President's Day Quiz

Which president said this about his college fight song, which was played instead of "Hail to the Chief" during his term? "It is the most inspirational college song in the whole United States. Every time it is played I get goose bumps. I still get them."

(A) Wilson
(B) Eisenhower
(C) Ford
(D) Clinton

Hint... I agree w/ the President on this one. :) BTW, I didn't realize you could change it up if you would rather have them play something besides "Hail to the Chief." If I were President, I think I'd make them play JayZ's classic, "Big Pimpin."

-ry

Wasting time...

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-ry

Guest Post re: Celebrities

The following is from an email from my sister. They cracked me up, so I figured I'd add it as my first "Guest Post"-

"I was looking at pictures from the SAG Awards and have some questions...

*Why did Teri Hatcher steal Charlize Theron's Oompa-loompa fake tan?

*Why must Debra Messing insist on wearing a mu-mu? we get it, you didn't lose the baby weight. So you weigh, what? like 120? darn.

*Felicty Huffman is wearing a dress that was made for a person who is 25 years younger than her. And what's with the choker. it's not supposed to ACTUALLY choke you.

*Eva Longoria is adorable. but why does her hair always look like that? can't she do something else with it?

*Why don't they come up with a sequel to SATC sans Samantha? The three of the rest of them seem to get along and no one really needs Kim Catrall anyway.

- J (by way of ry)

Worst. Secretary. Ever.

A client just called for me while I was in the restroom and our assistant did the following: 1) Yelled my name (more than once I might add) to try to get my attention; 2) TOLD the client I was in the bathroom; 3) Allowed the client to hold until I was back at my desk. HELLO? What happened to the good old, "She's away from her desk, can I take a message and have her call you?" It was not an urgent message, nothing that couldn't have waited the few minutes it would take for me to return the call. In what universe is it OK for this woman to have a job answering my phone??!!

-ry

PS. It's off topic, but do you think it's too late to give something up for Lent? I still might, just as a nod to my Catholic roots. Maybe we can give up paying our assistant? :)

Hunt Groups & Centrix...

Last Friday, we switched our phone service over to TDS which was supposed to provide us more options and better customer service for less money. Great! Prior to the switch, we had 5 total phone lines- 1 fax and 4 regular. When someone was on the line, there was a light next to that line, telling everyone else that it was not available and when you picked up the phone, you immediately got the next open line. With me so far?

Well, after the switch, we had 1, count it, 1 operating phone line. If someone was on the line and someone else was trying to call? Busy signal. A fax coming through and trying to place a call out? No dice. (Good thing I have a lot of cell phone minutes, my boss, however, was SOL given that she barely knows how to operate her cell phone and always forgets to charge the battery). We called them (from a cell of course) and they were like, "Is it a big inconvenience for you because I'm not sure when we'll be able to get it fixed?" Ummm... yeah, it is. HELLO?

We have been around and around with their customer care department, their repair department, and their technicians so much that I'm beginning to feel as if we are all part of the TDS office family. In fact, if I don't get an invite to their Holiday party this year, I'm going to feel a little left out. :) I have now learned of such a thing as a "Hunt Group Sequence" which sounds like some wierd alterna-teen band, but actually is the set up need to operate the way we want to. Apparently, we also switched from regular business lines to something called Centrix which I haven't quite been able to figure it out, but it sounds cool, so I'm OK with it. However, they can't seem to get Centrix coordinated with our actual phone system. Now, we at least have more than one line, and things work OK when 2 people are on the phone, but when more than 2 people get on the phone, all hell breaks lose and everyone can hear each other's conversations. What's that about lawyer-client confidentiality again?

Allegedly, we do have voicemail, but no one knows how to access it. Actually, I'm serious. We asked TDS and they were like, 'Ummm... we'll try to find instructions and get back to you." That was yesterday morning. Awesome.

Well, at least I know if this whole lawyer thing doesnt' work out, I can always get a job at TDS.

**END RANT**