Me: Woah, that's a lot of rows, how many did it start with before you compressed it ( Read more... )

Hmm, I'm getting low on paper clips - better get some more.I wonder how long the bottom feeders have been in the little paper clip receptacle on my desk. Maybe they date back to 1975.

Office breakfast! YAYYY. Coffee, waffles, fruit, bagels, sausages, the whole deal. All for just $7, and keep in mind I'm still eating leftovers this morning. I love it when our office has some kind of food, it puts everyone in better spirits, which, let me say, really need lifting around here these days. We're all kinda bummed by the lack of ( Read more... )

When co-workers discuss last night's episode of Lost when I've TAPED it and want to watch it LATER. "Yeah and what about when Locke and Jack were saying LALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU I'M GOING TO WANDER OVER TO MY DESK IN THE CORNER MUTTERING LOUDLY TO MYSELF SO I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING YOU SAY LALALALALALALALA and then Shannon saw the kid, what's ( Read more... )

Ko-worker: Why must people ask me the same thing 5 times? This woman asked me, is it ok if I get a personalized plate as a gift? I said yes. Then later she was like, I can get it as a gift right? I said yes! She goes, so there's no problem right? If I want it as a gift? I said no! And then when she's about to hang up, guess what she asks me ( Read more... )

The inkpad I used to stamp envelopes today claims that it "Never needs reinking". Can somebody explain this to me?

I found that out this morning ( Read more... )

FUN FACT:

Now that I'm effectively doing two jobs at work, I'm at two desks. I still have to answer the phone when my ko-worker is at lunch and stuff, but still do my 2nd job. I changed my ring from "ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling" to "oodly-oodly-oodly-oo" so that I don't jump up every time I hear a phone and think it's mine. BRILLIANT!

At my tutoring session over the weekend, I showed one of the kids (a grade 6 student) my pocket PC for keeping my dates straight. I was demonstrating how it could recognize my stylish stylus writing: Maaath ... iiiis ... fuuuun.
Math is fun.He thought that was "wicked", so I let him try it out. He scribbled a little bit, and it said:
Chr i5 r0c ks;

- Ko-worker: You're-welcome-bye-(slam). CHRIS. Can you believe this guy? Man, he is so dumb, if he calls back I'm just going to transfer him away, you know what he asked me? It was something really dumb and then I answered and he was all like, muh-muh-muh and then hung up. God, I hate stupid people. *I think: there's a person who doesn't care ( Read more... )