stupid things said at work today

~Hippolyte~ · Post by **~Hippolyte~** » September 30, 2006 6:29 pm

ragtopW wrote:
~Hippolyte~ wrote:
buffettbride wrote:.... I said, "Murderers don't wear Crocs."
silly Mal, how can you be sure?

Once at work, asking the person on the phone to please hold for me. It comes out, "Can you please hold me?"
I have done that too..

this is Wayne...Thanks for Holding me..

thank goodness for your second statement. I thought you were confessing something there.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » September 30, 2006 6:58 pm

I said something stupid at work 4 weeks ago and still have 2 months of my "3 month good behaviour bond" to go

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » September 30, 2006 7:30 pm

It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » September 30, 2006 7:31 pm

Burny Charles wrote:It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.

What are you supposed to say??
I answer mine hello if I recognise the number calling in (at work) ...

What is embarrassing is if you answer your home phone with your work greeting

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » September 30, 2006 7:32 pm

creeky wrote:
Burny Charles wrote:It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.
What are you supposed to say??
I answer mine hello if I recognise the number calling in (at work) ...

What is embarrassing is if you answer your home phone with your work greeting

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » September 30, 2006 7:33 pm

creeky wrote:
Burny Charles wrote:It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.
What are you supposed to say??
I answer mine hello if I recognise the number calling in (at work) ...

What is embarrassing is if you answer your home phone with your work greeting

or calling someone and saying This is Wayne at directv..

PackPhanGirl · Post by **PackPhanGirl** » September 30, 2006 8:34 pm

These are funny! After reading what you guys have done, I found myself giggling out loud and not feeling so bad about what I said!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » September 30, 2006 8:41 pm

PackPhanGirl wrote:These are funny! After reading what you guys have done, I found myself giggling out loud and not feeling so bad about what I said!

pbans · Post by **pbans** » September 30, 2006 9:04 pm

Burny Charles wrote:It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.

when we first got a new system at work I didn't realize that when the secretary transferred a call, it would show HER extension as the caller ID, not the person they were transferring.....so I got a call that I "thought" was my secretary so I answered it..."What are you doing, you sexy b*tch"......it was sooooooo NOT my secretary. I was glad it was someone else I knew well enough to laugh about it with......lesson learned. Answer the work phone with professionalism at all times.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 1, 2006 12:53 pm

pbans wrote:
Burny Charles wrote:It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.
when we first got a new system at work I didn't realize that when the secretary transferred a call, it would show HER extension as the caller ID, not the person they were transferring.....so I got a call that I "thought" was my secretary so I answered it..."What are you doing, you sexy b*tch"......it was sooooooo NOT my secretary. I was glad it was someone else I knew well enough to laugh about it with......lesson learned. Answer the work phone with professionalism at all times.

OOOPS...

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » October 1, 2006 5:33 pm

pbans wrote:
Burny Charles wrote:It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.
when we first got a new system at work I didn't realize that when the secretary transferred a call, it would show HER extension as the caller ID, not the person they were transferring.....so I got a call that I "thought" was my secretary so I answered it..."What are you doing, you sexy b*tch"......it was sooooooo NOT my secretary. I was glad it was someone else I knew well enough to laugh about it with......lesson learned. Answer the work phone with professionalism at all times.

I am so sharing that one with everyone I work with. There isn't one of us that couldn't theoretically be blindsided with something like that. (Though we normally call each other things like 'Trouble' 'Whack' or Mr/s PIA.)

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » October 1, 2006 5:42 pm

Luckily our caller ID actually works, but I always catch people off guard when I answer "What?" when they call!

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » October 1, 2006 5:51 pm

ragtopW wrote:
creeky wrote:
Burny Charles wrote:It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.
What are you supposed to say??
I answer mine hello if I recognise the number calling in (at work) ...

What is embarrassing is if you answer your home phone with your work greeting
or calling someone and saying This is Wayne at directv..

A secretary I once worked with had three jobs (she was 21 and none paid too well). She worked at a tanning salon called "Tropical Tan" and at a Chik-fil-A restaurant, and thirdly at our Development Office for the Medical University.

She used to get mixed up on what to say when she answered the phone
and told us she once said, "Tropical Chik Development."

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 1, 2006 5:57 pm

carolinagirl wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
creeky wrote:
Burny Charles wrote:It is quite funny when I answer the phone "hello" when I'm supposed to say something else.
What are you supposed to say??
I answer mine hello if I recognise the number calling in (at work) ...

What is embarrassing is if you answer your home phone with your work greeting
or calling someone and saying This is Wayne at directv..
A secretary I once worked with had three jobs (she was 21 and none paid too well). She worked at a tanning salon called "Tropical Tan" and at a Chik-fil-A restaurant, and thirdly at our Development Office for the Medical University.

She used to get mixed up on what to say when she answered the phone
and told us she once said, "Tropical Chik Development."

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » October 1, 2006 9:07 pm

Coconuts wrote:Luckily our caller ID actually works, but I always catch people off guard when I answer "What?" when they call!

Ours works to....but it's not unknown for upper level management to use what ever phone they are near......

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » October 1, 2006 9:19 pm

This isn't a phone call really....but embarrassing and I had to use the phone system. We have a paging system for the plant and offices. (The nature of manufacturing is that you aren't always at your desk.)

Our President's name is Kevin G (also son of the owner)....our shipping supervisor is Kevin R.

I needed to talk to shipping quickly- so I ended up paging Kevin G to my extension...quite sternly as the person I actually needed was starting to upset me with not answering. I

CRINGED

when I realized what I had done in mid page. They said that I sounded pretty pitiful when I come back to page the right person. (Who answered laughing his butt off.....lol!)

The Corporate President came out of his office (pretty rare) and came by my desk right afterwards...just to rag me a bit about it. I could have died. (He is a nice man...but very....well....stand-offish (a bit shy) and very proper and straight laced.

It may have helped that this happened just after Mardi Gras and I had made a King's Cake for the office and he got the special 'bean' hidden inside. (He had never heard of the tradition of a King Cake but was rather excited about it after it was explained to him.)

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » October 1, 2006 9:42 pm

Soraya wrote:
Coconuts wrote:Luckily our caller ID actually works, but I always catch people off guard when I answer "What?" when they call!
Ours works to....but it's not unknown for upper level management to use what ever phone they are near......

Our cube walls are low enough that I can see our entire department, otherwise I probably wouldn't do that. And management always comes over to your desk instead of calling, too.

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » October 1, 2006 9:58 pm

Coconuts wrote:
Soraya wrote:
Coconuts wrote:Luckily our caller ID actually works, but I always catch people off guard when I answer "What?" when they call!
Ours works to....but it's not unknown for upper level management to use what ever phone they are near......

Our cube walls are low enough that I can see our entire department, otherwise I probably wouldn't do that. And management always comes over to your desk instead of calling, too.

LOL...that does help. Our cubicle walls are high....they need to be (many departments are talking to customers etc)....and we have offices on two floors not to mention the other end of the facility and the 'old building' where R&D is located........it's just dangerous for us!

And yet we all do it....lol. Wonder what that says about corporate dronery?

Management really always comes by to talk? Interesting. With us they normally summon. They aren't nasty about it....but they summon rather then stop by.

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » October 1, 2006 10:15 pm

Soraya wrote:
Coconuts wrote:
Soraya wrote:
Coconuts wrote:Luckily our caller ID actually works, but I always catch people off guard when I answer "What?" when they call!
Ours works to....but it's not unknown for upper level management to use what ever phone they are near......

Our cube walls are low enough that I can see our entire department, otherwise I probably wouldn't do that. And management always comes over to your desk instead of calling, too.
LOL...that does help. Our cubicle walls are high....they need to be (many departments are talking to customers etc)....and we have offices on two floors not to mention the other end of the facility and the 'old building' where R&D is located........it's just dangerous for us! And yet we all do it....lol. Wonder what that says about corporate dronery?

Management really always comes by to talk? Interesting. With us they normally summon. They aren't nasty about it....but they summon rather then stop by.

No, they don't come over to talk (unless it's just a social visit), they come get you. A phone summons would probably be better.

They just moved into a new office around the time I started, and changed to almost all lower (like 3 1/2 or 4 feet) walls. It's actually surprisingly quiet (we had 18 CSRs and 15 or so DE people in one room without any real noise issues), but they spent a ton of cash on the cubes.

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » October 1, 2006 10:44 pm

Coconuts wrote:No, they don't come over to talk (unless it's just a social visit), they come get you. A phone summons would probably be better.

Ohh....I would so feel like I was back in school when they got you out of class. If they call first...no one has to know unless you tell them.