How Technology Helps Us - Part Deux
Okay, so I've been posting a lot today, but this one couldn't wait. Just yesterday I posted How Technology Helps Us. Well, lo and behold, "T" strikes again.
I am sitting at my desk following a very unsatisfying lunch consisting of a can of soup,(please see Zen-like Moments), trying to field the 18 voice mails and 32 emails I have received in the last half hour, when I just feel someone watching me.
I look up and T is standing, once again inside my cube in my personal space, literally hovering over me.
Me: (startled and sliding back my chair) Oh, hi.
T: So I guess you read my email.
Me: Umm...no. I haven't gotten to it yet.
T: Oh well....(proceeds to verbally explain everything he typed in the email).
Me: Okay, sure. I'll take care of it.
T leaves. I look at my watch. It's 12:24. I open his email. It was sent at 12:21 and is literally a gazzilion lines long. Now, I do pride myself on being smart, but even I don't read that fast.
So, cyber-friends....what should I do? Any snappy comebacks that will put T in his place without getting me fired?
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I am sitting at my desk following a very unsatisfying lunch consisting of a can of soup,(please see Zen-like Moments), trying to field the 18 voice mails and 32 emails I have received in the last half hour, when I just feel someone watching me.
I look up and T is standing, once again inside my cube in my personal space, literally hovering over me.
Me: (startled and sliding back my chair) Oh, hi.
T: So I guess you read my email.
Me: Umm...no. I haven't gotten to it yet.
T: Oh well....(proceeds to verbally explain everything he typed in the email).
Me: Okay, sure. I'll take care of it.
T leaves. I look at my watch. It's 12:24. I open his email. It was sent at 12:21 and is literally a gazzilion lines long. Now, I do pride myself on being smart, but even I don't read that fast.
So, cyber-friends....what should I do? Any snappy comebacks that will put T in his place without getting me fired?
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posted by Sherri at 11:39 AM
4 Comments:
Think "Office Space":
T: So I guess you read my e-mail."
You: No, T, I didn't. Actually, I deleted it as soon as it came in because I knew you'd just come by and tell me in person.
T: Oh. Well...(proceeds to verbally explain everything he typed in the e-mail).
You: Okay, thanks, T. When I get a few minutes, I'm going to go ahead and set up a rule in Outlook that will autodelete all your e-mails. That should save us both some time, don't you think?
Great advice....thanks Yoda!
You forgot to add that T says, "If you could do that, it would be grrrreat..."
Tell him you'll get around to it when either finished War and Peace, or finished reading his email... whichever comes first.
Thanks Andy. I actually think his email was longer than War and Peace.
Unfortunately, I don't believe that T is a hip kinda guy and possibly hasn't even seen Office Space. Where I work it should be the mandatory orientation video.
Oh well, almost time to go back to cube hell. Wish me luck....
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