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evile: howdy. I have phone duty, yay.
SkyeDS: mornin :) I'm fighting w/ WP because it's doing things I've
never seen it do before (in more than a decade of exp w it)
evile: bizarre.
evile: I'm just fighting with bizarre callers who don't have a clue
what they're doing and think I can just materialize things out of an
orifice.
SkyeDS: lol
evile: Or think that since they got transferred from another TWC
worker, that I already know everything about them through some kind
of TWC osmosis.
evile: I don't have as much patience with people as I should today.

evile: Im just waiting to get out of here & get stuff done at home so
I can go to poly dinner with a clear conscience :)
SkyeDS: I'm happy I don't have to have patience with people very often
SkyeDS: all I have to do is fend off the stupid doctors
SkyeDS: and playing stupid myself tends to do that pretty well
evile: yup :)
evile: playing stupid is so helpful. I wish I'd learned how to do it
ages ago.
SkyeDS: I don't manage it well past a saccharine "may I take a
message?" and "no, I'm sorry, that's just not possible" and brief
explanations that constitute blowing smoke up client's ass
SkyeDS: I don't like doing it, but a good number of our clients think
they are our only clients and try to micromanage, so it is my job to
insulate and protect Hugh from them so he can get work done
evile: yeah. People are sometimes surprised to discover that they
aren't the only unemployed people in TX when they call & talk to me.
amazing.
SkyeDS: lol
evile: Yes, sir, you and 39,000 other people are waiting for a
hearing. We are working the hearing officers like dogs. You will get
a hearing as soon as we can schedule one for you...
evile: lordy.
evile: The good thing about phone duty is I get to leave an hour
early :)
SkyeDS: good trade
evile: yeah. Most days it's not so bad. Some suck. Today wasn't bad,
just busy.
evile: OMG--people are already yapping about whether or not we're
getting all or part of Good Friday off at the last minute (sometimes
the Gov lets us off, but we never know until the actual day)
evile: who cares? it's WEDNESDAY, get to work!!! (i hates them)
SkyeDS: lol
evile: I kept having to keep myself from telling people 'have a nice
weekend' on phone duty. It's _my_ Friday, but not necessarily
theirs :P
SkyeDS: hehe
evile: I went and bought about 6 movies for my recovery. I can't wait
to sit around on the couch watching movies & doing nothing. Isnt'
that awful?
SkyeDS: no eating?
evile: No eating after midnight tonight. I should be Ok after surgery.