Streams of Consciousness & Thoughts~~~

[melita916]

from a number of your posts that i've read you commenting about frustrating/aggravating folks that you work with. it sounds like maybe you work with the public?

anyway, i can certainly relate, only the frustrating people i deal with are co-workers/other teams that i have to interact with.

several years ago, i was listening to something, a sermon or message, and it was a reminder for me that God uses all kinds of small daily stuff to round off our edges, refine us, and bring about fruit in our lives. since then, i've kind of forced myself to show more joy in these frustrating scenarios and show gratitude, both for them and the job i have (which really spoke to me at the time because i was working with someone who was VERY difficult for me and mostly drove me nuts : D).

it's not always effective, but it's a discipline in my life that i aspire to. : ) anyway, your post reminded me of that.

i work with the public. for the most part, my patients are fantastic!!! it's just a random person here and there that just... bother me lol i mos def know i lack in patience, so i know these are opportunities to grow in it -_- lol

 

[cmarieh]

from a number of your posts that i've read you commenting about frustrating/aggravating folks that you work with. it sounds like maybe you work with the public?

anyway, i can certainly relate, only the frustrating people i deal with are co-workers/other teams that i have to interact with.

several years ago, i was listening to something, a sermon or message, and it was a reminder for me that God uses all kinds of small daily stuff to round off our edges, refine us, and bring about fruit in our lives. since then, i've kind of forced myself to show more joy in these frustrating scenarios and show gratitude, both for them and the job i have (which really spoke to me at the time because i was working with someone who was VERY difficult for me and mostly drove me nuts : D).

I agree. At work this morning I was shredding a bunch of documents and the paper shredder kept jamming. I was starting to get a little irritated with it, but then I started giving it a pep talk and it started working properly. It is the truth when you are either working with the public or with an office appliance when you start talking to them and encouraging them sometimes they do what you want it to do. Although that is not always the case, but at least it was for me.

 

[p_rehbein]

I agree. At work this morning I was shredding a bunch of documents and the paper shredder kept jamming. I was starting to get a little irritated with it, but then I started giving it a pep talk and it started working properly. It is the truth when you are either working with the public or with an office appliance when you start talking to them and encouraging them sometimes they do what you want it to do. Although that is not always the case, but at least it was for me.

Yeah, like a printer I once had. Always, and I mean ALWAYS messing up............had a little talk with it. "Ya know, Office Depot has a brand new model of printer that does all sorts of things you do not do. And it is ON SALE! I'm thinking you have just about outlived your usefulness............and the next step is RECYCLE of old computer accessories."

Amazing how that little pep talk caused that old printer to start working like a charm.

 

[JesusLives]

I was having trouble with my notebook and it had been letting me do my banking online and I used to be able to do all sorts of things..... Then it got real slow about a week ago and wouldn't do anything.... Every time I tried to do online banking it would say cannot display page, check browser and such....Blond knows nothing about technology I only know how to type cause I took that in school......well let's just say Many, Many years ago....anyway....

After calling the Geek Squad and turning them loose on the notebook for more than 7 hours last week the notebook did speed up but it still wouldn't let me do my online banking.....so I am complaining to tourist about it and he says to me.....Honey try the chrome browser....click on the little icon on the bottom of the page and try the bank site....so I did and it WORKED!!!

Just now I looked at tourist and said you are so smart and he looked at me quizzically like who me smart? I said yes you are smart you figured out how to get me back online with the banking......tourist's are much smarter than this Blond when it comes to tech stuff.........

 

[p_rehbein]

I was having trouble with my notebook and it had been letting me do my banking online and I used to be able to do all sorts of things..... Then it got real slow about a week ago and wouldn't do anything.... Every time I tried to do online banking it would say cannot display page, check browser and such....Blond knows nothing about technology I only know how to type cause I took that in school......well let's just say Many, Many years ago....anyway....

After calling the Geek Squad and turning them loose on the notebook for more than 7 hours last week the notebook did speed up but it still wouldn't let me do my online banking.....so I am complaining to tourist about it and he says to me.....Honey try the chrome browser....click on the little icon on the bottom of the page and try the bank site....so I did and it WORKED!!!

Just now I looked at tourist and said you are so smart and he looked at me quizzically like who me smart? I said yes you are smart you figured out how to get me back online with the banking......tourist's are much smarter than this Blond when it comes to tech stuff.........

............and, apparently, the Geek Squad...........

 

[zeroturbulence]

Oh Darlene please do not call the geek squad they are quite clueless

 

[lil_christian]

Chocolate...that sounds pretty good right about now...

 

[PopClick]

Sometimes you can punch printers to get them to work right. The trick is knowing where and how hard to punch them.

 

[blueorchidjd]

Made homemade strawberry lemonade from freshly squeezed lemons, sugar, strawberries.
Added one can of beer to it, basically handed everything over to the other side.
I'm not going to church anymore.

 

[blueorchidjd]

If anyone thinks i'm being serious I apologize, its not my fault.

Made homemade strawberry lemonade from freshly squeezed lemons, sugar, strawberries.
Added one can of beer to it, basically handed everything over to the other side.
I'm not going to church anymore.

 

[Roh_Chris]

Sometimes you can punch printers to get them to work right. The trick is knowing where and how hard to punch them.

Talking to them is more.effective than punching them. Haven't you heard 'the pen is mightier than the sword'?

 

[Lynx]

Oh Darlene please do not call the geek squad they are quite clueless

Yeah. That's what I was thinking but I wasn't gonna say it, but then he said it. I'm no pro but even I could run rings around them.

 

[zeroturbulence]

Sometimes you can punch printers to get them to work right. The trick is knowing where and how hard to punch them.

Same goes for coworkers

 

[MultilingualMessenger]

Where are these ultra-demanding people coming from for this $5 job?!

Overask and underpay--I guess that's how we roll these days. -__-

On a lighter note, I had a great rehearsal today!

 

[Ugly]

I think i have decided to give up baking for good. #nomoresweets

 

[Roh_Chris]

I think i have decided to give up baking for good. #nomoresweets

Oh. You. -_-

 

[Shouryu]

I think i have decided to give up baking for good. #nomoresweets

Well played, sir. ^_-

 

[ray_james]

Take a moment and think about how short this life on earth is!
The Bible says in James 4:14 that our life "..is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
Make sure you are focusing on what really matters in life!
Just something I've been thinking about..
-ray

 

[Pipp]

Bahahahaha love it!

 

[Donkeyfish07]

Bahahahaha love it!

For a second there I was like whaaa.....oh, has to be april fools. That dirty pipsqueak....only then did I notice it was Ugly......so technically he still got me