Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Before you go, can you read my mind?

Telepathy refers to the transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five senses. In layman’s terms, it means someone who can hear other’s thoughts or emotions. Now, as cool as that would be, I am not one of those people, despite the impression that every single one of my male coworkers is apparently under.

Daily, no scratch that, hourly, nope - still not good enough, once every five minutes or so, I get a question or statement or command spouted off at me like I was supposed to already be aware of this. Just like it seems common sense to me that if no one told me this information, I couldn’t possibly know it, but according to them, I am expected to be aware of everything going on whether I was involved or not.

After years and years of dealing with this on a pretty constant basis, you’d think I’d be used to it, but it really never gets easier. In fact, it gets more and more frustrating as the days pass by. What is even more amazing to me, still, is that none of the men here seem to understand this fact.

‘Why didn’t you call that person already, their order has been here since this morning?’
‘Why did you charge that customer this amount if we didn’t perform that service?’
‘What did that customer want?’
‘Why aren’t they here yet’
"When was that order coming in?’
‘When is he coming back?’
‘What do you mean, you don’t know?’ …
 
BECAUSE NO ONE TOLD ME!!!


Everyday. Every single day. At least fifty times a day. And then they wonder why I’m just a little cranky.

Questions? Comments? New job oppurtunties? gimme what ya got people.

2 comments:

  1. Let's test your telepathy skills...really...like right now, put up your dukes, let's do this.

    Can you guess how many jelly beans are in this jar?

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  2. And you got a second job in customer service because... :)

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