March 02, 2007
Surprise Surprise Surprise
I am sooo ashamed of myself. Seriously.
I love the babies. I really do. Children are a gift. A blessing. And I usually enjoy them to the nth degree.
Emphasis on the word USUALLY.
This week I've really surprised myself. REALLY surprised myself.
You see, we are a family friendly company. Hell, children are our life's blood. So - often times you will have kids running around, for a variety of reasons.
1) They're out of school and Mom couldn't find someone to watch them the entire day.
2) They pop in to say hi and stay a while.
Well, several reasons.
Anyway - this week? It's gotten on my last nerve.
I spend a lot of time on the phone talking with customers. Let me just tell you, when you are trying to break bad news or explain a situation - it doesn't really help your cause when you have children yelling or laughing in the background. Yeah, not so much.
Also - I do a lot of detail analysis. Stuff that requires serious focus. Kinda hard to focus (again) with children yelling or laughing in the background.
I hate that I've caught myself getting so frustrated. NORMALLY this doesn't get to me like this. But this week? It has. I don't know if it's still where I'm not at 100% or if I'm just a little testy.
Either way - I just know it's making me crazy. And no one is more surprised by my reaction than I am.
Posted by Tammi at March 2, 2007 11:34 AM | TrackBackTry taking your iPod with you and using that as "white noise" when trying to do analysis. Put some music on it that won't break your concentration, but will drown out kid voices. There's not much you can do about the phone calls though unless you have a door you can close, or the ability to call people from your cell in a different area (maybe even your car) on days when kids are being loud.
Posted by: Teresa at March 2, 2007 06:01 PMi'm not surprised (go figure)
it is a full moon afterall. i suggest you eat one of the little monsters and that should put an end to it. kids talk, it will scare them. good luck.
Posted by: shoe at March 2, 2007 06:03 PMGee, I can't relate to your frustration at all... ;-) (NOT)
Posted by: Richmond at March 2, 2007 08:56 PMHeheheh... I loved Shoe's suggestion. I was going to say that you should staple one of the little bastard's mouth shut, and hang them in your doorway to ward off the others, but hers is more gooder.
Posted by: That 1 Guy at March 3, 2007 11:56 AM