Treasa's Ramblings

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What year is this?

I've been getting phone calls on my cell phone from one of the local school districts, offering me jobs as a substitute. Since I don't work for them and I'm not the teacher in this household, I thought this was sort of odd and wanted them to change (fix) the problem so the right person could get the jobs. They were not trying to get my sister- her cell phone and home phone numbers work just fine and she also goes online to sigh up for jobs.

I called the school district. I got routed to voice mail.

I called back. I got a person who didn't have any idea who to contact about the problem. She suggested I call back and get one of the other operators.

I called back again and got routed to the technology department who told me I needed to call human resources.

I called human resources directly and got a voice mail.

I called back to the main number again and asked for the person in human resources who actually FINALLY fixed the problem.

Now, I understand that the operators just route calls and don't actually know any of the workings of the system, but should it really honestly take five (5) phone calls to fix a typographical error???

I hope the lady who was supposed to be getting the job offers, gets them, now.

Last night, I saw something that scared me. I delivered a pizza to a new house. When they opened the door, the daughter and the mother were sitting on a plastic covered pristine couch, while the dad was sitting in the easy chair.Both the mother and the daughter were perfectly manicured and rather Stepford Wife and Child sitting there on the edge of the couch. There was not a single item out of place in the house. The TV was on one of those "pimp my ride" type shows. The daughter did not show any excitement at the sight of pizza and she was somewhere around 7 years old, where excitement is the expected reaction, and the wife looked scared to death of stepping out of line. The dad was very cordial to me, but neither of the other family members uttered a sound or moved a muscle.- - - very odd! Do families still have dynamics like this, in this day and age? Is this normal for them? Or did I just come at a bad time?

Posted: 08:41, Fri-18-Jan-2008

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Maybe they were in there grandmothers house? I remember an elderly friend of my mom's that used those plastic slip covers. She only took them off when they were expecting company.

I hate those automated phone things. The other day I had to call the credit department for the electric company. I clearly said "credit department please" when the receptionist answered the phone. After telling the next person why I was calling, they told me "Oh...you need to talk to some one in the credit department" They then transferred me. Again I said why I was calling, only to be told "you need to speak to some one in the credit department". I kind off lost my cool and replied back with "Well do you think you could get me to the right department, this is the third time I have been transferred to the credit department and I keep getting some one else!" The next transfer I asked what department I was speaking too before I went into my problem again!

Posted by littleMissConfused at 09:51, Fri-18-Jan-2008

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It sure sounds a bit odd. If they were not at the grandmothers house - maybe the grandmother had just died or was taken ill or something, it would be eerie in another way....
Posted by thyme at 11:59, Fri-18-Jan-2008	Link

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The dad was happy go-lucky, on his cell phone with a buddy, gossiping about a third friend. The couple was in their 20's.
Posted by treasa at 05:06, Fri-18-Jan-2008	Link

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It sounds to me like you stepped into an episode of The Twilight Zone! My house is nothing like that one. : )
Posted by DeeJay at 07:30, Fri-18-Jan-2008	Link

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I feel your pain on the phone-go-round! Been going through that with darn near every creditor, trying to get the companies notified. A real pain in the butt! That sounds like a very strange household, indeed. Were the mom & daughter (assuming, of course) real or blow-up? ;)
Posted by LadyVisine at 10:32, Fri-18-Jan-2008	Link

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Maybe they had argued about what pizza to order and the dad won so the mom and duaghter are sulking? shrug All I know is that my kids would be jumping on the sofa if the pizza guy is at the door.:)
Posted by elisataufik at 01:13, Sat-19-Jan-2008	Link

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Exactly!

The usual scenario is

The dog barks or the cat greets me at the door and tries to convince me that the humans really do need to let him or her in the house.

I ring the bell (when I can find it- why do people camouflage their door bells?)

The child(ren) under 11 years of age start jumping up and down or running all over the house shouting "The Pizza Guy!" or "The Pizza's here!"- or the teen screams because they were on their cell phone and the bell startled them.

Then someone answers the door.

Then the teens look at me like they're not expected to actually do anything and the under teens come up and start asking me all sorts of questions while the mom or dad hunts for their credit card or check book- or they apologize and slip past me to go to their vehicle to get the money.

Then we exchange while I explain the pizza is still over 150*F and they should be careful- or I gently remind the toddler that opening the door when mommie and daddy aren't there is a no-no, even when it's the pizza guy.

Compliment or chase the dog back into the house, or tell them the cat slipped in while they weren't looking.

Go back to my car.

Posted by treasa at 04:03, Sat-19-Jan-2008

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haha .. great description. I can even hear the dog barking and the kids screaming :)
Posted by elisataufik at 11:24, Sat-19-Jan-2008	Link

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Or they were not the mom and dad.. but the mom and a potential new boyfriend.. there are many scary things in the world... you know....
Posted by thyme at 04:21, Sun-20-Jan-2008	Link

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That is bizarre. Especially for such a young couple. You'll have to give us an update if you ever go back there. I'd be curious to know if it's like that all the time.
Posted by ben at 12:35, Sun-20-Jan-2008	Link

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sounds incredibly WEIRD!
Posted by Chandramoon at 05:27, Tue-12-Feb-2008	Link

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