BEEP BEEP!

A few weeks ago, we got a new telephone system at work. To say that it has taken a little while to get used to it is an understatement. I can't tell you how many people I have hung up on.

Right after the installation, Lynn began hearing this beeping sound in her office. It was coming from near the telephone. A little later, I went back in her office and it sounded like it was coming from around the filing cabinet. After lunch, the beeping had started in my office near the phone. This would go on for a little while, then it would stop. Everytime we were about to call the IS department for help, it would go away. As you can imagine - we were almost crazy.

This week we found the source of the beeping - a small box that was affixed to our desks, filing cabinets or anything else magnetic that eminated a beeping sound. The people behind this evil plot to drive us crazy: agent Joel and claims adjustor Bob. Bob played this joke on Joel first. Joel, who is (for lack of a better term) anal, took the batteries out of everything battery operated in his office trying to get rid of the noise. Then he gave some of the stuff to Bob (who is a techno geek) because he could not figure out what was beeping and wanted it out of his office. That is when Bob let him in on the joke and Joel decided it would be fun to drive a few more people off of the deep end. Luckily, Lynn and I both have kids and it takes a little more than that to send us up 81 with a one way ticket to St. Albans.

I have already posted this week that my computer crashed over the weekend. Not only did my old one bite the dust, the rebuilt one they sent me has also met it's maker with the motherboard crashing. I have been without a computer all week. Because of this, I have been working at Mr. Lynn's or Vanessa's desks.

When I was setting at Vanessa's desk, agent Neil came out and tryed to sneakily tape a sign on the front of the desk. I walked around and it said:

"HOLD BREATH
HAS SWINE FLU".

I took him a pair of latex gloves to wear around the office...

If you don't work in an environment like this, I feel sorry for you. If you do work with people like this, can you send me a few ideas on how to retiliate?