HAPPY SARCASM

That’s what I was thinking yesterday when I was taking calls from customers yesterday. What is it about people’s money that makes them so crazy? Big Worm had it right on “Friday” when he said messin with his money.

Don’t get me wrong. I love my job. I love helping people. But days like that where you get get some psycho calling in talking about how’s he’s going to drive thru the front door of our downtown Portland branch, it makes me not want to be on the phones and have to deal with this mess.

Also I transferred another cussin customer to an escalations banker and she let him cuss and act a fool for 5 minutes before HE disconnected. I never would’ve let it go that far. I would’ve already had him transferred to the Abuse line if we were allowed to do that. I am annoyed that she didn’t. What a wasted opportunity.

Anyway, I will not allow this to ruin my Friday. Have a good one people.

It’s sad that this is my first post since I started this blog. Not because I don’t actually have stuff that I could write, but maybe it’s just that life kinda got away from me a bit & I put this on the back burner.

I guess I could make it my New Year’s Resolution to start blogging more IF I still made those. I’ve been known to have commitment issues and that’s pretty much what resolutions are. Commitments. 

“I will lose weight this year” “I will quit drinking or smoking” or “I’ll eat more veggies”…etc.  These are all things people resolve to do each year with many failing before they even get out of the month of January.

So I decided to resolve to not make any resolutions… To live each day with purpose, with the occasional “I don’t give a french toast, sit around watching tv in my pjs & eat ice cream” kinda day sprinkled in here and there.

And with that I will end with this: Each day you wake up you’re closer to death so you might as well start living now. Holla!!!

…my co-worker said.

I was complaining, which to him seemed rather uncharacteristic of me, totally out of my jolly elf like nature.

“You’re too fly for all that.”

And I laughed.

Then I explained to him that while yes…  on a regular basis one could see my teapot like frame (you know… short and stout) bounding about the office, grinning from ear to ear for seemingly no apparent reason because uh… that’s just how I roll…  I’m also known for my offbeat wit and playful sarcasm.

I’m also a bit of a closet cynic… not one of my grandest features I’ll admit, but we all got something… right?! But that’s besides the point.

I told him this personality trait could be labeled as happy sarcasm… and that is how this blog was born.

People have told me many times I should do a dear co-worker blog… because of my lovely facebook posts, and I think I’ve found a place to put them, among other things my nosey  er, overly observant self seems to notice on a daily basis. Do yeah…

Not much for introductions but we’ll see how this thing goes.