(Untitled)

[talesinsdaughtr]

Me: "TSS. Good afternoon."
Them: *silence then confused muttering*
Me: "Hello? May I help you?"
Them:  *ear piercing tones as they begin punching buttons*
Me: "I'm sorry, I think you may have the wrong extension."
Them: "Hello?"
Me: "Hello."
Them: "I'm looking for my voicemail...?"
Me: "I'm sorry, sir. This is the TSS help desk. I think you have the wrong

Comments

[voodoodollie167]

Qua???

[talesinsdaughtr]

That's what I wanted to know.

[jedi]

You should have just been like "First message.. BOOP... Hi this is Sandy.. I'm pregnant.. we need to deal with this IMMEDIATELY! BOOP. End of new messages."

[batcave]

Sounds a lot like my boss. Typical phone call at 10pm:

"Hey, sorry to bug you, but how do I synch my Blackberry again? Or and I think I deleted my Itunes library, how do I get that back?"

[little_e_]

Oy. Fun. :/

If you have to get your phone number from an assistant, it might be wise to just let the assistant use the phone for you.

[talesinsdaughtr]

More fun is when the assistants bring broken laptops in and the faculty member in question hadn't bothered to leave any notes or tell the assistant what was wrong with it. Just: 'It's broken. Take it to IT.'

[technoluddite]

This is why the Big H needs to move off of the antiquated Bell Atlantic Centrex system. With a modern PBX and new phones, a user would simply hit the Messages button on their phone, and voila.