My. Brain. Is. Not. Working.
The reason I bring this up is because I went out this past weekend to blow off some steam… it involved lots of booze, good friends and there was actual dancing in the streets… followed by me not getting out of bed till noon Sunday with a giant headache and very sore shoulder… and don’t ask why my should was hurting cause I have no idea.
The need for the blowing off steam came because of last week…. You know what I did??? Paperwork, LOTS OF IT.
I have to keep Records of everything I do at work. So combine the massive amounts of paperwork with the fact I am a lazy bastard and you get a stack of papers 4 months old.
I filled 7, 3 inch binders with paper. To the point where I couldn’t even close them.
And the shitty part is I had to look over each paper and SIGN it.
So now I am bored to tears, severe cramp in my hand from signing my name 1,919 times and my eyes are so dried that I can barely see, not to mention 3 paper cuts!!! (I have digital copies, so don’t go thinking I actually counted all that!)
Did I mention I was a baby?
Now I’m sitting at my desk and I feel a little strange… I have no papers lying around… I have no clutter in my office, and I have a clean white board. 3 things that NEVER happen at the same time
In fact I am so thrown off by this I am getting this ere feeling that I am not in my office… that I am sitting someplace strange.
Then the phone rings, I get yelled at, and shit starts feeling all too familiar.
I am sooooooo happy it’s the week before my Christmas break…
I can’t even begin to explain it. I will say that I plan on sleeping away at least one of the next 10 days I have off…
Some of you might be thinking that that is a huge waste of time… but I don’t care… I am putting on my comfy pants and I am not leaving the house!!!!
All that stands in my way is 4 more shifts at work… then I am a free man for 10 whole days!!!!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Customer Service....
Is it just me or are all Mobile phone providers a bunch of crooked ass clowns?
I know that everyone that owns a cell phone has had the pleasure of dealing with these companies. (I am going to try to keep my service providers name anonymous.)
I have been with the same company since 1999, and I have constantly had problems.
I can hear you now: Woolly, if you’ve had problems that long why haven’t you switched???
Answer is simple… I am with the lesser of the evils.
After hearing the bullshit that my friends go through with their service providers I am kinda lucky that I am only going through half the bullshit they do.
That’s not really my point. My point is that customer service in the phone industry is the WORST fucking service there is.
Case in point… I just realized that I was over paying for my phone, However in order to get the most out of this phone I have to change my plan that I am on. How hard can this be? I mean all they are doing is changing a few options in my contract right???….. WRONG…. Apparently you need 7-10 business days to activate my new plan …. Fuck you, you need 10 days to switch. That is a load of bullshit if I ever heard one.
The Customer service lady swore up and down that it was the truth and I would have to wait 10 days before the features on my phone could be activated. Seeing as I am one untrustworthy client I decide to call back the next day. I of course don’t get the same person but I was told a similar story, except it would now take 3-5 business days.
Again I was unsatisfied and I so called back about 35 seconds after I hung up… and low and behold I got a girl that said quite frankly that the other 2 people I talked to were full of shit and she would be activating my features right away.
I immediately fell in love with this girl… she was flat out the best customer service employee on the planet. She spoke the truth, no bullshit. Which is totally refreshing.
In my mind bad news is easier to take when it is given to you honestly the first time.
She explained the problems that I will have with my first month of billing, she told me that for about 15 minutes my phone might not work, and then she dropped the damn service changes that they normally bill you for all the stuff I was having done.
This girl was about to get a marriage proposal, I swear to god she was phone flirting (which I might add is a wicked tool to use, it totally helps smooth over the person on the other end of the phone)
The part that got me was just as I was ready to hang up she says.
“Are you busy right now?”
“No. I am on my drive home, and I am still about an hour away. Why?”
“Can you do me a favour?”
“What is it?”
“You sound like a cool guy (flattering will get you everywhere) and I am having a really rough day, do you mind staying on the line and talking to me? I really don’t what to have to go back to work just yet.”
I was stunned…. My answer of course was yes…. And I chatted with this girl for the better part of 2 hours. When the conversation ended, I said something along the lines of “I guess I’m probably never gonna talk to you again” and before I could finish she replied with… “Don’t worry; I’ve got all your information”
Not quite sure how to take that, but I am gonna be positive and take it as she is going to e-mail me or something.
So after all that anger something good came out my phone acting up…
BUT, I still hate all cell phone providers!!!
AM I ALONE????
I know that everyone that owns a cell phone has had the pleasure of dealing with these companies. (I am going to try to keep my service providers name anonymous.)
I have been with the same company since 1999, and I have constantly had problems.
I can hear you now: Woolly, if you’ve had problems that long why haven’t you switched???
Answer is simple… I am with the lesser of the evils.
After hearing the bullshit that my friends go through with their service providers I am kinda lucky that I am only going through half the bullshit they do.
That’s not really my point. My point is that customer service in the phone industry is the WORST fucking service there is.
Case in point… I just realized that I was over paying for my phone, However in order to get the most out of this phone I have to change my plan that I am on. How hard can this be? I mean all they are doing is changing a few options in my contract right???….. WRONG…. Apparently you need 7-10 business days to activate my new plan …. Fuck you, you need 10 days to switch. That is a load of bullshit if I ever heard one.
The Customer service lady swore up and down that it was the truth and I would have to wait 10 days before the features on my phone could be activated. Seeing as I am one untrustworthy client I decide to call back the next day. I of course don’t get the same person but I was told a similar story, except it would now take 3-5 business days.
Again I was unsatisfied and I so called back about 35 seconds after I hung up… and low and behold I got a girl that said quite frankly that the other 2 people I talked to were full of shit and she would be activating my features right away.
I immediately fell in love with this girl… she was flat out the best customer service employee on the planet. She spoke the truth, no bullshit. Which is totally refreshing.
In my mind bad news is easier to take when it is given to you honestly the first time.
She explained the problems that I will have with my first month of billing, she told me that for about 15 minutes my phone might not work, and then she dropped the damn service changes that they normally bill you for all the stuff I was having done.
This girl was about to get a marriage proposal, I swear to god she was phone flirting (which I might add is a wicked tool to use, it totally helps smooth over the person on the other end of the phone)
The part that got me was just as I was ready to hang up she says.
“Are you busy right now?”
“No. I am on my drive home, and I am still about an hour away. Why?”
“Can you do me a favour?”
“What is it?”
“You sound like a cool guy (flattering will get you everywhere) and I am having a really rough day, do you mind staying on the line and talking to me? I really don’t what to have to go back to work just yet.”
I was stunned…. My answer of course was yes…. And I chatted with this girl for the better part of 2 hours. When the conversation ended, I said something along the lines of “I guess I’m probably never gonna talk to you again” and before I could finish she replied with… “Don’t worry; I’ve got all your information”
Not quite sure how to take that, but I am gonna be positive and take it as she is going to e-mail me or something.
So after all that anger something good came out my phone acting up…
BUT, I still hate all cell phone providers!!!
AM I ALONE????
Friday, December 2, 2011
Convo's with friends
I have a strange sense of humour.... here are some conversations I have had with friends
This was a friend of mine that comes to see me at work sometimes
Same friend, and this was about our upcoming vacation
She says she never did porn... but I have my doubts!!!
This was a friend of mine that comes to see me at work sometimes
Same friend, and this was about our upcoming vacation
She says she never did porn... but I have my doubts!!!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
It's that time of year again.....
I love Christmas…. HATE SHOPPING.
To me it ruins everything good about Christmas. I am totally down with gift giving, I just can’t stand going to the mall during Christmas.
It all starts in the parking lot. It resembles a giant game of bumper cars. People will try to kill over that spot that is 15ft closer to the door.
Then when you get in the mall, manners go out the fricking window. Pushing and shoving each other without so much as a simple “excuse me”
It drives me bat shit crazy. An I refuse to sink to that level. I have always been (and will always be) a polite individual. I hold doors open for people, I let others who have less items go in front of me in line, and I always ALWAYS say “excuse me/pardon me” if I accidentally bump into someone.
I think it is the Christmas music… I swear they must put subliminal messages in them telling everyone to spent money and kill anyone that stands in your way of getting that Old Navy fleece pullover!
My way of countering this offensive behavior is to be over the top polite to EVERYONE. Nothing drives a person in a bad mood crazier that someone in an up beat cheery mood. Try it sometime… walk around smiling and greeting everyone you see with a giant “MERRY CHRISTMAS” and just act like your in the greatest mood and you’ll see everyone around you that is in a bad mood giving you the cut eye. Or even better what I have been doing at work to get people going is when you first walk into a room, sing a Christmas carol. And then stop and wait… within 10 minutes someone else in the room will all of a sudden start singing… good moods are contagious. I am just doing my part to make the grinch disappear this time of year!!
So if you’re going to the mall or out shopping in general…. Take that giant stick out of your ass and think about candy canes and snowflakes… or else I’m coming to find you and I’ll be singing Christmas carols in your ear 24/7!!!!
To me it ruins everything good about Christmas. I am totally down with gift giving, I just can’t stand going to the mall during Christmas.
It all starts in the parking lot. It resembles a giant game of bumper cars. People will try to kill over that spot that is 15ft closer to the door.
Then when you get in the mall, manners go out the fricking window. Pushing and shoving each other without so much as a simple “excuse me”
It drives me bat shit crazy. An I refuse to sink to that level. I have always been (and will always be) a polite individual. I hold doors open for people, I let others who have less items go in front of me in line, and I always ALWAYS say “excuse me/pardon me” if I accidentally bump into someone.
I think it is the Christmas music… I swear they must put subliminal messages in them telling everyone to spent money and kill anyone that stands in your way of getting that Old Navy fleece pullover!
My way of countering this offensive behavior is to be over the top polite to EVERYONE. Nothing drives a person in a bad mood crazier that someone in an up beat cheery mood. Try it sometime… walk around smiling and greeting everyone you see with a giant “MERRY CHRISTMAS” and just act like your in the greatest mood and you’ll see everyone around you that is in a bad mood giving you the cut eye. Or even better what I have been doing at work to get people going is when you first walk into a room, sing a Christmas carol. And then stop and wait… within 10 minutes someone else in the room will all of a sudden start singing… good moods are contagious. I am just doing my part to make the grinch disappear this time of year!!
So if you’re going to the mall or out shopping in general…. Take that giant stick out of your ass and think about candy canes and snowflakes… or else I’m coming to find you and I’ll be singing Christmas carols in your ear 24/7!!!!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Guy in the Mirror
One thing in my life I have noticed recently is that everyone is moving on. By that I mean growing up. I, on the other hand am not. Still single, no kids, no house, no real responsibility (except my job).
Lately I have been having conversations with a friend of mine that has hit a wall in her life. We have a steady Monday coffee date... we need this once a week date in order to talk things out... she really is a good friend... she is at that point where everything has stopped making sense. Like me she is single (recently), homeless, kid-less, and lost in that fog of “what the hell am I doing” --- so the two of us trying to give each other advice is kind of like staring in a mirror and listening to yourself.
Talking with her has recently brought up some issues. I don’t know if I want to be a home owner, renter, or that guy that lives in a van... I don’t know if I want to get married, have the 2.5 kids and the family dog... I just don’t know... but I do know that I am not sad about that... it’s everyone else that seems to be... and worse they are sad FOR ME...
For some reason everyone seems to think there is something wrong with you if you are single. Something wrong with you if you are not living up to that so called life that everyone has been told they need. I tell my friend to relax, take it easy, she’s still young. Why rush everything...
The perfect scenario is if the two of us get a place together... financially it would work out... between the two of us we can easily afford a great place... but there is a snag... I am trying to save up money so I can (if I choose to) buy a place. Moving in with her would set me back on that. I have never committed to anything that big in my life... getting a mortgage and becoming a homeowner scares the crap out of me... Which brings me back full circle... see, the only reason I don’t just call her up right now and move in is because I am lost... it’s because I don’t know what I want... I could easily scrap this pipe dream of owning my own place and just move in with her, but I am confused... so far I am sticking to my gut and saving money and moving towards the goal of getting my own place. Butterflies in the stomach and all, I am seeing this through...
I freely admit that I have been the type of guy that will take the easy route. I would love to say I was that guy that took the road less traveled but it just isn’t me... I am trying to change that, and I am starting with this... I got this (believe it or not) off of a Starbucks cup:
The most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I will.” Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
So, I WILL save up to buy a place... I WILL do what is hard, and in the end hopefully I can look back and say I did the right thing... At some point I am going to have to stop giving advice to that guy in the mirror and start listening to the advice...
Lately I have been having conversations with a friend of mine that has hit a wall in her life. We have a steady Monday coffee date... we need this once a week date in order to talk things out... she really is a good friend... she is at that point where everything has stopped making sense. Like me she is single (recently), homeless, kid-less, and lost in that fog of “what the hell am I doing” --- so the two of us trying to give each other advice is kind of like staring in a mirror and listening to yourself.
Talking with her has recently brought up some issues. I don’t know if I want to be a home owner, renter, or that guy that lives in a van... I don’t know if I want to get married, have the 2.5 kids and the family dog... I just don’t know... but I do know that I am not sad about that... it’s everyone else that seems to be... and worse they are sad FOR ME...
For some reason everyone seems to think there is something wrong with you if you are single. Something wrong with you if you are not living up to that so called life that everyone has been told they need. I tell my friend to relax, take it easy, she’s still young. Why rush everything...
The perfect scenario is if the two of us get a place together... financially it would work out... between the two of us we can easily afford a great place... but there is a snag... I am trying to save up money so I can (if I choose to) buy a place. Moving in with her would set me back on that. I have never committed to anything that big in my life... getting a mortgage and becoming a homeowner scares the crap out of me... Which brings me back full circle... see, the only reason I don’t just call her up right now and move in is because I am lost... it’s because I don’t know what I want... I could easily scrap this pipe dream of owning my own place and just move in with her, but I am confused... so far I am sticking to my gut and saving money and moving towards the goal of getting my own place. Butterflies in the stomach and all, I am seeing this through...
I freely admit that I have been the type of guy that will take the easy route. I would love to say I was that guy that took the road less traveled but it just isn’t me... I am trying to change that, and I am starting with this... I got this (believe it or not) off of a Starbucks cup:
The most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I will.” Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
So, I WILL save up to buy a place... I WILL do what is hard, and in the end hopefully I can look back and say I did the right thing... At some point I am going to have to stop giving advice to that guy in the mirror and start listening to the advice...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Who Needs Sleep
I have a problem sleeping; I think I always have…
When I try to think back I can remember never really being able to get a good night sleep. I believe my problem is simple. I have an over active brain. I can’t shut it off.
The really strange thing is that I can fall asleep no problem during the day. If I just lay down in bed at any part of the day I will fall asleep, and I’m not talking a nap I mean I will be out for 4 hours or more.
I’ve tried staying up late and sleeping in… that doesn’t work
I’ve tried going to bed early in hopes that I will just doze off… that doesn’t work
I even went to the doctors to get sleeping pills…. AND that doesn’t work
But never fail around 1-2pm I get tired and the sad part is I am normally at work and can’t sleep.
My brain just doesn’t have an off switch. I talked to the doctor about it and assured me that when I am tired my body will fall asleep and I shouldn’t try and force myself to.
He said some people just don’t need as much sleep as others… right now I am lucky if I can get 4 hours… in fact IF I get 4 hours sleep I feel AMAZING. It just doesn’t seem right. Everyone else gets 8-9 hours of sleep, right?
I was talking to my Mom about it the other day, I was saying how it pisses me off that I am tired but can’t sleep. She seems to think I need to get outside more “fresh air will do you good” that sounds good and all but being tired isn’t the problem. I am always tired… I JUST CAN”T SLEEP.
The only time I can remember not feeling this way was when I was working nights…
I went into work at 3pm and I got off work around 2am. A bunch of us on the crew would go out for food at a 24hr joint and I wouldn’t get home until around 5am, at which point I would crawl into bed and be out like a light until 1pm. That’s 8 hrs sleep… that is the most sleep I can ever remember getting. Now I work 5 days a week 7 till 3, and I am never tired when I have to sleep. In fact I a wide awake until the wee hours of the morning, and the problem is I have to get up a 4am to get ready for work. So about 3hrs… that’s what I get…
I have tried everything I can think of… I have started asking around to find what helps others sleep… so far I have been told to try herbal pills, herbal tea and over the counter sleeping pills…
The other thing that I haven’t tried is going to bed right when I get home from work, around 5pm… that might mean I sleep until midnight or so but at least then I am getting some sleep right? I mean it’s not like I couldn’t find things to do between 12 and 4am… hell surfing the internet or late night cable will keep me busy….
The other option I have been given is to start working out… I have been told by many people that this will help get my body functioning like it should… the only problem is, I hate going to a gym. I am not a small guy, and I am also not the kinda guy that you see in a gym. I’ve tried going before, it doesn’t go well. I even had a couple of friends come with me so that it would make me go… but that didn’t work. I really like the idea of getting healthier, but there is this part of me (a huge part) that is too lazy to drag my ass out of the house and go to a gym.
I thought about getting a bike or an elliptical machine and working out at home… well sadly I tried that before and it just turns into something in your room that gathers dust or turns into a cloths hanger.
So I am putting this out there to anyone that might read this blog…
I am asking for your assistance… what do you do to help yourself sleep???
At this point I am willing to try anything!!!
When I try to think back I can remember never really being able to get a good night sleep. I believe my problem is simple. I have an over active brain. I can’t shut it off.
The really strange thing is that I can fall asleep no problem during the day. If I just lay down in bed at any part of the day I will fall asleep, and I’m not talking a nap I mean I will be out for 4 hours or more.
I’ve tried staying up late and sleeping in… that doesn’t work
I’ve tried going to bed early in hopes that I will just doze off… that doesn’t work
I even went to the doctors to get sleeping pills…. AND that doesn’t work
But never fail around 1-2pm I get tired and the sad part is I am normally at work and can’t sleep.
My brain just doesn’t have an off switch. I talked to the doctor about it and assured me that when I am tired my body will fall asleep and I shouldn’t try and force myself to.
He said some people just don’t need as much sleep as others… right now I am lucky if I can get 4 hours… in fact IF I get 4 hours sleep I feel AMAZING. It just doesn’t seem right. Everyone else gets 8-9 hours of sleep, right?
I was talking to my Mom about it the other day, I was saying how it pisses me off that I am tired but can’t sleep. She seems to think I need to get outside more “fresh air will do you good” that sounds good and all but being tired isn’t the problem. I am always tired… I JUST CAN”T SLEEP.
The only time I can remember not feeling this way was when I was working nights…
I went into work at 3pm and I got off work around 2am. A bunch of us on the crew would go out for food at a 24hr joint and I wouldn’t get home until around 5am, at which point I would crawl into bed and be out like a light until 1pm. That’s 8 hrs sleep… that is the most sleep I can ever remember getting. Now I work 5 days a week 7 till 3, and I am never tired when I have to sleep. In fact I a wide awake until the wee hours of the morning, and the problem is I have to get up a 4am to get ready for work. So about 3hrs… that’s what I get…
I have tried everything I can think of… I have started asking around to find what helps others sleep… so far I have been told to try herbal pills, herbal tea and over the counter sleeping pills…
The other thing that I haven’t tried is going to bed right when I get home from work, around 5pm… that might mean I sleep until midnight or so but at least then I am getting some sleep right? I mean it’s not like I couldn’t find things to do between 12 and 4am… hell surfing the internet or late night cable will keep me busy….
The other option I have been given is to start working out… I have been told by many people that this will help get my body functioning like it should… the only problem is, I hate going to a gym. I am not a small guy, and I am also not the kinda guy that you see in a gym. I’ve tried going before, it doesn’t go well. I even had a couple of friends come with me so that it would make me go… but that didn’t work. I really like the idea of getting healthier, but there is this part of me (a huge part) that is too lazy to drag my ass out of the house and go to a gym.
I thought about getting a bike or an elliptical machine and working out at home… well sadly I tried that before and it just turns into something in your room that gathers dust or turns into a cloths hanger.
So I am putting this out there to anyone that might read this blog…
I am asking for your assistance… what do you do to help yourself sleep???
At this point I am willing to try anything!!!
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