Thursday, December 21, 2006

1:41 p.m.

…from being a selfish bitch.

Swept up in the holiday spirit , I decided to abandon my lunch plans of website research for an upcoming project (and inevitably getting distracted by myspace stalking and the Best of Craig’s List) to help my coworkers wrap presents for the Adopt-A-Family progam. I don’t really fancy the name “Adopt-A-Family.” It sounds too much like Rent-a-Center. So in a surprising departure from my normal bitchy, selfish, ungrateful self, I wrapped presents for our needy family while we watched Pinky and the Brain in the training room.

Also, I think I was rude to the mother on the phone this morning. I know, how could anyone imagine ME being RUDE to someone on the PHONE? What a shock. But I will mention here that I hate answering a business phone and getting the “DID SOMEONE JUST CALL HERE?” interrogation. Especially at 7am. God damn caller ID. Considering there are almost 60 employees here, it’s very possible that someone did call, but if you think I’m going to hunt them down for you, think again. So I told what I thought was a man that I didn’t know, and this is a ____________ firm, and if someone didn’t leave a message they would probably call back. We did the little question dance for awhile: “What company is this?” “_________, do you know someone that works here?” “I know a ________.” “We have a __________.” “Do you have a last name?” and then CLICK. What a waste of time. “Fuckin moron” I said as I hung up the phone. I recounted this to my supervisor and said, “This idiot just called and asked if someone just called him. He sounded all trashy and dumb.” As soon as I said “trashy” my supervisor said, “Oh shit, that’s our Adopt-A-Family, I just called them.” I soon found out I’d been talking to a woman with a cold. She didn’t just sound like a man though, she sounded like an OLD and HUSKY man. I think she started smoking as a fetus, it was really that bad – hence my guilt and subsequent present-wrapping. I guess it wasn’t holiday spirit at all, which means that I am still a selfish bitch. Oh well.

Well I just got yelled at by my coworker so I need to water my plant before it dies.