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Jan. 25th, 2006 07:18 pmI am on my 9-on. Yes, 9. Three days of training this week (Tues-Thur) and then I get to finish off the next 6 days for my usual 7 on. hurrah.
But, the trainer dude is a dreamy French Canadien named Yves. Really, quite dreamy. He even says "pro-ject" like my dad does in Canada. I tried to chat with him yesterday and asked if he was based in Boston (which is where the training was last year) and he said, no. Montreal. So I asked, "Oh, so how are the Canadiens doing this year?" He looked confused and said they had just had an election on Monday. Sadly, I was talking about the hockey team and did not realize that they had just elected a Canadian vesion of George W.
Anyhoo, the training is down near Rosedale Mall, which takes over an hour for us to drive there. It would take me about 90 minutes to drive there, but Arin is a crazy man and gets us there in just over an hour.
It is located in this office building that many companies are in and we have to walk through one companies front office area in order to use the restrooms. Well, Arin drinks a lot of green tea and Eric chugs about three caffeinated, carbonated beverages in just the morning session of the training, so I was outside the restroom doors waiting yesterday. And noticed a door between them with a label saying "Phone Booth".
Being the nosy person that I am, I tend to open doors with out-of-the-ordinary labels on them just to see if I can.
One time, in Winona, I was visiting a friend of mine at her dorm which was once a convent. Lovely place, with interesting floor tiles and stained glass windows. I can understand why they called the rooms "cells", though. Anyhoo, there was a door that said "Fire Hose" on the wall of the gorgeous dinner hall turned common room. It was a normal sized wooden door. I turned the knob and found it unlocked. Inside was no firehose but three chunks of 2x4 lumber.
The "Phone Booth" was ever so much more interesting than that.
Its door was unlocked as well. The room was about the size of a closet with one plastic office chair, a shelf with a phone book and office phone, and a Superman costume hanging from a hook.
I kid you not.
This particular office is also some kind of computer programming company with Microsoft plaques and whatnot on the walls.
Anyhoo, I was incredibly amused by finding a Superman costume in this odd closet-room. It wasn't until today that Arin made a comment making me realize why there would be a Superman costume in a room marked "Phone Booth". Yes, I am slow sometimes. I thought it was an entirely random and odd thing. But it's still rather amusing anyway.
In other news, I bought Tim a portable DVD player for Christmas from Radio Shack on the day after Thanksgiving with a sweet $70 mail-in-rebate. I mailed it in at the end of December. On January 7th I received an email:
Today I received a letter:
Unfortunately I do not have said UPC because I sent it in the mail to these guys. BAH! I have a copy of everything I sent them but, now that I actually have to use it, does it even mean anything at all?!? Potential conersation:
Them: We need the UPC
Me: I don't have it anymore I gave it to you.
Them: We don't have it. Prove you gave it to us.
Me: I have this copy of the UPC I sent in.
Them: You could have gotten that anywhere. Doesn't mean anything.
le sigh.
But, the trainer dude is a dreamy French Canadien named Yves. Really, quite dreamy. He even says "pro-ject" like my dad does in Canada. I tried to chat with him yesterday and asked if he was based in Boston (which is where the training was last year) and he said, no. Montreal. So I asked, "Oh, so how are the Canadiens doing this year?" He looked confused and said they had just had an election on Monday. Sadly, I was talking about the hockey team and did not realize that they had just elected a Canadian vesion of George W.
Anyhoo, the training is down near Rosedale Mall, which takes over an hour for us to drive there. It would take me about 90 minutes to drive there, but Arin is a crazy man and gets us there in just over an hour.
It is located in this office building that many companies are in and we have to walk through one companies front office area in order to use the restrooms. Well, Arin drinks a lot of green tea and Eric chugs about three caffeinated, carbonated beverages in just the morning session of the training, so I was outside the restroom doors waiting yesterday. And noticed a door between them with a label saying "Phone Booth".
Being the nosy person that I am, I tend to open doors with out-of-the-ordinary labels on them just to see if I can.
One time, in Winona, I was visiting a friend of mine at her dorm which was once a convent. Lovely place, with interesting floor tiles and stained glass windows. I can understand why they called the rooms "cells", though. Anyhoo, there was a door that said "Fire Hose" on the wall of the gorgeous dinner hall turned common room. It was a normal sized wooden door. I turned the knob and found it unlocked. Inside was no firehose but three chunks of 2x4 lumber.
The "Phone Booth" was ever so much more interesting than that.
Its door was unlocked as well. The room was about the size of a closet with one plastic office chair, a shelf with a phone book and office phone, and a Superman costume hanging from a hook.
I kid you not.
This particular office is also some kind of computer programming company with Microsoft plaques and whatnot on the walls.
Anyhoo, I was incredibly amused by finding a Superman costume in this odd closet-room. It wasn't until today that Arin made a comment making me realize why there would be a Superman costume in a room marked "Phone Booth". Yes, I am slow sometimes. I thought it was an entirely random and odd thing. But it's still rather amusing anyway.
In other news, I bought Tim a portable DVD player for Christmas from Radio Shack on the day after Thanksgiving with a sweet $70 mail-in-rebate. I mailed it in at the end of December. On January 7th I received an email:
Your rebate submission for $70 Axion 3.6 Portable DVD Player from RadioShack has been received. Please allow 8-10 weeks for final processing and validation.
Today I received a letter:
We appreciate your purchase, but unfortunately your submission for the RadioShack rebate offer was declined for the following reason(s):Please return this entire letter with all the missing information to the following address by March 4, 2006
- Submission did not include an original UPC for a Axion 3.6" Portable DVD Player
Unfortunately I do not have said UPC because I sent it in the mail to these guys. BAH! I have a copy of everything I sent them but, now that I actually have to use it, does it even mean anything at all?!? Potential conersation:
Them: We need the UPC
Me: I don't have it anymore I gave it to you.
Them: We don't have it. Prove you gave it to us.
Me: I have this copy of the UPC I sent in.
Them: You could have gotten that anywhere. Doesn't mean anything.
le sigh.
