buttons with those finger lance thingies.

Scar: He'd destroy it.

The Truth: He'd take parts of it away in exchange for a glimpse of "that thing."

Rurouni Kenshin
None of them would be dealing with an IVR. They live in the 11th year of Meiji, which is 1877. Phones were invented just the year before. Lucky bunch, aren't they?

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Well, there you have it. The result of an overactive imagination gland. I hope you enjoyed it.

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Monday, August 28, 2006

   GAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkk!!!!!!!!!

It's Monday night... I'm at work and I'm BORED BEYOND BELIEF!!!!! April is reading the advertisements from yesterday's paper looking for food. And she's singing. We're really, really bored.

It rained last night and today, so the construction crews weren't able to do anything. So they're not coming in... *sigh* There's only one railroader here! Arrgh....

Well, I'm going to plot a response to a comment I received on a post the other day. It should be fun. I don't know if I can get the enthusiasm going to do it right now, though....

*falls of stool in utter boredom*

Laters!

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Sunday, August 27, 2006

   Agggh!!!! My brain!!!

Well, it's Sunday evening. About quarter to 9. I'm at work and am slightly bored. I am not working with the little psycho! I'm so happy. I only have to work with him one night this week! Yay me! Let's see... oh yeah, Too Much Information Woman is finally gone! She was seriously sucking up to me last night, but it didn't work... I won't go into details about what happened, but she's not here anymore and that's good.

Boredom struck early. The girl I'm working with tonight and the lifeguard found some balloons and ribbons and other stuff and decorated the Sales Director's office door. I can't wait to see what the reaction is. I have to deny having anything to do with the initial decoration, but I did draw faces on a couple hearts that they put up. I just wish I had a camera.

Hmm.... there was other stuff that I was gonna say, but I seem to have forgotten what it was. Oh well, have a good week, y'all!!!

Laters!

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Saturday, August 26, 2006

   Whatever....

Yes, another day off has come and gone. It went far too fast for me. By the way, it's still Friday for me in spite of the date thing above this post.

My day was spent trying to figure out the right buttons to press to get to talk to a real, live person at my loan place! I think I dialled the number at least three times before I figured out the proper combination of buttons to press that ended up with a live person at the end of all that beeping. That wasted about an hour. Then I went and played Dynasty Warriors for a while again until my brother got up. Then we went to Sioux City to do some running around. Ended up at the comic book shop. I didn't buy anything there. Saw some stuff I'd really like to have, but didn't buy it. I saved my money for important stuff...like cereal, minty things, M&Ms, and FMA cards. I was going to update earlier, but decided to wait until after 11 pm so it would show up as a new post for you guys. So I played around with a button for my site. I couldn't find the right pictures, nor could I get the letters to do exactly what I wanted, so I ended up with a sorta lame button for part of the site.

The site is coming along slowly. Very slowly. I think glaciers move faster than the progress on my site. I just haven't had the patience to work on it for a while. This is the most I've done in about 2 weeks.

Well... I suppose I better get cracking at that page I want to finish up so I can move along to other parts of it. And no, I haven't fixed the fiction part of it yet! Arrrgh!!! So much to do...

Laters!

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Friday, August 25, 2006

Day off... at last!

Yes! I had Thursday off!! Woohoo!!! I also have Friday off!! Yay!

Thursday was spent trying to sleep because of the lack of sleep I've been experiencing because of the crap at work. I didn't get the sleep I wanted because of 18 pounds of cat demanding attention and admittance to my room. It was also spent doing laundry. Big surprise there, eh?

Don't know yet what Friday will hold for me. Hopefully I will have my paycheck and will be able to buy something interesting... like food.

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I am totally addicted to my new GBA game. I got Dynasty Warriors Advance. My little character is kicking butt and taking names!!! I cleared two stages this afternoon while doing laundry. I want to play it now!!!! Arrrgh!!!!

Well, I go do something silly now.

Laters!

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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

   Rant Zone: I realized I just don't care anymore.

or... I hate my fsking job, part 2.

I came to the conclusion Tuesday night at work that I just don't care. Why should I?

August 23rd marks my one year anniversary at the place. If someone who's been there for three years hasn't received a raise in all that time, I know I won't get one. Why should I care?

If someone that's been there for around ten years hasn't got a raise in at least three years, why should I care?

One of the things that we're supposed to do is check vacant rooms to see if housekeeping is doing their job properly. On the non-busy nights, I will check rooms and write up the reports. Copies are made for the manager, housekeeping and maintenance. Housekeeping will deny everything. They say the front desk is lying. Why should I care?

I could go on here, but some of the stuff that's going on is rather sensitive and it would be out of place of me to say anything. Suffice it to say, I hate that place and want out of there so bad I can taste it. I actually figured that I would have been gone from there by now. I still see it as only a temporary position.

I must admit that I'm not as angry or frustrated as much as I was the other night. I started out that way at the beginning of the drive home, but by the time I got here, I had determined that I just don't care.

I should go to bed, but I'm just not tired. I just downed some Cheetos and a can of Coke, so the caffeine will probably kick in and I won't be able to get to sleep again. This sure has screwed up my sleep cycles.

So... now I'm gonna go find something to do. I could try to finish up the thought that I had going on my story. Yes, some creative juices were flowing tonight, but work kept getting in the way... For those of you that do actually read the thing, here's a hint: Hikaru acts like a sulky 15 year old! *grin*

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

   I wish I was sleeping.

Yes. I wish I was sleeping. I don't want to go to work... as usual. Well, it is the last of three in a row with the little psycho. I'm gonna threaten to tie April to a chair so she can't leave when I get there. She'll probably laugh and walk away again. *sigh*

Work last night wasn't near as frustrating as Sunday night. I guess I was too tired to care or get worked up about anything. Too Much Information Woman is still there... *sigh* She's getting to be really annoying! I just hope I can get through tonight without hearing her problems again and again and again....

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I got a new game for my GBA the other day. Dynasty Warriors Advance. I spent two and a half hours playing it last night after I got home from work! That was from about 12:30 to 3:00 in the morning. Ack!

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I'm a Lamborghini Murcielago!

You're not subtle, but you don't want to be. Fast, loud, and dramatic, you want people to notice you, and then get out of the way. In a world full of sheep, you're a raging bull.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

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Well, I suppose I'm going to have to get ready for work here in a little bit. I don't wanna!!!! Don't make me go there....!!!!! Throwing a tantrum isn't gonna help, is it? *sigh*

Laters!

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Monday, August 21, 2006

Rant Zone: I hate my fsking job!!!

I think the boss is either trying to get me to quit or is punishing me. I worked with the little psychotic man Sunday night. I work with him again Monday & Tuesday nights. I want to go up to the boss and say, "What did I do to deserve being scheduled to work with that little psychotic irritating twit? Do you hate me? Do you want me to quit?"

I ask you... does a person that has two college degrees and certification in Microsoft Office and Web Design deserve a better job than working front desk at a motel? Be honest in your answers!

What didn't help out Sunday night is that a bunch of reservations didn't get put into the computer and the sheet that they were on was stuffed into the box of someone that doesn't work weekends unless absolutely necessary! I also had to put up with Too Much Information Woman! A guest that just wouldn't shut up about herself and talked and talked and talked at me just about through my entire shift!

The whole way the night went at work had me so wound up that I had to stop at the grocery store on the way home for some comfort food. Now it's around 1:20 in the morning and I have a stomach ache! I'm really tired, but can't shut my brain off to try to sleep.

I said I was going to try to draw or write or work on Japanese at work before. That was a joke. I got the Japanese out of my bag and that was it. It soon got shoved to the side and ignored. I tried to draw while watching Dead Zone but ended up erasing everything I attempted. This whole job thing has my creativity stopped up. I hate it. I am so sick of stress blocking any of my creative urges. My writing is suffering. My drawing is suffering. I'm starting to fall back into that morass of self-doubt and hopelessness. It is so frustrating.

Ack... I think I'm going to go find something to do. It will either be an attempt to write or an attempt to sleep.

Laters!

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Sunday, August 20, 2006

Turtles are nibbling my toes....

Not really... I'm just bored. I'm at work. I've got the initial batch of paperwork done. Now what?

I really need to go to the bathroom, but I'm working with the little psycho again and can't leave the desk area right now. I'm sorry... TMI!!!!

Hmm... I don't know what to do now. *sigh*

My weekend was pretty dull. Friday was night off. My brother & I ran around as usual and that was about it. Saturday was work as usual. Had to deal with drunk boaters again. But this batch was nice... I got $48 in tips! Woohoo!!!!

I think I'll go do something else now. Maybe write. Maybe read. Maybe Japanese.

Laters!

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