What Up Wednesday #1

As we have all learned, Martha will not post a single solitary word unless A) the world is crashing down or B) she is trying desperately to stay awake. So, to combat my total lack of blogging dedication I am going to attempt at least a weekly update, now to be known as "What Up Wednesday". Please do not hold your breath until the next one, just in case. Because in three months I don't want What Up Wednesday #2 to be about attending your funeral. Thank you.

This morning was my first staff meeting at my new job and, wouldn't you know it, I had to pitch something. Since starting in the landscape industry 2 years ago, I have gotten pretty well used to being awake and/or working at 4:30 am but now I don't go in until (gasp!) 7:00 and I'm reverting to my old night owl ways. Good news for my social life, bad news for my being on time for and staying awake through 6 am meetings. Glechhhh. I came in late, I disrupted, I drank 2 cups of coffee and still fell asleep on my desk, I left early...geez I'm the worst employee ever. Please don't mistake my apathy for, well, apathy. I am a total over achiever so today was really weird.

In my overachieving a couple days ago I made a phone call to a company we are trying to place a large product order with. My boss (we'll call him Joe) had been handling the order before I started working for him, so I just called to make sure the details of the order were still accurate. The owner was supposed to call me back but never did, so I called him today. Um...adding to the weirdness of my day he flipped out on me, screaming that I was an imposter calling from a competitor company trying to steal his business and he flat out refused to even speak to me regarding the order because he called Joseph's office and nobody had ever heard of me and they said I didn't work there and other people have been calling under false pretenses and harrassing him about his prices and he is NOT cheating anyone so STOP harrassing him! He kept yelling this and then saying "I wish you weren't offended by what I am saying. I wish you could just understand the situation. I know that you are an imposter. But I wish you were not offended!"

What.On.Earth. I repeatedly explained to him that I work for Joe and no, I cannot put him on the phone because he is not in the office and I am not trying to harrass you about your price, I am trying to place a freaking order but I can't do that because you're too busy screaming at me about somebody else trying to take your business. Uh dude? If you are losing business, perhaps it is not because of competitors but because you treat people like this...eh? Maybe? Just sayin...

I love a good conspiracy theory, so wow, was it entertaining being the antagonist in this guy's theory. Love it! Thankfully, I already knew that I didn't want to order from his company so I just sat through his whole rampage and had a doggone great story to entertain the office staff with, later. Luckily he had a heavy accent (guess which kind) so it was even more fun to relay. Hehe

And that is the tale of my Wednesday. Wild. I also made beer can chicken for the first time tonight and it was so awesome. Beer just smells like vomit, to me, but it does make some incredible non-vomit-smelling chicken. Appetizing, no?