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04:21:2002 Entry: "Atilla the Hon"
Atilla the Hon
I had a really lousy day yesterday (post Macadamia Nut hangover, perhaps). Stan was home sick with a cold (he's over it now...good to know if I get it, it won't be that bad) and he slept for most of the day doped up on Benadryl (sp?) and Calms...heh...we're such lame druggies. He probably wasn't even aware that I was upstairs at my computer crying my eyes out the whole time. But I decided to do a couple things...join a new webring "Pawed," a ring for cat owners, and the "Z List." I even made some Z List buttons. And I feel much better now, and much more cheered up as I know I'm in good company. I mean, any group who has a founding member that looks like this (picture on right) is Z-OK in my book. Makes me want to bring back my Halloweenie pictures from EyeBlog.
BTW, Why do telemarketers feel entitled to call you "hon"? One called up this AM, asked for Mr. Stanley Stawbuck (they can't ever pronounce "Rs" for some reason), then asked me if I was an authorized user on his (insert name of company) credit card. I honestly didn't know...it's not something we actively talk about, you know? I mean I have my own credit card...I don't really give a dog's butt about what I can charge on my husband's cards because I DON'T charge stuff on his cards. So I said I didn't know. Then she asked me another question and called me "hon." I hate that kind of patronization. Shyeah...like that's going to make me want to do business with them. I told her not to call me "hon" and hung up on her. Thing was, I was probably her age...I just sound young because I have a nice voice and she's used to hearing haggard old voices from shredded vocal chords that have smoked too many cheap cigarettes and yelled at too many ex-husbands.
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she was probably from baltimore, hon. The most awful job i ever had was doing medical interviews over the phone. The company used a random dialer so it was quite like telemarketing. it's amazing what people will tell a complete stranger!
Posted by jf Cates @ 01/10/2002 12:53 PM CST
Balmer, huh? Yeah, it's kind of weird what complete strangers will talk about with complete strangers...hence online journals! :-D
Actually, I wouldn't mind doing phone interviews as much as some other things...as long as I didn't have to SELL something. I had one of those jobs for a day. I mean a night. I wasn't even paid for it...that was the deal...they got you to work for free as an "apprentice". I was desparate for any work, what could I say? I felt so bad for selling magazine subscriptions over the phone to naive little old ladies that after a while, I just pretended to call people so I wouldn't have to talk to them, while I called a number at my former job over and over where I knew no one would answer!
Nice navigational art on your site, BTW!
Posted by Ann @ 01/10/2002 01:21 PM CST
Yes, bring back the pictures, all though you are *just* sexy on them, not pshyco like hoopty ;)
Posted by Nick Aliasso @ 01/10/2002 01:44 PM CST
I'll see what I can do with the pics...maybe I'll make it a popup thing. I do miss Stan as Billy Bob, but after I put those up, I noticed my visitors dropped to like 10 a day. I think we really scared folks off! (Mwahahaha...our evil plan is working!!!) Maybe I needed to stamp words across his chest: IT'S JUST A HALLOWEEN COSTUME...HE DOESN'T REALLY SNIFF UNDIES OR LOOK LIKE THIS!!!"
Posted by Ann @ 01/10/2002 02:03 PM CST
You must be kidding! Should think people heard the rumours about Stan and came running to your page! ;) I don't think Stan scare people, I don't have Stan on my page and I still don't have any visitors ;)
Posted by Nick Aliasso @ 01/10/2002 03:59 PM CST
Would you like to have Stan on your page? Stan's a pretty pageless guy himself...maybe you could form a brotherhood. ;-D
Posted by Ann @ 01/10/2002 04:46 PM CST
You are by the way a very lucky lady that you could join the Z-list, I can't, but maybe the Z-list is a totallo americano listi thing ;)
Would Stan want to be on my page?? ;)
Posted by Nick Aliasso @ 01/11/2002 09:01 AM CST
a big fatty assed welcome to the ZLIST>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!
Posted by tina @ 01/11/2002 07:59 PM CST
Thank you, Tina!
Nickaliasso, I think the Z-List is open to everyone...but I think it might help if you have a blog first! ;-D
Posted by Ann @ 01/12/2002 10:18 AM CST
Yeah, but I have that, have a bunch of pages! Well ok, now I'm exaggerating, but at least I have a couple ;)
Posted by Nick Aliasso @ 01/12/2002 02:31 PM CST
And where are these mystery pages, hmmm? ;-)
Posted by Ann @ 01/12/2002 04:03 PM CST
I'll send you a mail about it when my mailbox work again.
Posted by Nick Aliasso @ 01/13/2002 05:06 PM CST