I’ve been updating the “Texting” post at the bottom…FYI

How many of you use text messages on your cell phones?

I love it. It’s quick, and to the point.

Here’s the thing though, if you’re going to text people, you need to make sure that you have the right number. Ken walks into my office today with his Treo and he shows me a text message he received from someone he doesn’t know. It’s obvious it’s the wrong number, so I grabbed his phone and decided to reply. Here is how it went:

first incoming text:
how you felt instead of leaving me 2 guess well sorry u hate me

my reply:
I dont hate, it’s just…you know, the way it is. Let’s get together and talk about it okay? I miss you.

the next reply:
What do you mean i no how it is?Do u really miss me?Im off 2day ive got a doc appt at 1145 and them im cleaning this hell hole the route im going i aint gonna

(cont in new text)
Gonna have a house? So hows the job thing going?Donna got the kids new shoes n took them 2 mcdonalds and to cheer practice yesterday

then another one:
Well have a great day sorry:-(if I hurt your feelings in any way

my reply:
You didn’t, you have a great day too. Can we get together later?

reply:
if you’d like, what time?

me:
4:00

reply:
the kids get out of school at 3:40

me:
I meant to say 2, lol

That’s it so far. Still waiting for a reply on that last one. So let this be a lesson to all of you, if you’re going to text make sure you use the right number.

**UPDATE**

This person is going to let us know what time we can hook up after their dr appt at 1145, it’s a 6 month check up. The girls here at work say that means she just had a baby. So we know that shes a she now.

**UPDATE #2**
1:30pm
Okay, so there was something wrong with her insurance. She ended up having to pay $175.00 at the doctors office, which she doesn’t have by the way, but it’s okay, she got to see the doc.

**ANOTHER UPDATE**
1:50pm
She’s pregnant. They changed her due date to the 5th.

1:5pm
Direct quote:
“Im done gave me 2 scripts 4my iron”

So, that’s good to hear.
My reply:
“cool, so you want to hook up now?”
Her:
“where:
Me:
“I don’t know, got any ideas?”
Her:
“u can come 2 my house or did u eat yet”
Me:
“I ate already, Ill come by”
Her:
“Kim almost there?”
Me:
“Who? Whos Kim? Wait a second….who is this?” ( I thought this would end it here, but nope)
Her:
“no it said K im almost there :-)”
Me:
“lol”
Her:
“I’ll be home in 15 minutes”
Me:
“c u in a bit”

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Congrats to Kelly! She won our Survivor pool this season! Nice job baby!

Not much going on lately. I’ve been riding my bike everyday, which is cool. The Stones are up now 2-0 on Cleveland, which is good times. The next game isn’t until Saturday though, which totally sucks. We have to wait 4 days because of stupid TV schedules. Such bullshit.

So, the other day I’m sitting at home minding my own business when the phone rings. I look at the caller ID, and it says it’s Talk America. We recently cancelled with them and switched to Vonage, so I was curious as to why they were calling. I answered the phone and this is how the conversation went:

Talk America lady: Hi sir, I’m blah blah from Talk America. We are calling people in your neighborhood to see if we can save them some money on their phone bill.
Me: That’s odd. We just cancelled with you guys a few weeks ago.
Talk America lady: You did? May I ask why?
Me: Sure. You know how you guys advertise $14.99 a month for you phone bill, then you get a bill in the mail and it’s 60 bucks?
Talk America lady: Yea.
Me: That’s why we cancelled with you. We went with Vonage. With Vonage they advertise 14.99 a month, and you get a bill that’s 15 bucks. What a concept huh.
Talk America lady: You know, I’ve heard a lot about Vonage, what is it?
Me: It’s VOIP. Your phone runs through your high speed internet access. You don’t have to pay the $10/mo for using a local routing hub, and $12/mo for using SBC’s phone lines, and all that other crap that you get hit with per month. So your bill is literally whats advertised, plus tax. That’s it.
Talk America lady: No kidding. I wonder if it’s available here in Florida.
Me: It’s available anywhere high-speed interent is available.
Talk America lady: What about long distance?
Me: You get nation wide calling including Canada and the Virgin Islands. Included. Plus caller ID, voice mail, call waiting, all the regular stuff. You can even check you voicemails online from any computer with internet access, or have them emailed to you. If you wanted to, when you travel you could carry your router with you, plug it in to a network jack, and you could make a regular local call like you were calling from your house.
Talk America lady: Sounds like a great deal. I’m going to look into it.
Me: You should, it is great. …hey, you realize you called me to sell me phone service, and I ended up selling it to you?
Talk America lady: Ha, yea, that’s pretty funny.
Me: Okay, well if there isn’t anything more I can do for you, have a good day, and thank you for choosing Vonage.
Talk America lady: ha ha, have a good day.

Maybe I should be in sales.

Two burgers, two fries.

Let me correct myself.

Two double cheesburgers, two fries.

Is this combination difficult? Is there something about the phrase “2 dbl cheesburgers, and 2 fries” that is hard to comprehend?

I’ve personally never had to try and fill an order like this, as I’ve never worked in fast food before, so there very well could be some block in the human brain that doesn’t allow a person to process the phrase:
“I’ll have 2 double cheeseburgers, and two fries”

Or…..

It could be that the people that work at McDonalds are really just that fucking stupid. I ordered 4 things. when someone orders 4 things, make sure you at least put 4 things in the bag. Even if they’re the wrong 4 things. At least then you could say that you grabbed the wrong item. But missing an item completely lends itself to only one explanation.

Total moron.

It’s not that McDonalds fucked up my 4 item order. That happens to all of us, and all the time. We, as a society, have grown accustomed to getting the worst service possible from a drive-thru. I think that the head-set they wear is responsible. Maybe it’s some sort of mind altering device. I mean, there has to be some sort of explanation. There are a lot of stupid people in this country, but how do they all end up working the drive thru?

It’s not that they screwed up my 4 item order.

This is not why I’m posting this. It’s because when you go back, to tell them that they screwed up your order, the same thing happens everytime.

That little asshole working the drive-thru looks at you like you’re trying to steal something. Like there is no way they screwed this up. No, it’s you trying to get a free fry. They filled your order less then 1 minute ago, and they have absolutely no recognition of that event. Literally, 1 minute later. Have you ever had one of these little douche-jockies actually say “I put that in the bag”? I have. As I sit in the drive-thru, that I just left a minute ago with a partially filled order, asking “well, if you put it in the bag, WHERE THE FUCK IS IT?” I had some rocket scientist at Arby’s tell me that she just handed me my drink, when she never did. I never left the drive-thru. I was sitting there, and she handed me a bag with the food, and that was it. So I sat there waiting for her to notice that I was still there, and when she came back to the window I told her that she forgot my drink. She then says “I gave it to you”. I replied “umm, if you gave it to me, I would have it, since that’s how reality works. I don’t have it, as you can plainly see. There is no drink in my car”. She said “no, I gave it to you”. At this time, that manager came over to see what the commotion was about. I told her I couldn’t beleive that I was actually having this conversation. She gave me my drink, and I left.

I hate the drive-thru. If you work at the drive-thru, do us all a favor and jump off a bridge will ya.