Light-Black And Decker

I am sitting at work. Something tragic happened to my mouse, attached to my computer. So my mouse is sitting over here on my right. So is the electric stapler. Somehow my mouse wire wandered up and got inside the stapler, setting it off. It scared me, but luckily didn't penetrate the wire. I looked at it dumbfounded for a minute and started laughing. Then my coworker wanted to know what happened. So I showed her. "Look, this wire went through here and it set off the stapler!" While I was demonstrating, I set off the stapler again. Only this time...the stable went through the wire. So I pulled the staple out. While I was pulling it was making all kinds of noises, like I was unplugging and replugging something into the computer. But once I got the staple all the way out, it went completely dead. I guess I broke the circuit. How am I gonna explain this one....

Recently we have plunged into the slowest time of the year at work. This means that we go minutes upon minutes in between phone calls, leaving so many empty minutes to be filled with our creative juices. Some people use this time to complete homework for classes. Others, think of what if scenarios that they then try to prove... Today was another particularly long and boring day. There were three of us sitting at the front desk available to help any student who would come walking through the door. When no such students ever showed up, we began to talk about the baseball bat that is stored in our drawer at the front desk. Several months ago we had a training on what to do if a raving gunman comes into our building about to shoot everyone to death. Yeah, sound pretty morbid? It was. But I guess it's good to be prepared. We even learned how to play dead. Anyway, after this way too informative meeting, our director decided to make us a little more prepared by placing metal baseb...

So this story is probably going to be pointless and boring to you, but since I haven't had anything to write about for awhile, I decided this was at least something! So about a year and a half ago, for those of you who haven't heard, Jarom and I got married. For the next few months, I scrambled around trying to change all my legal documents to my new last name. I changed my drivers license, my email address, and even my name at work. Unfortunately, there was one place I never did change it. Underneath our fax machine at work, we have folders for each employee so we can keep our notes, important faxes, and other important things stored in a safe place. My folder was still under the name of Gina Gray. Since this is a personal folder that only I use, I never saw the need to pull out the old tab and change it with a new one. So I didn't. This never presented a problem until yesterday. Unfortunately, I have now been at this job longer than all my fellow employees, so the...

So I have a funny story. There is this guy at work who had a cheating situation. The student had copied his grade report from our website and pasted it into Word, changed a few grades and added a few that he hasn't even turned in yet. Then gave it to his counselor so he can graduate from summer school (since he already missed regular graduation). It was funny because he did this for two classes. We had them fax his copy to us so we could compare with the original. Before we even got it we knew he had changed it. We don't ever send this document out as verification and proof of grades cuz we know it can be changed so easily. Instead, we send something completely different. Anyway, we got it. One of the classes he did a pretty good job on. But the other one, he gave himself an A+ for one of the lessons (we don't have A+'s). But the best thing was that for two of the dates of completion for 2 different lessons, he put 7/32/08. So apparently there is a 32nd of July now! Yea...

Today is 7/11. For all those who haven't heard, the small convenience stores who have been named 7-11 take special interest in this day. In celebration, they give out free slurpies to all! So go get some! Actually, at this time of the day, you probably won't get a free one. We have already tried. Apparently they don't actually plan on supplying free slurpies all day long, because they only purchase a certain amount of cups that are specially made for the free-size (meaning, they're smaller than normal) and when they run out, which they always do, too bad for you. But you may as well try! In other news...I have been spending my work day in very efficient ways today. We have been volunteered to help out the EFY kids in their service project. Apparently they will be knitting something, so we get to untangle balls of yarn and wrap them around giant popsicle sticks so the special EFY kids just have to take nice clean, untangled, yarn directly off a stick. So here I sit, wrap...

So for the past few months I have been having problems getting my Verizon Wireless bill delivered to my house. Verizon says they have faithfully been sending paper bills to my house, and the post office says they are delivering everything, but alas, they are no where to be seen. Apparently they are being sent into the Bermuda Triangle and disappearing from there..POOF! Anyways, today I wanted to get ahold of the local post office while at work. I have a very ambitious and helpful co-worker named Annalise who decided to help me out. Before I could even say I was going to call the 800 number, she jumped on her phone saying she would be calling the 800 number to find out what our local post office's number was. Ok, I said, you're so helpful. Ü (We've been really bored at work lately, I think she is just looking for something to do!) Once she gets someone on the phone, they actually won't give her our local number because they are the customer service hotline, not anyone el...

Ok, so I know I've already posted once for today, but I need to write these work stories down before I forget them. I hope people will forgive me, and still read my other blog that is now below this one. I see a common thread between all the work stories I have told so far, and the ones I am about to write about, they all happen to be about final exams. So here's some more for you to munch on. I am what you would call a supervisor at my job. This means that I get to take fun "Supervisor Calls" form angry parents who just know that the person they are talking to is a complete imbecile, so the demand to speak to a superior. I think sometimes they think we have the first people who answer the phones purposefully make up information to give them just to see if they will see through it and demand to talk to someone who knows what they're talking about. Yeah, sorry guys, that is not the case. The world does NOT revolve around you! Ok ok, so here's the stories alread...

Today I have several stories about Alaska. Due to my job, I have frequent contact with Alaskinians, and I have come to believe that they are from another planet. Here is why: 1) Last year I talked to a woman who was worried that her son wouldn't be able to take is final exam from us in time. This is a fair enough concern...until you hear her reasoning. The student goes to a charter school that is on the side of a river. The test is sitting at the charter school ready for the student to take. The student lives on the other side of the river in some dorms. In the summer time, they cross the river by boat. In the winter time, they walk across the ice. This must have been fall, because at this time, the river was too frozen to use a boat, but not frozen enough to walk across. So he couldn't GO TO SCHOOL!!! I'm sorry, what?!?!? Have they not invented bridges yet? 2) A couple days ago we encountered a lady who was taking a university class from us and lived in a town of...