Notes various
1. Have begun a new running regimen that involves letting Mr. Bill basically kick my butt into running farther, more, faster, whatever. The idea is that if I'm working more strenuously, I'll somewhat make up for all the holiday goodies I'm already eating. We shall see.
2. I beat Mr. Bill at chess! *victory dance* I should note that he only lost because he did something very silly with his queen, and he normally has more sense than to do things like that, but I still think my win is valid because people beat me because of silly things I do with my queen all the time, and it still counts then. So there.
3. A client of ours just came up and said that he was having a meeting in one of the conference rooms downstairs and could I arrange for coffee and sweet rolls? Let me just point out the following:
- The meeting had nothing to do with our office, it just happened to be held in our building.
- Erm...I'm the receptionist. I can't make outgoing calls (only introverted calls...ba-dum-dum-chssh!) from my desk since I'm constantly answering incoming calls.
- Even if I were to call some bakery for him, I would basically be a conduit for a conversation between him and the bakery. So I'd be asking him questions and giving the answers to the bakery, when he could just as easily talk to them himself.
- You kind of...er...have to do those things in advance, I think. I actually don't know, of course, because I've never made an order like this because I am the receptionist, oi!
I looked up the nearest bakery's number and gave it to him. Wish him luck.
4. My hair is not cooperating today. *sulks*
5. Reflections on the Civil War by Bruce Catton is brilliant. I don't think I've been so engaged by a work of non-fiction since...ever, really.
2. I beat Mr. Bill at chess! *victory dance* I should note that he only lost because he did something very silly with his queen, and he normally has more sense than to do things like that, but I still think my win is valid because people beat me because of silly things I do with my queen all the time, and it still counts then. So there.
3. A client of ours just came up and said that he was having a meeting in one of the conference rooms downstairs and could I arrange for coffee and sweet rolls? Let me just point out the following:
- The meeting had nothing to do with our office, it just happened to be held in our building.
- Erm...I'm the receptionist. I can't make outgoing calls (only introverted calls...ba-dum-dum-chssh!) from my desk since I'm constantly answering incoming calls.
- Even if I were to call some bakery for him, I would basically be a conduit for a conversation between him and the bakery. So I'd be asking him questions and giving the answers to the bakery, when he could just as easily talk to them himself.
- You kind of...er...have to do those things in advance, I think. I actually don't know, of course, because I've never made an order like this because I am the receptionist, oi!
I looked up the nearest bakery's number and gave it to him. Wish him luck.
4. My hair is not cooperating today. *sulks*
5. Reflections on the Civil War by Bruce Catton is brilliant. I don't think I've been so engaged by a work of non-fiction since...ever, really.