So, one of these scammers called our office today, asking for our machine's serial number. When I asked where they were calling from, they immediately hung up.

SO glad this fucking week is over.

Our clients are purchasing a condo in a building that has no fourth or fourteenth floors.

(Info.) (Also.)

Also, a lot of people seem to be buying real estate right now. I think part of it is they're trying to buy before HST comes into effect. It doesn't apply on used properties (which I'd say is 90% of what we do), but it does apply on real estate commission. So I'm hella busy at work. (So it totally makes sense for me to do two blog posts today. Yep.

Thursday is unofficially Rage Day for Marlo. I think by this time I'm fed up with the work week, but it's not Friday yet. Wednesday may be Hump Day, but Thursday is SHUT YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH AND LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE day.

My hobby: fact-checking details of my boss's translations that nobody is every going to notice or care about.

(The University of XXXXX will never care what county in Hubei our client was born in according to her junior high school graduation certificate. [Huangpo vs. HuangpiI love fact-checking more than is actually required. Somebody hire me as a ( Read more... )

But still. It's not busy today, so my boss got me to deliver something to 300 Georgia Street (a Canadian Government building). When I was a courier I'd go there several times a week, and even in this job I've hand-delivered stuff there probably 10 times. Usually there is nobody in the lobby. Or like, one security guard ( Read more... )

I just checked Regretsy for the first time in a couple of weeks, and there is classic internet-style comedy gold happening all over the place over there. 'Tis the season for really bad handmade goods. If you haven't been there for some reason, I recommend it.

ALSO! They played MTV's bhangra Jingle Bells on the CBC this morning and, of course, I ( Read more... )

Caller: Hi, I'd like to have a document notarized. How much does that cost?
Me: What kind of document is it?
Caller: It's a fax.

*facepalm*

Me: IS IT ALSO A PAPER DOCUMENT
Me: IS IT BLACK AND WHITE
My friend Greg: WORDS OR PICTURES?
Me: IS IT RECTANGULAR OR IRREGULARLY SHAPED

YAY WORDS: "She was a real see-you-next-Tuesday."

I got a raise at work! I'm making something like 40% more per hour than I was when I first started there two years ago. Pretty awesome.