I'm in Florida
2007-06-25 13:55 Filed in: Miscellany
Two nights ago, I had a nightmare that I still had my
job.
One of the things about being a Mac Genius is that you hear the same junk repeatedly.
In case anyone here ever gets support of any kind and does not already recognize this, let me tell you now that these are not helpful comments. Whether it's an iPod, a computer, a car, a TV, your phone service, or a pair of shoes, if you call or go in for service, don't say any of those things. So many appointments were almost exactly the same. The number of questions it would take to get valuable information out may vary slightly, but it would generally go something like each of the above statements with a variant of "can you please describe what happened in more detail?" before each one. Then I can finally ask "what kind of stuff?"
I really hate repeating the same crap over and over all day long. I'm not sure if I hate it because it was such a prominent feature of my job, or if it's a character trait that made my job less enjoyable for me. Recently, I've had several events that have caused an inevitable barrage of the same questions over and over, and I really hate it. I'd be with a group of people, and someone would mention my last day at work was coming up, and someone else would perk up. "Your last day? You're quitting? When? Why? You're moving? Where? Denmark? Wow! Why Denmark? You got married? How'd you meet? Do you have a job lined up?"
It's not that I'm annoyed that people are interested in my life. Quite the contrary, I'm glad that I have friends and acquaintances that are interested in my life's events. But for whatever reason, answering those questions over and over for the past couple of MONTHS has really worn me down. Not having to do that has been a highlight of being in Florida.
One of the things about being a Mac Genius is that you hear the same junk repeatedly.
It's broken.
It just doesn't work.
It just stopped working.
I was using it, and then it, like, stopped
working.
I get, like, stuff on the screen.
In case anyone here ever gets support of any kind and does not already recognize this, let me tell you now that these are not helpful comments. Whether it's an iPod, a computer, a car, a TV, your phone service, or a pair of shoes, if you call or go in for service, don't say any of those things. So many appointments were almost exactly the same. The number of questions it would take to get valuable information out may vary slightly, but it would generally go something like each of the above statements with a variant of "can you please describe what happened in more detail?" before each one. Then I can finally ask "what kind of stuff?"
I really hate repeating the same crap over and over all day long. I'm not sure if I hate it because it was such a prominent feature of my job, or if it's a character trait that made my job less enjoyable for me. Recently, I've had several events that have caused an inevitable barrage of the same questions over and over, and I really hate it. I'd be with a group of people, and someone would mention my last day at work was coming up, and someone else would perk up. "Your last day? You're quitting? When? Why? You're moving? Where? Denmark? Wow! Why Denmark? You got married? How'd you meet? Do you have a job lined up?"
It's not that I'm annoyed that people are interested in my life. Quite the contrary, I'm glad that I have friends and acquaintances that are interested in my life's events. But for whatever reason, answering those questions over and over for the past couple of MONTHS has really worn me down. Not having to do that has been a highlight of being in Florida.
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