Patience

By Wreybies · Aug 3, 2010 · 446 · 3
  1. I have no wick today.
    I am that little nub of black carbon floating precariously on the pool of clear melted wax.
    One puff and I will go out.
    My clients are working ever nerve I own and others I have had to borrow.
    They speak with their ears and listen with their mouths.
    I have hung up on three of them already out of my own impatience with their seeming lack of familiarity concerning matters of modern discourse.
    I am on the edge of running down the street, buck naked, unaware that the black tarmac burns my feet.
    I am as thin as pulled glass.

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  1. Ashleigh
    You know what Wrey? I know this isn't usually acceptable, and I know you'll see it as unprofessional, but if you can, go take a breather.

    Seriously, if you're able to, then just get up and walk it off.

    Your health is at stake if you put yourself under that much stress; subsequently, you could end up saying something you regret to a customer. It's better that you come back to your work refreshed and with a clear head, than to be too persistent and end up trashing a job that you usually do so well.

    Sometimes, all you need is 30 mins (or even an hour!) out of that environment to get calm again.

    Hope you feel better soon buddy x :)
    Ashleigh, Aug 3, 2010
  2. Wreybies
    Thanks Ash,

    I just frustrated hearing the same things over and again. The same ridiculous trains of though that lead to nowhere.

    ~ "I made the payment on the 8th and they credited it for the 9th!"
    ~ "You made the payment after 2:00 pm. Transactions after 2:00 pm are considered next day's business."
    ~ "That's not my fault!!"

    ~ "My power was cut."
    ~ "You've not payed you bill in five months."
    ~ "I never got the bills!!"

    ~ "I haven't gotten my statments in a really long time."
    ~ "Have you moved?"
    ~ "Yes."
    ~ "Did you report the address change?"
    ~ "No."

    It just goes one and one some days. :/
    Wreybies, Aug 3, 2010
  3. Cogito
    ...and hang him up on a meat hook by his bollocks. (Sorry, couldn't resist)

    It sounds like you have had some real winners. The very personification of critical thinking.

    Take five minutes of deep breathing. Then go to the window and hurl forth the most blood-freezing shriek you can manage. Then, quietly and innocently, return to your desk, don your headset, and return to your work with a wicked brain grin that is your own special secret.
    Cogito, Aug 4, 2010
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