Comments on: #OverHeard at the Coffee Shop – Volume VI

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:18:22 +0000

In reply to Molly. Sounds good enough to me :)

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:51:24 +0000

Maybe the English reference is about the US dollar being the world reserve currency?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:16:01 +0000

In reply to Slacker Jo.

You’re making me miss the days of customer service now!!! Haha…

Used to LOVE talking to the crazies out there and not knowing what you’re going to get on any given call :) Had to on many occasions whip out the ol’ “Alright, why don’t you get it all out of your system, and then let me know when you’d like me to jump in and help you and we’ll get right to it” line haha… This worked wonders for those who were extremely upset and just needed to yell for a bit until they were *actually* ready to be helped :) On some occasions they even laughed and thanked me for the vent session! #WIN!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:10:12 +0000

In reply to Hannah.

Hahaha….

Now that is good.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:09:45 +0000

In reply to Caroline. Woahhh really?? So they have their own financial institutions for everyone there??

By: Slacker Jo

Slacker Jo — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:37:36 +0000

If you were listening to my call the other day.
Rule – we can’t interrupt the customer or talk over them.
Rule – we can’t ask the customer to stop interrupting us. We just have to start over.

Me asking a question:
Are [interrupted by the customer]
Are you [interrupted by the customer]
Are you in [interrupted by the customer]
Are you in front[ interrupted by the customer]
Are you in front of [interrupted by the customer]
Are you in front of the [interrupted by the customer]
Are you in front of the de [interrupted by the customer]
Are you in front of the devi [interrupted by the customer]
Are you in front of the device?

Answer:I bought it in November.

This stop and go method of communication is pretty silly but sometimes we are unable to fully form words and just emit weird sounds like when dolphins try to communicate with us.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:57:36 +0000

In reply to J. Money. Roomie from college is married to a Postman, she works in investments and mergers. Everything is through the Post Office, mortgage, insurances etc.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:51:42 +0000

This was a while back, but…
Kid- “I won.”
Dad- “No, that’s not how this works.”
Kid- “Daaaaaad, I won. Don’t you see these points.”
Dad- “Please don’t try to explain the rules of Pokemon to me. I was incredibly uncool in high school, and I know all the rules. I clearly won.”

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:32:25 +0000

In reply to DNapar.

That actually reminds me of my old mailman friend who I surmised would be a millionaire by the end of his (32) years of service:

https://eliteedgemoney.com/the-millionaire-mailman/

According to him there are/were some great perks there!

By: DNapar

DNapar — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:14:56 +0000

I would say the Postal system was fortunate to be able to hire a large percentage of black employees. As the WaPo article stated these employees advanced how the system was managed. I don’t know too many people, of any race, that turn down postal jobs.