Oh I have a vast reppertore* of schemes like that. Bright red earbuds so I can just turn my head, and she gets the idea. Then later when she sees I'm not in a Zoom, she starts up "...but anyway..." like I'm tracking the thread from 30 minutes or an hour before.
*I spelled it like that on purpose to amuse myself but now I can't spell it. Repertoir? Repartoir? Repartois? Repartoire. Repertoire. Ooh that one.
You should engage her in a basic hello/how's your weekend conversation for a minute or so, but look slightly up and over her shoulder. When she adjusts and moves into your view, say "hold on, something is up here" tap your ear bud and say "yes? can I help you?" to her.
Oh I have a vast reppertore* of schemes like that. Bright red earbuds so I can just turn my head, and she gets the idea. Then later when she sees I'm not in a Zoom, she starts up "...but anyway..." like I'm tracking the thread from 30 minutes or an hour before.
*I spelled it like that on purpose to amuse myself but now I can't spell it. Repertoir? Repartoir? Repartois? Repartoire. Repertoire. Ooh that one.
That was a year ago and we have a new receptionist and my desk faces her general direction so she thinks I'm listening when in fact I only tune in when she takes a breath then starts up again "...but anyway..." and off she goes again.
You should engage her in a basic hello/how's your weekend conversation for a minute or so, but look slightly up and over her shoulder. When she adjusts and moves into your view, say "hold on, something is up here" tap your ear bud and say "yes? can I help you?" to her.
Our receptionist is very chatty this morning and she doesn't have any other targets yet.
That was a year ago and we have a new receptionist and my desk faces her general direction so she thinks I'm listening when in fact I only tune in when she takes a breath then starts up again "...but anyway..." and off she goes again.
People who run air conditioners when the temp drops into the 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s and even 20s.
As if we could ever tackle global warming...unless of course there is a nuclear solution.
I worked for a guy MANY years ago who would have the heat & air conditioning running simultaneously.
People who run air conditioners when the temp drops into the 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s and even 20s.
As if we could ever tackle global warming...unless of course there is a nuclear solution.
I send an email with a question.
Company responds with more questions.
I clarify, with screenshots.
Company escalates problem.
I repeat scenario with new higher level tech support.
They call and walk me through the steps to solve the problem.
Now it's happening again and I need to know how to fix it and did I write down the answer? I did not. My email trail is useless!
I think you need to back a pickup truck into the pole where the fiber optic cable is.
The person closest to the audio system controls the Spotify. It used to be a 20-year-old from Denver who had decent taste and had a pretty broad playlist set up. The guy there now is from here and ergo I hear Wagon Wheel approximately 25 times per week.
This may qualify as an OSHA violation. You should file a complaint and seek redress.
Yesterday someone backed a truck into a utility pole and took out fiber to most of the town, ergo Spotify was unavailable to our salesman. After an hour of silence it dawned on me to check and sure enough, I could hit the bluetooth system from my phone, so I put RadioParadise on for the rest of the day. It went over well except there was a Fever Ray song that raised eyebrows. But alas, the internet is back on and I just heard Wagon Wheel.
The person closest to the audio system controls the Spotify. It used to be a 20-year-old from Denver who had decent taste and had a pretty broad playlist set up. The guy there now is from here and ergo I hear Wagon Wheel approximately 25 times per week.
Yesterday someone backed a truck into a utility pole and took out fiber to most of the town, ergo Spotify was unavailable to our salesman. After an hour of silence it dawned on me to check and sure enough, I could hit the bluetooth system from my phone, so I put RadioParadise on for the rest of the day. It went over well except there was a Fever Ray song that raised eyebrows. But alas, the internet is back on and I just heard Wagon Wheel.
I send an email with a question.
Company responds with more questions.
I clarify, with screenshots.
Company escalates problem.
I repeat scenario with new higher level tech support.
They call and walk me through the steps to solve the problem.
Now it's happening again and I need to know how to fix it and did I write down the answer? I did not. My email trail is useless!
Google Fu, Scott !
My motto, serving me well for a very long time: I'm not the first to see this problem.
I send an email with a question.
Company responds with more questions.
I clarify, with screenshots.
Company escalates problem.
I repeat scenario with new higher level tech support.
They call and walk me through the steps to solve the problem.
Now it's happening again and I need to know how to fix it and did I write down the answer? I did not. My email trail is useless!
I recorded so much of my own synth work onto a Portastudio cassette back in the day. So I still have the cassettes, but nothing to play them on. And two of the four channels are gonna be reversed if I use a regular cassette player. But, so much of it was experimenting that I don't want to send tapes labelled "Homework 4" off to some digitizing company and waste a lot of money/time.
I still have an old Tascam Portastudio like that - it still works but I don't have a regular cassette deck to copy the songs to anymore and I haven't invested in any digital transfer gadgetry.
