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Life has been catching up with me so I haven't posted in a while. Because of this, I've decided that I will fill you in on some of the missed moments since I last posted. Prepare yourself, this is going to be like one of those TV episodes that show a lot of flashbacks.

Here goes...

Below is a phone conversation I had with a customer where they were placed on hold while I checked into something for them:

Me: Thanks for holding, I think I have the information you need now.
Customer: You know, the hold music is really loud compared to your voice.
Me: Oh, I've never been told that before. I'm sorry. (?) (Not sure if an apology was needed, but I wasn't sure what else to say.)
Customer: I don't know if there is anything you can do about that... ?
Me: Right, I don't believe I have access to the hold music volume. I don't have a way to change that.



If only I could do everything customers think I can do.

Actually, that would be kind of scary. I don't think I need that kind of power in my life at this moment.

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When our armored cash service providers come and do our shipments, they leave a receipt that is a carbon copy. One time they must have written on a piece of paper placed on top of our copy of the receipt, because there was a faint note etched across the thin yellow receipt that was not intended for us.

The note said as follows:

"Brakes are bad someone is gonna die if they don't get fired."

If you hear of an armored truck accident with multiple casualties on the news sometime soon, you now know that it was because someone didn't get fired.


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Phone conversation with customer:

Customer: Yeah, online it says you are open 24/7. Is that true?
Me: No, Google is trying to mess up your life. I'm not going to be here at midnight.

Sometimes Google just likes to tell people what they want to hear. If it sounds too good to be true, Google will tell it.

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One day, a mother came in with a child on her hip and a small boy walking behind her. She came to my window and said, "Can you hold her?"

I must have misunderstood. She didn't just ask the girl working behind the counter to hold her baby. I'm a complete stranger to her.

But no, I didn't misunderstand her, and soon the baby came sliding across the counter into my arms. Where she proceeded to cry. "Do you have a sucker for her?" mom lady asked me.

And of course, after the small child was drooling sucker juice all over me she stopped crying. Go figure.

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Life is rarely boring at work because people will always be people.

And people are dumb.

the end.