Finish This! 12th edition

Times flies!  Can't believe it's time for another 'finish this'!  Like every week, I am linking up through:

Nicole @ Three 31 http://nicoleandkevin.wordpress.com/

Lisa @ Coastlined http://lisadenoia.com/

Jen @ The Arizona Russums http://www.theazrussums.com/

Becky @ The Java Mama http://www.thejavamama.com/

Let's do this!

It's never too late......  to accomplish bucket list items.  I totally just did this last weekend.  My family and I took a 5-hour comprehensive kayaking course!  It was fun and we had a blast.

I compare myself to others..... way too much.  I don't know why we're so hard on ourselves.  We are our own worst enemies.  I'm constantly comparing myself to others and I wish I wouldn't.   

My personality is...... quiet...for the most part.  Until you get to know me, then I open up a lot more.  I'm a Capricorn, so sometimes I might come off as aloof, but I'm not really....just reserved I guess.  :)

I can........ do customer service like nobody's business!  For real.  I think I can do my job with my eyes closed. But I am totally burning out.  I hate being on the phone anymore and I would love to work in a room all by myself.  hehe

I embrace change......  not too well sometimes.  Not sure if it's the Capricorn in me or what.  I like having a schedule and like to know what is coming next.  When things fall out of plan I get a little weird.  LOL!

Share your answers with me in the comments below!  Hope you're having a good week so far!

Prompts for WEEK 27 (July 9) are:
For July 4, I celebrated by …
My go-to cosmetic product is …
I am inspired by …
The best relationship advice I received was …
When no one is around, I tend to …

6 things about my job that amuse me

6 things about my job that amuse me:

Wait, What?!  If you are going to call me for a part number, please have a pen/pencil and paper in front of you.  Nothing like rattling off the part number and have the person on the other end of the phone go “oh wait, let me get some paper and a pen”.  !!!!!!!!!

You’re breaking up!  This one makes me chuckle.  All my calls are answered on a land line and a lot of calls we receive nowadays are from a mobile device.  So it’s funny when you’re trying to talk to someone and they say “You’re breaking up”.  Um, hello, I’m the one on the land line. 

The last to know!  Sometimes my customers will call me with information about a promotion that I was not aware of.  Wow, that’s embarrassing!

Is there a “technician” available?  I have heard this one for years.  Yes people, I am a female.  I CAN help you.  I CAN give you technical support.   They ask me a question, I answer (correctly at that!).  Then I get “hmm OK, well is there a technician I can talk to?”  *slaps forehead*

I’m sorry, WHAT DID YOU SAY?  It’s hard when a customer service department is located in the front office.  Because 85% of the time you come up here we are on the phone.  Which means you are being loud and I can not hear what my customer is saying.

Awkward silence is OK.  Yes, it IS!  Regardless of what you think.  You do not have to fill every silent moment with mindless chatter.  If you've been reading my blogs, you realize this is a pet peeve of mine.  LOL

So what things amuse you at your job?

Work stuff

Oh yes….that one co-worker that gets under your skin.  I have one.  I’m sure you do as well.  I am not a mean person, (honest!) but this person talks a lot….about NOTHING.  From the moment they come in till they leave at the end of the day.   Maybe it is just where I am getting these doses of nonsense chatter.  Maybe it would be different if I wasn’t at work?  I don’t know. 

But for those that don’t know me well, I was born under the sun sign of Capricorn.  Capricorns are very serious about their work.  I mean SERIOUS.  Not much time for small talk or nonsense chatter.  I want to do my work.  I mean don’t get me wrong, I let loose and talk every now and again.  (LOL)  But for the most part I could do my job with little interaction from any other humans (except the people talking to me on the other end of my phone).  I guess that is why Capricorns might come off as “aloof” or “snobby”.  I’m not really either of those things, I’m just working. 

So now that you know this about me, the endless “Are we having fun yet?” or “I’m having way too much fun, someone please make it stop!” can really just drive me to start drinking at work (I would not do that by the way).   Then there are times where they must share about what every customer said to them.  Why?  I have heard the same scenarios about 50 times over the course of my career here. LOL

Anyway, you get the picture.  We all have annoying people we must work with.  Perhaps my quiet manner or aloofness gets on other peoples nerves.  Who knows!

Now shut it, I’m trying to work.  J