“I used to work in a call centre and I loved getting calls like that. It broke the monotony of the day so you're performing a valuable service there”
That’s a relief!
I did it again last night with online grocery order, the apps playing up again! But also Sainsburys have changed a cleaning product and it now comes in a 50% bigger size BUT this makes it quite unwieldy to use AND they’ve messed up with the trigger spray they bigger size means it isn’t working right. But I blethered on about online deliveries generally, how they were still better than others and the wild weather (she could hear the wind my end down the phone!)
40 mins I was on!
“Graphista glad you find it amusing”
Glad you took as intended. I’m also glad I’m not the only one that’s a disaster in the kitchen!
Past disasters include:
Far too many times discarding a drained food rather than the waste liquid.
Overdoing the spices in a chilli/curry and then ruining it altogether with rescue attempts
Massively over cooking meat (I’m veggie and rarely cook meat and I worry about food poisoning)
Dropping - utensils, food. Even whole pans!
Burning/scalding myself in really stupid ways! Eg one pancake day had FAR too much oil in the pan. Flipped the pancake and hot oil splashed on arm hand and...foot and lower leg! Quite a bit too! That resulted in a trip to a&e and a very nasty large blister on my foot and me having to wear flip flops for a week in a very cold feb!
“Talking too much, too fast. Although it's quite useful in my job, I literally CANNOT let there be a silence or a gap in conversation. Just SHUT UP Zaphod.” Same!
I suffer with anxiety and one symptom is talk talk talk talk talk!!
It’s reached a point where with certain people I have to deal with or rather who have to deal with me that to achieve what we need to they are allowed to tell me to shut up or get back on point!
My gp is great for this, doesn’t take my nonsense but is very kind at “redirecting” me, “graphista why are you here TODAY?” “Graphista I love chatting with you but let’s crack on” etc always with a big smile.
Punctuality- I’m an army brat so “10 mins early means you’re late” is how I was raised, I HATE being late, but yes I’ve been up to an hour early for things when I’ve not been sure where I’m going, how long it takes to get there, how good the parking is etc. Got told off by receptionist in gp surgery once for being too early! After that I’d still get there early but I’d stay in car listening to music or reading before going in “only” 10 mins early.