"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 11:20 PM 4/29/04, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:42 PM > > > Subject: Re: March for Women's Lives > > > > > > > and how do you know he's not just playing with your head, anyway? > > > > > > > Exactly what trolls do. > > > >With a troll, you have a number of options. One of those is choosing to > >be amused. I'm trying to go with that one as much as possible this > >week. :) (Ignoring is another, getting one's panties in a wad is yet > >another.) > > And, if trolls really are Neanderthals, and Neanderthals really do live > fast, die young, and leave good-looking cave paintings, then at least you > can look forward to the day you will finally be rid of the troll . . . > > >That receptionist comment is rankling a bit, though, due to the > >ludicrous incompetency I've heard about in a number of receptionists. > >(And had to deal with personally in a rather stressful situation.) > > Though to be fair to the other side, anyone in academia knows who really > runs the department and who to go to when one has any problems or needs > anything done.
And any of the receptionists I'm thinking about would have been eaten alive by undergrads in 3 minutes flat. :P If you can't handle a relatively simple phone system when you're being sent out by a temp agency to be a receptionist, there's very little hope for you in the short run.
Though I'm sure you and anyone else who has spent much time in the ivy-covered-halls (in this part of the world, it's more likely to be kudzu) reading this knows how well faculty members do with the "simple phone system" found in most departments . . . e.g., when the secretary-and/or-receptionist has stepped out for a moment, leaving Professor What's-His-Face alone in the department office and the phone rings, and the good professor tries to be nice and answer it (particularly after the thirty-seventh ring or so, when it's just possible that it might be important if the caller is so insistent), and the caller asks, "I'm calling long-distance for Dr. So-and-so. Can you transfer me?" . . .
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-- Ronn! :)
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