In which Miss Lunatic acquires a new nickname

[azurelunatic]

I do not think that I betray any confidences by mentioning that $WORKPLACE has pulled in me and my counterpart because things have become very busy for them very fast. So our training is proceeding at a breakneck pace, and we are doing a grab bag of things, including stuff that involves answering questions from their clients.

One exchange, yesterday, went approximately thus:

$CLIENT: "Do you know about X?"
Me: "Uh, I can look it up."
Him: "Are you new?"
Me: "Yep, they just pulled a few people in because things were very busy."
Him: "This is what I need."
Me: "Hmm, yes; have you also considered ___?"
Him: "OMG WOW I NEVER CONSIDERED THAT YOU ARE A GENIUS I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS 30 YEARS AND YOU HAVE ONLY -- uh, when exactly did you start?"
Me (somewhat smugly): "Thursday."
Him: "All right, Thursday, so what else have you got for me?"

I have been slowly but surely festooning my cube with little hand-drawn index card signs. The first one that I put up on my first day had my (given) name. The second one was a little rocket ship. The third one was an admonition about the proper operation of the Clippings extension for Firefox. And so on.



After the conversation with that guy, I pulled down my name-card and added "Thursday" to it. :D

Comments

[cadenzamuse]

:D Reverend Miss Thursday, you are BADASS.

[azurelunatic]

Thank you! :D

[faithofone]

Getting that kind of a response from someone at work is one of the things I miss most about being employed. It's so freaking cool to be able to help someone fix their problem, but it is made even better when the person you help gets really excited about it.

[azurelunatic]

Tactical problem-solving is the best.

*dangles DW volunteer bait*

[faithofone]

LOL I applied for anti-spam last year. Though, that application could use some updating if you're still hunting people.

However now you have me looking through the current support requests and I was actually able to answer one.

[waketosleep]

Hey, Thursday Next is the name of one of my favourite literary heroines. That's a good name to live up to. ;)

[azurelunatic]

It is! I love her so much!

[trixieleitz]

Hee, that was my first thought, too :)