My Work

A lot of the times, I don't think I have anything interesting to post, because frankly, I feel like my life is uninteresting. I wake up and work, come home, and usually hang out with the roommate and then crash.

Since work takes up the majority of my time, I thought I'd share this. At a travel service, I take calls from all sorts of interesting people, and most days, I usually get some bizarre question or comment such as "I want to ship a body" or "If I bring a few cans of soup with me, can I get the humanitarian discount?" or "I want to fly whenever. You pick a date."

This website is one a co-worker and I visit often, to help relieve our stress some days, but mostly just to find common allies of those who work in the service industry. The following is one I came across that gives you the gist of what I deal with on a daily basis...and is really funny as well. I don't know who took this call or where they work, but I feel their frustration. :)

Do Not Doubt the Credibility of the Map

Travel Agency | Alaska, USA

Me: “Thank you for calling **** Travel, this is ****, how can I help you today?”

Customer: “Um, yes. You’re located in Alaska, right?”

Me: “Yes, sir.”

Customer: “Is that near Hawaii?”

Me: “No, sir. Not at all.”

Customer: “Yeah, I wanna talk to a manager. This map shows y’all are right next to each other, and I wanna know why one’s so dang hot and the other’s so dang cold.”

Me: “Sir, you’re actually reading the insets on a map of the continental United States. Alaska and Hawaii are several thousand miles apart.”

Customer: “I don’t believe you.”

Me: “I’m sorry.”