How come ....

[RICHARD]

Actually, Richard, it could be anything! Toothpaste, toilet paper, butter, dog food, etc.

I know I was just guessing!

[kokopup]

Speaking of thing's that irritate you about your Boss. Back Before I retired it used to make me mad when I called my Boss, while out of town, because he would invarable put you on the speaker phone. He always had a office full of people and I think he did this just to keep you off guard. He knew if you had Personal concerns you would wait rather than broadcast them to the world. This
was his way of avoiding issues people in the field may have.

[Karen]

That brings up another - why do people on speaker phone pretend the person on the other end cannot tell? There's always ambient room noise, and echoes - and it's just annoying!

[pomtzu]

Regarding the issue of the drug info sheets that are enclosed with your prescritptions....

How about the one that comes with a prescription for sleeping pills:
"Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how this drug will affect you".

Sure - I'm going to take a sleeping pill and then go out and drive my car. DUH!!!

[lvpets2002]

Now thats too Funny.. Still a Chuckling here.. But you would prob be surprised..

Regarding the issue of the drug info sheets that are enclosed with your prescritptions....

How about the one that comes with a prescription for sleeping pills:
"Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how this drug will affect you".

Sure - I'm going to take a sleeping pill and then go out and drive my car. DUH!!!

[Pinot's Mom]

Speaking of thing's that irritate you about your Boss. Back Before I retired it used to make me mad when I called my Boss, while out of town, because he would invarable put you on the speaker phone. He always had a office full of people and I think he did this just to keep you off guard. He knew if you had Personal concerns you would wait rather than broadcast them to the world. This
was his way of avoiding issues people in the field may have.

I don't care who it is - I WILL NOT speak with anyone on a speaker phone. It's rude. I deal with it in business on occasion and I just tell people; please pick up the phone, I don't talk on speaker.

[gini]

I received a letter for a client from the IRS. I called the IRS to deal with the problem. Why did it take a 20 minute wait to reach an agent? I put my phone on speaker until someone came on the line. I had to deal with the problem and I wanted to get it out of the way.

When I finally did get a real person I got transferred over and over because no one knew how to deal with the problem. The total time was over 45 minutes and the final agent was a supervisor who really wasn't sure what to tell me either. We came up with hopefully the right answer to respond to the letter.

[kokopup]

cassiesmom
Why am I getting such frequent mailings from Direct TV and AT&T U-verse ... and why does my Comcast cable bill keep going up?

I have a similar issue however I keep getting frequent mailings from Comcast and AT&T U-verse, trying to get me to change over to them, and constant emails from DirectV reminding me that Because of my 15 years of service I'm getting a $5 reduction for 10 months. I think I have been reminded at least 20 times plus 2 customer surveys about how great directV is. I switched to U-verse internet a few months back thinking I will eventually go to U-verse for both internet and TV. Because of the problems I have had with ATT customer service I will probably just stay with Directv. When I call them at least I can talk to a real person with 10-15 minutes. With ATT&T when you do get to a real person they can't help you because thats a different department. Trouble is you never get the right one. RANT

[Genny]

This is kinda like the phone question...but why do people text back and forth so much? Why don't they ever just call? There has been people who I've texted back and forth all day long-and we never talk on the phone-just texting all day lol. I don't get it? I know I do it too though...guess maybe it's easier cause you can actually pause a moment and think about what you're gonna say back...

[Karen]

That's easy - although I am not a texter - you can text silently, so no one around you can overhear like they can with a phone call. Same thing with emails - not only can I email more quietly than a phone call, I can send an email while someone is asleep or away, and know it will be seen when they are ready to see it.

My cell phone plan doesn't even include texting, I never got in the habit.