In order to relieve the receptionist during lunch most of the secretaries take shifts to cover the phones. This month it is my month to cover Mondays. This is being said because normally I do not have the horror pleasure of answering phones, but sometimes I am fortunate enough to get an interesting phone call during my hour of covering.
Part of the receptionist duties is to screen phone calls, which goes like this:
Answer the phone
Caller: "May I speak to [attorney]?"
Answerer of Phones: "May I ask who is calling?"
Got it? Pretty standard. OK good...so...one of the attorneys here at the firm has a friend from law school that calls every now and then and I have had the absolute shocking pleasure of getting this answer when I ask who is calling:
"Yes, please tell him this is his Enzyte representative calling and his test results are in"
And another time a few months ago:
"Yes, this is Glamor Shots, please let him know his photos are ready."
HILARIOUS! I about fell out of my seat both times! I love when something like that breaks up the monotony!
13 comments:
Holy crap! I read you post in my Google Reader, opened the page to your site and noticed you new extended profile description. LOL
Hey, you'll always have milk! Of course, stinky goat's milk, but whacha gonna do. Make your brothers run the goat farm while you party!
Sassy - yes, I decided to do that this weekend. I also just noticed (and corrected) that I put to parents instead of two parents. I guess I didn't have enough coffee in me when I started that thing!
Unfortunately, these are not milking goats...they are meat goats. Yes, people actually eat goat here in the United States. So much so that Dad can actually make a living at it. You can count me OUT on goat meat eating...especially if I have already met the animal alive and PARTICULARLY if I have named it.
This makes me want to call everywhere I call and say ridiculous things just to make someone's day better.
So when you get these messages, do you really write them down and pass them along? Do you give these messages to your boss in person? I would die laughing if I took a message like those and my boss would be horrified! But it certainly breaks up the monotony of the day. :)
...and then sometimes you get an email with the subject line "Hey Twat Waffle!"
LOL at the JYR fussing about your haircut twitter post... I still remember the time that I got my hair cut chin length (after being halfway down my back), and TWO MONTHS LATER he says... did you get your hair cut? It looks good.
LMAO
Jennie - I highly encourage it!!
Mel - I buzz them in their office, giggling my ass off and I tell him exactly what was said. He always laughs! I once passed by my boss' office and was talking to my office mate and I yelled out "That's sexcellent!" My boss was like, "WHAAT?!?"
Kat - and what a great e-mail that was!!!!!!!! EXCITED!!!!!!!
Deb - he says that I need to get my hair cut in my own time. I say when the HELL have I EVER asked to get my hair cut? It took me a MONTH to get this hair appointment and the best I could do was 10:15am!! First time in my 3 years working here!! STFU! Then he started laughing cause I was getting all fired up and he was like, "Ohhh, but for you, you are different!" LOL! So he was ribbing me the whole time.
I dare you to tell him that he is only giving you shit cuz you are gay and that you never knew him to give me a hard time for getting my hair cut and you can only ASSUME it was cuz I'm straight. LMAO
Deb - I sooooo should! I will test his mood today and see if he will enjoy the joke!
Obviously he is in the mood for it since he pulled it on you. And.. if it does piss him off, a big bag of M&Ms always fixes it. lol
I love people like that! It does add a little extra ha ha to the day!
i think the glamor shots one is good forever.
i mean one should never be allowed to live that down.
ever.
i know.
i'm a really nice guy.
Deb - OH YEAH! I forgot about the M&M's!
CJ - ditto! Makes the day so much better!
Just Some - If I knew him better, I totally would...however, he works in the other building. But if he was MY boss...the ragging would never end!
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