Monday, December 27, 2004

16 Tons and What Do You Get? Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt

Saint Peter, don't you call me, cause I can't go...
I owe my soul to the company store.

Actually, I love my job. I work in a call center for a large bank, named NABABNA. Well, actually it's a code name. I do write posts for another site, Out of the Mouths of Morons, about customer service horror stories. Once in awhile, moments from my job will end up on my main site.

June 2004 Black Thursday - the day my former manager told me he was leaving our team Quality, Schmality - Quality Assurance horror stories, Quality may just be my arch-nemesis Call Me a Sucker - A customer who touched me

August 2004 Long Day - Just another day in the call center A snippet of what I do - Just description of my day at work Icky! - Inappropriate stares from one of the bankers on our team

September 2004 Escalated Calls - This post should have been for Moron Mouth

October 2004 Random Post - mentions an escalated call I took Quality Dispute - Have I mentioned that I fight Quality often? People think I should go into law after reading some of the disputes Exercise While You Work - I think whistling still wins out Conspiracy - They are trying to drive me insane! (Okay, not really a post about work. But it is about something that happened in the building that I work in!) Poor Choices - About my former manager

November 2004 Twizzlers & Pain, oh the pain!

December 2004 My Many Hats & Girls Night Out

January 2005 A Frustrating Night (and other random moments) & Quality Assurance & Splitting Headache & Losing the Headache & Pleasant Surprise & Boat Ride

February 2005 Prize & Twist of Fate

April 2005 Wild, Wild Weekend - Link to post on Out of the Mouths of Morons about my night Can I Go on the Camel Diet? - Food is always around at work What a Team of Characters - Saying Goodbye to some team members

May 2005 Back to the grindstone - First days back after a 17 day holiday Okay - I may have learned where I picked up this over used word It All Works Out in the End - I got promoted! My First Challenge - I have to hire a team lead

June 2005 Another Anniversary - Things that have happened in my eight years at N.A.B.A.B.N.A. What a Day! - A Great interview while looking for a team lead Oh My! - An interview mishap Interviews - The questions I would have wanted to ask, if legal reasons hadn't kept me from it Bureacracy - The process of actually hiring someone Excitement - Almost to the offering the job step Enthusiasm, Excitement, and Exhaustion - About the day offering the job to Steve Gah! - Steve's First Day as a team lead The Curse of Murtle - A "Ghost" that haunts our bathrooms The Unmaking of a DMan - Donovan's farewell & best of luck party

July 2005 Things I Have Learned... - Things I have observed or learned since becoming a supervisor I'd Take a picture, but... - My camera is stolen at work A Strange Jumble of Odd Topics - Stories about work, mainly funny things my team lead said Not So Subtle Ending to the Beginning of My Day - A story about when I was a teller and a truck crashed into a brick wall

August 2005 The Joys of Management - All managers meeting Darth Vader Pumpkin - Decorating my desk Quickly, Before the Madness Starts - Getting ready for another busy day Can Ice Cream Solve the World's Problems? - I have to fire someone 2 Things (& Rambling) - Update about a day at work

September 2005 Update about work & My former supervisor moves on - I was a hippie, he was a frat boy & Awesome Day - Fun dinner and hanging out with my team lead He Does Make Me Laugh - Validation for hiring Steve Life Update - Work is going well and I have a great group of people to work with

October 2005 Interviewing Tips - I do a lot of interviews in one day Why I Love My Job - It's the people Non-filler post of the night - Update about the team and how we work together I went to training - this post is mostly about karaoke, but I mention the training I'm Done with it [full stop] - An irritation at work regarding questions about my former roommate Get Lost - Going out on a Friday night after work

November 2005 Working Girl - a post about my first job and first boss Wipe-Out! - I fell after work Signature Themes - My management strengths Engagement - I do love my job Sex, Snow, and Suicide - a rather interesting day at work Rest in Peace - a banker passes away Dig - Steve and I joke around at work Training - My schedule for a day (recognition training). It was a 13 1/2 hour day. Love 'Em or Lose 'Em - Training class again. I also talk about a new banker and making a connection. Work Update - a random post full of many topics Ironic - bonding with Steve Beating the Holiday Rush - a productive day

December 2005 Things I Need to Say - my day at work, happy notes from my team Early Meeting - not much, but mentions of the meeting I had that day Party Shuffle - Steve makes us all laugh as he becomes a "fill-off-is-sizer" Luck? - I hurt myself and act like a dolt, then go to the casino with Steve & Sarah and win money It's Unnatural - my thoughts about early morning meetings I Work with the Best People Ever! - I get a really nice surprise when I arrive at work Good Mood - I write about a hero of mine at work and the Secret Santa event we had Blank Screen - I mention the "holiday" party and part of my job I don't overly enjoy (HR issues) Slacker Here - End of the year rush

January 2006 Back to Work - New Year is busy Getting Up Early on a Saturday - Meeting an old banker for lunch Fighting Fires - a busy day after vacation Getting Caught Up - I find out a great banker got a promotion

February 2006 Yeah, Yeah, Enough About the Job I Love Right? - It feels right Really Long Day - is 12 1/2 hours enough? Delirium - I was sick and forgot who Steve was Complimentary - things I heard at work that made me feel good

March 2006 In Which I Spout About My Days... - I survived training

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