Grumbles

Music management Comments Off

When it comes to my preferred software for organizing my (kinda large) music collection, I do not turn to iTunes. I’m a Winamp girl, have been for a very long time. So, seeing that for the first time *ever* I’ve got a CD player in my car, I figured I’d re-create my old box of [...]

No, we cannot make the box bigger Comments Off

My job = a big box Everything I’m supposed to do in a given day = balls of clay the get put into the box. Problem 1: we can’t fit all the balls of clay into the box Solution 1a: Make some of the balls of clay smaller Solution 1b: Change the shape of other [...]

Professional phone manners Comments Off

To anyone calling my house in a commercial or telemarketing capacity: When I ask what company you are calling from, the correct response is NOT to ask me if I am authorized to make decisions about a specific acccount. The correct response is to tell me who you are calling from, and why. I’m going [...]

Ah, so there's a name for it now. How quaint. Comments Off

Inbox Zero is a nifty concept. I’d be more impressed if I hadn’t been doing this very thing for the last *eight years*. Possibly longer, but I can’t remember if I had custom storage folders set up at school when I was using Pine. (Does that make me old? Probably.)

Even putting it in writing doesn’t always help Comments Off

Me: Typing up a proof for customer…. Label stock – White Gloss Ink Color – Brown (PMS 469) Customer: So, will the label be brown? Me: ::tears hair::