What a day!

[judecorp]

Today I had client contact hours for 7.5 of the 8 hours I was at work. And I probably only had 5 of those hours scheduled. And there was something in the water, that's for sure. From the forged work letter to the Man Who Does Not Shut Up^TM and told me he was in love with me, I tell ya, I need a vacation. Isn't it Friday yet?

I can't believe someone would hand me a hand-typed note riddled with spelling errors and grammatical mistakes (I mean, even the name of the company was misspelled!) and not expect me to call the "Officer Manger" on the letter. And then to sit in front of me while I call the person (who tells me that not only did he not write that letter, but that the client was fired from that job several months ago) and tell me that the letter is real! And then, when I dial the number so the client can call the employer himself, to hang up and have a pretend conversation with the employer? I tell ya, people must think I'm nuts! Or maybe I am. :)

Comments

[timv.livejournal.com]

Too funny.
Who is the man who does not shut up?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

There's this guy, and I think he tries to be very good natured, but he is /very/ pushy and incredibly demanding. Every time I walk out of my office and into the day area (where the residents can hang out), he follows me to wherever I'm going (and back to my office) with a million statements that all start with "I need" and end with "right away." And if I don't answer, or I tell him I'm busy or have another client or whatever, he goes to the Resident Assistants and pesters them until they call me, usually screaming, "Come and take care of Mr. So-and-So so he will leave me alone!"

Sometimes I run away from him shouting, "No! I am not talking to you!"

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[timv.livejournal.com]

Is this guy a resident? At what type of place do you work?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

He's a resident. I work at an emergency homeless shelter for single men.

hilarious

[vorpalbla.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have seen stuff like "Office Manger" on some real work letters--especially if they work for Mom and Pop operations--but the misspelled company name is too much. Did he work for "GNC Toeing"?

Strange, about your contact hours. The last two days, I have had the opposite--most of the people I've had scheduled have either disappeared, rescheduled, or just plain missed. Mike must think I'm a total bum.

Of course, I've probably jinxed myself now, and I'll be super-busy while you just sit around and play Palm games.

Re: hilarious

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I didn't get to play Book Worm at all yesterday. How sad.

My first thought when I saw the work letter was, "Oh this has to be fake." And then there was a little part of me that said, "Well, maybe the person who wrote the letter does not write English well." But the fact that there was no letterhead, and it wasn't a clean white sheet of paper, and that the company name was misspelled (BENEIFT SYSTEMS), was a little too much.

Especially since I had a client once a long while ago who worked at Benefit Systems and they had letterhead. :)

I swear, I should be a Private Dick. ;)