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Me - *early in the day* I don't know if I work at 10:00 or 10:30 tomorrow. I'll call my work later so they don't have to deal with this while they're busy.
*waits until 11:05 and dials phone*
Sherry-Lynn - Royal Service, this is Sherry-Lynn speaking.
Me - Hey Sherry-Lynn it's Andrew the houseman. I was just wondering if you could ask whoever is on houseorder tonight if I start at 10:00 tomorrow or 10:30.
Sherry-Lynn - Ummm... hold on.
*on hold*
Sherry-Lynn - Hi. There's no one in the office right now. You know you guys are supposed to call earlier or at least know what your schedule is.
Me -I'll explain my reasoning behind it and she will see the logic, yay.
Ya, sorry about that. I just lost the piece of paper that had my schedule on it. It's an unusual shift.
Sherry-Lynn - Ya well there's no one in the office. They leave around 6:00.
Me -Shit. She's going to be a thick-headed about it. I'll try to give her an easy out.
I know. But could you call the person who is on houseorder for me? He can go to the office, check the schedule and call me back.
Sherry-Lynn - You guys aren't supposed to call this late. The people leave the office around 6:00 or 7:00. You guys always call late to ask what your schedule is.
Me -Why haven't you transferred me to the houseorder guy already?
Oh, sorry. This is actually my first time calling past 6:00 o'clock. I just lost my schedule.
Sherry-Lynn - Ya, well you need to stop calling this late.
Me -I just told you I've never called late before.
I won't make a habit of it.
Sherry-Lynn - I'm going to have to mention something to my manager to tell your manager to tell you guys to stop calling this late. It's been happening a lot lately.
Me -Ha. She thinks our managers will give a hoot. Why is she trying to escalate this anyways? I said I was sorry even though I shouldn't even have to be sorry. This is even part of her job.
Okay.
Sherry-Lynn - You need to start calling earlier. No one is in the office. This has been happening too much lately.
Me - Bah. Nothing I'm saying is a good enough response for her. I'll try a new tactic.
... *silent for a full count of 5 which is actually really long on the phone*...
Is there any possible way you can help me find my shift for tomorrow morning?
Sherry-Lynn - In the silence probably realized she was being a pee-hole.
Would you like to speak with the night-manager?
Me - Fuck. No. Call the houseman. I've been the houseman who has to tell people their schedule before. It takes less than a minute. This could be so much easier.
Yes. I'd love to. Thanks.
*on hold for 20 minutes. I work graveyard shifts. I know there is no possible reason to be on hold for 20 minutes unless someone has driven their car into the pool or someone's gorilla escaped and is raping all the old paintings.*
Brad - Hey man. Sherry-Lynn said you need your schedule. You work 10:30-2:30 tomorrow. 4 hour shift.
Me - Awesome. Thanks Brad. Sorry for calling so late.
Brad - Not a problem. See you later man.
What an insane, useless boob.
Seahorses are slow. If I was in the ocean I would not be a gambler on the horse races. You'd be there fucking days.
- Andrew
*waits until 11:05 and dials phone*
Sherry-Lynn - Royal Service, this is Sherry-Lynn speaking.
Me - Hey Sherry-Lynn it's Andrew the houseman. I was just wondering if you could ask whoever is on houseorder tonight if I start at 10:00 tomorrow or 10:30.
Sherry-Lynn - Ummm... hold on.
*on hold*
Sherry-Lynn - Hi. There's no one in the office right now. You know you guys are supposed to call earlier or at least know what your schedule is.
Me -I'll explain my reasoning behind it and she will see the logic, yay.
Ya, sorry about that. I just lost the piece of paper that had my schedule on it. It's an unusual shift.
Sherry-Lynn - Ya well there's no one in the office. They leave around 6:00.
Me -Shit. She's going to be a thick-headed about it. I'll try to give her an easy out.
I know. But could you call the person who is on houseorder for me? He can go to the office, check the schedule and call me back.
Sherry-Lynn - You guys aren't supposed to call this late. The people leave the office around 6:00 or 7:00. You guys always call late to ask what your schedule is.
Me -Why haven't you transferred me to the houseorder guy already?
Oh, sorry. This is actually my first time calling past 6:00 o'clock. I just lost my schedule.
Sherry-Lynn - Ya, well you need to stop calling this late.
Me -I just told you I've never called late before.
I won't make a habit of it.
Sherry-Lynn - I'm going to have to mention something to my manager to tell your manager to tell you guys to stop calling this late. It's been happening a lot lately.
Me -Ha. She thinks our managers will give a hoot. Why is she trying to escalate this anyways? I said I was sorry even though I shouldn't even have to be sorry. This is even part of her job.
Okay.
Sherry-Lynn - You need to start calling earlier. No one is in the office. This has been happening too much lately.
Me - Bah. Nothing I'm saying is a good enough response for her. I'll try a new tactic.
... *silent for a full count of 5 which is actually really long on the phone*...
Is there any possible way you can help me find my shift for tomorrow morning?
Sherry-Lynn - In the silence probably realized she was being a pee-hole.
Would you like to speak with the night-manager?
Me - Fuck. No. Call the houseman. I've been the houseman who has to tell people their schedule before. It takes less than a minute. This could be so much easier.
Yes. I'd love to. Thanks.
*on hold for 20 minutes. I work graveyard shifts. I know there is no possible reason to be on hold for 20 minutes unless someone has driven their car into the pool or someone's gorilla escaped and is raping all the old paintings.*
Brad - Hey man. Sherry-Lynn said you need your schedule. You work 10:30-2:30 tomorrow. 4 hour shift.
Me - Awesome. Thanks Brad. Sorry for calling so late.
Brad - Not a problem. See you later man.
What an insane, useless boob.
Seahorses are slow. If I was in the ocean I would not be a gambler on the horse races. You'd be there fucking days.
- Andrew