So I am sitting here reading the Community and i get a call. I know it is from an outside line and the person sounds familliar just cannot place it.

Me: Thank you for calling -----, This is Alex how can i help you?

Phone dude: Whats the number for Z brick Pizza>

Me: XXX-XXX-XXXX

The phone dude hangs up.

A minute later the phone rings again.

ME: (My Spiel)

Phone DUDE: HEy Alex, What is that number again, and while i am at it can you give me the number to walmart.

Me:........


While i am happy to assist whomever calls I am not a phone book and should not be treated as one.

Tags: non-guests

Curious as to how others are using KERS in F1 2009. I am still developing my KERS strategy, but in general I find:

1.) Use a full blast from a standing start
2.) Use most (or maybe all) of it on the longest straightaway of a circuit
3.) In a rolling start (such as in certain challenges), use whatever I can immediately, but stop at the Start/Finish Line, when KERS resets)
4.) Use KERS when going uphill on a straightaway (could negate #2 above)
5.) When qualifying or in Time Trials and trying to set a fast lap, I generally negate all of the above and go for a full blast of KERS immediately before Start/Finish, to maximize speed at the start of the hot lap

While playing last night, I was wishing that KERS had been in use when F1 was racing at Indianapolis a few years back - KERS on the banking and the front straight would have been rather interesting!

Tags: f1 2009

I think I’m ready to make my first predictions for this category at next year’s Oscars. Being ten films this time around means that (a.) it’s harder, and (b.) these will change, but I have ten. They are:

An Education
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
Precious
A Serious Man
Star Trek
Up
Up In the Air

Most shaky: Summer, Messenger, Serious, Star Trek.
Ones I’ve missed for now, but may put in later: Nine, Invictus, The Last Station

Note: these aren’t my 10 best films of 2009, but my predictions for Best Film Oscar nominations. Surprisingly, for this time of the year, I’ve seen 7 of them (haven’t seen Messenger, Precious or Air). The only one I would put on my personal 2009 favourite list is Summer (and this is partly why I feel it’s a shaky one but, with the list expanding to 10 making the whole thing hard to predict, I’m keeping it there for now - I would be sad if it made it and I didn’t predict it)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to kennycelican!

I hope your day and every day in the coming year beats the spread by a goodly amount. :D

Be well and be happy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Peace.

Tags: happy birthday
Current Location: The 732
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Sunday Night Football

THANK YOUS go out to...
- killerweasel
- zen_kitty
- norda
- rusty_chevy
- devils_sidekick

for the virtual gifts.

They made me smile, just like you guys do.

Thank you.

Tags: friends, lj
Current Location: The 732
Current Mood: grateful
Current Music: Sunday Night Football

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Current Location: The 732
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Sunday Night Football

Tags: happy birthday
Current Location: The 732
Current Mood: good
Current Music: Cowboys vs. Giants

Around the flat.

In regards to last weeks topic, based on the cumulative answers given I feel it is a safe bet to assume most hotels only have 1-2 people outside of regular auditors who can do the Night Audit. I say between 1-2 because even after averaging everyone's answers I came up with 1.9 people. Generally speaking now, I believe most hotels do not have more than 1 if that many desk agents trained on the Audit.

New questions: How many of you actually desire a career in this industry, or are you just doing this while in school/looking for a job in your field of choice/just doing it?

Please post you response as a comment.

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! :) I am now halfway to 70 (so says my dad, lol). Mom and I went to see Cirque de Soliel’s show Alegria. It was amazing! I’ve never seen them live before, only on tv, and it was mind-blowing and funny and gorgeous. If only I didn’t have this fear of heights and motion sickness.. lol.. In my next life I think it’d be fun to be an acrobat. I got a card from Shakey and Lacey, but also Adeline and Cupcake – AWW! :)

Crazy foster pup Cinders went up “north” on Saturday; one of our awesome new volunteers, who lives right near me, drove her and her own foster up. Then she brought another rescue pup back down to me cause he was getting adopted on Sunday. Yay! I love doing adoptions.

So now it’s just me and my two pups, and things are sorta back to normal. *lol*

My place is now down to my own two schnauzers, whew. Got to do a wonderful adoption this morning for a sweet schnauzer boy, yay. Also, the HDTV I bought less than a year ago is broken, f**k.

Off to catch up if I don’t get distracted putting up holiday decorations. *g*

Tags: bday, foster, rescue, weekend
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Rob Thomas "Merry NY Christmas"