the day after a holiday

the day after a holiday is always really, really busy here in customer service. for those of you who ever want to call a customer service/call center, please don't do it on the day after a holiday. you'd just be thinking like everybody else, and you don't want to be like the herd, do you? you want to be unique, so you should really call at a random time like 9:12 or 2:45. please please please don't call at 4:30. everybody does that. or even worse, 4:55. and then have a huge issue you want to resolve right now. it's not cool. and it just might land you on the naughty list.

also, i looked up "President's Day" on Google. i hadn't realized it used to be called "Washington's Birthday." hm.


quote of the day:
"i'll keep an eye out for that fax and call you if there's any issue with it."
"well good, 'cause we're poor over here!"
(how does a person respond to that?)

song of the day: "battlefield" by jordin sparks.
i don't know. it's been in my head since i heard it in home depot the other day, and today really felt like a battlefield. i think that's reason enough.

SNOW!!!

the company was closed on wednesday due to the massive blizzard that came through on tuesday night and lasted all of wednesday. =D the snow had stopped by thursday, but my parking lot was a game of bumper cars just waiting to happen. my husband didn't let me go to work. so i took my first vacation day of the year. i'm ok with that. i've worked three days this week and have had 3 weekends in 10 days! monday is a holiday... i forget if President's Day is for a certain president, or past presidents, or the current president. oh well.

also, sunday is valentine's day!! Customer Service had a little V-Day celebration (as much as was possible in a terribly busy day because of all the catch-up work). last night was a Valentine's Day episode of The Office. well, it was an episode of The Office that acknowledged Valentine's Day. close enough. although, i wish they had played out Jim as the manager for at least another episode or two... so much tension, it would have been awesome!

office quote of the day: "a spinning brain is a working brain."

word of the day: pacifically

• pacific - relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean; "Pacific islands"
• pacific - disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in a peaceable and orderly manner"
• pacific - the largest ocean in the world
• pacific - promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"