3 posts tagged “idiots”

We all know that Canadians like to verbally beat up on our American neighbours. It's all in fun, and we almost always apologize afterwards. I now turn the tables on my own countrypeeps. I was just on the phone with my mother and she told me about a local news story she had just seen tonight. See, the flag on Parliament Hill has been lowered. Now, this is not something that happens often. Various government departments and buildings have their own rules, but only the official rules are followed for the Parliament flag, so again, it's not seen often. It's been lowered recenly due to the death of a past Governor-General, Romeo LeBlanc (from my home province of NB, no less - he was a great guy). Some man-on-the-street interviews were being done today and apparently a very large percentage of people who were asked about the lowered flag assumed it was to mark the passing of none other than Michael Jackson. Holy fucking god, people. You just gave any Americans watching a free pass for the rest of the year, you stupid bastards. Even if you had no clue... Michael Jackson??? Jaysus! Mildly related, I now post a link to an episode of a great Canadian (now finito) comedy, Corner Gas, that I wanted to link to a few months ago when it aired but couldn't find it. The episode is called "American Resolution" and it's a cute take on the Canadian/American thing. Enjoy (or let me know if you can't see it).

A tip for time management is to sometimes let your calls go to voicemail. Another one is to only go through your emails at specified times of the day.

(A third is to not waste time on the internet, but that tip was obviously inserted as an April Fool's joke that never got caught.)

In the span of about an hour, maybe less, I've had one client (not even my regular contact) who has left me two voicemails and sent me two emails. Since this client's coverage can sometimes be time-senstive, I give him the benefit of the doubt, even though I'm only supposed to deal with my regular contact, not any Joe Blow who calls. I just finished looking over the paperwork and the coverage required (which only takes a minute to set up - everything is in place, I just need a name) isn't even going needed until the 30th of July. On top of that, my regular contact sent it to me as normal in the meantime, anyway.

Thanks, dude. Because, you know, I'm not trying to get through a few ever-so-slightly more important, time-sensitive, and complicated things. Nooooooooo.

Fucker.

Would anyone with at least half a brain please stand up? I'm growing very tired of dealing with people who have far less than that and I would welcome the change. I've been in a goofy mood since I got to work this morning, but idiots sure do suck that right out of you, don't they? I guess it's better to be more serious here at work, anyway.

Thank you for your time.