Comments on: Random Thoughts

By: Shelley

Shelley — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:27:00 +0000

Chiming in late but I hate the “someone from there just called me” phone calls, too. Our sales staff at work will call the office and say “someone just called me”, and expect the receptionist to hunt down whichever of us 40 office denizens made the call. Now, her first question is, “did you listen to your voice mail?”. Inevitably, he’ll say no.

Then there’s the anonymous person who calls the office and says “someone from this number just called me”. We ask if the person does business with us and often get a rude retort “No! This number was on my caller ID so SOMEONE from there called me!” Well, God forbid any human would cause you such stress by mis-dialing and you had to waste your precious time, only to find out it was a wrong number!

By: jenmaree

jenmaree — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:13:00 +0000

We are having Key Lime Pie too this year! I make it every year. It’s my favorite. From one HR lady to another – happy Thanksgiving!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:16:00 +0000

Regarding voicemail: In my opinion, making the time to call someone, only to hang up when I don’t get them is a complete waste of MY time. I ALWAYS leave a message so those precious few minutes weren’t a total write-off. And I don’t return calls to phone numbers I don’t recognize that don’t leave a message, especially on my cell. For all I know, it’s a wrong number that’s already taken a minute of my “available minutes”…why add insult to injury.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:34:00 +0000

Re: #1. I've been at my job too long, too. I work at a sanitary district. Among other things, I do public outreach about sewage collection & treatment. I was watching an episode of "Breaking Bad" and as they were cleaning up a horrible mess (dissolved body and toxic chemicals – what a great show, huh?), all I could think was "OMG! Do they have any idea of the damage that's going to do to the sewers and treatment process?!?!" 🙂

By: Anwalt fuer Arbeitsrecht

Anwalt fuer Arbeitsrecht — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:24:00 +0000

Your post is nice.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:50:00 +0000

this blog is so 2006. We get it you’re in HR *yawn*

By: Savidge/Bowers Librarian

Savidge/Bowers Librarian — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:05:00 +0000

I check my work email right before I go to bed every night, not because I’m a workaholic, not because I need to feel connected, not because I’m all-important (or need to feel so)- no, it’s because no matter how early I get to work, I’m never the first one there and I’ve had several instances where I got surprised by “emergencies” at 7:15 a.m. that I had to immediately dive into fixing before I even hung up my coat. So really, it’s probably OTHER people that need to chillax and maybe create those surprises at perhaps 9 a.m., after a cup of coffee or two, don’t you think?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:41:00 +0000

I think sometimes people don’t leave substantive voice mail messages because it’s a non-deniable record of what they said. A face to face conversation or realtime phone (without being recorded) between two people can always be reported as he said/he said, and can’t be a commitment. I know people who will NOT speak to someone who uses a speakerphone, because there could be a third person listening and taking notes, who could testify about what’s said.

By: class factotum

class factotum — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:12:00 +0000

RE: Voicemails. But what if I leave you a short voicemail with a very specific question, like, "When are you going to install the cabinet (that you removed to shore up the stairs and has been sitting on the floor for three months now)?" or "Would you give me an estimate on building shelves in the basement?"

Could I just have an answer, please, rather than a cheerful voicemail, "This is Terry. Call me!"

Answer the question. I can never get you on the phone, which is why I leave voicemails or send emails. Just. Answer. My. Question.

PS If someone calls my cellphone and doesn't leave a message, I assume it wasn't important and I don't return the call.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:57:00 +0000

My pet peeve is when people leave reeeeaaaallllllyyyyy llllloooooooonnnnnngggggg voicemails. I hate those! They take forever and almost always say nothing besides “call me back”! Usually if a caller doesn’t say anything of value within 15 seconds, I hang up. I am not wasting my time getting angry about voicemails! (I’m just wasting my time venting about them on your blog. Thanks, EHRL!)