the sales reps
My TV service quit working. The satellite dish went bad. For that, I had to call someone out to have it fixed. My provider sent out a technician but I had to take tonight off to be here when the guy showed up.
He came early. I had just finished mopping the floor, so the house was mostly clean. I just puttered around putting things away, and I'm glad I did. My house, for a bachelor who doesn't employ a housekeeper, is relatively clean. I had some things out on the counter though that looked better put away. I took care of that while the guy was working on the dish.
He got everything working. Not sure why he did as much as he did, but he's the installer. I'm just the homeowner. In the end, everything works and I'm happy.
But then, the sales rep showed up. Why she was here, I have no idea, unless her job is to talk a lot. I think the chit-chat lasted as long as it did because the installer was still here when she showed up.
I think she was here to try to sell me a cell phone plan, but I told her I was with Boost Mobile, which is dirt cheap. (as far as phones go these days, anyway). She didn't really push the issue. She just asked me a few questions about my service, I lodged the same complaint every "TV" customer has, and complained about KSL not being in my lineup.
She out-talked Miss June, who can carry on a conversation for hours with a total stranger. The whole thing just kinda cracked me up. I still don't know exactly what her function in the chain of getting my TV turned back on was. On that point, I'm still perplexed. I'm just happy the guy showed up. The sales rep, well, that was just a little unexpected piece of joy to my day. I mean that. She talked a mile a minute but it was fun to listen to her.
Working in retail sucks. I know that. And the sales clerk that helped me with my safety glasses today, well she just wasn't feeling it. I don't know if she was just having a bad day or if I'd done something to upset her, but when she was fitting me with my glasses, she was polite to me, but her body language said to me that she was just annoyed and couldn't wait till she was finished with me.
She said something about having a 3 day weekend and meant Monday. I thought she knew tomorrow was my day off, but that pesident's day is a week from Monday. Maybe that made her upset or embarrassed; I don't know. I could just tell she wasn't happy I needed her to adjust the temples on my glasses, but I didn't say anything. I was just as nice as I could be and left.
I try not to annoy people. Honestly, I do.
Well, now that the TV is working again, maybe I'll take a few minutes and enjoy a program or two before I get busy working on things that are important.
He came early. I had just finished mopping the floor, so the house was mostly clean. I just puttered around putting things away, and I'm glad I did. My house, for a bachelor who doesn't employ a housekeeper, is relatively clean. I had some things out on the counter though that looked better put away. I took care of that while the guy was working on the dish.
He got everything working. Not sure why he did as much as he did, but he's the installer. I'm just the homeowner. In the end, everything works and I'm happy.
But then, the sales rep showed up. Why she was here, I have no idea, unless her job is to talk a lot. I think the chit-chat lasted as long as it did because the installer was still here when she showed up.
I think she was here to try to sell me a cell phone plan, but I told her I was with Boost Mobile, which is dirt cheap. (as far as phones go these days, anyway). She didn't really push the issue. She just asked me a few questions about my service, I lodged the same complaint every "TV" customer has, and complained about KSL not being in my lineup.
She out-talked Miss June, who can carry on a conversation for hours with a total stranger. The whole thing just kinda cracked me up. I still don't know exactly what her function in the chain of getting my TV turned back on was. On that point, I'm still perplexed. I'm just happy the guy showed up. The sales rep, well, that was just a little unexpected piece of joy to my day. I mean that. She talked a mile a minute but it was fun to listen to her.
Working in retail sucks. I know that. And the sales clerk that helped me with my safety glasses today, well she just wasn't feeling it. I don't know if she was just having a bad day or if I'd done something to upset her, but when she was fitting me with my glasses, she was polite to me, but her body language said to me that she was just annoyed and couldn't wait till she was finished with me.
She said something about having a 3 day weekend and meant Monday. I thought she knew tomorrow was my day off, but that pesident's day is a week from Monday. Maybe that made her upset or embarrassed; I don't know. I could just tell she wasn't happy I needed her to adjust the temples on my glasses, but I didn't say anything. I was just as nice as I could be and left.
I try not to annoy people. Honestly, I do.
Well, now that the TV is working again, maybe I'll take a few minutes and enjoy a program or two before I get busy working on things that are important.
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