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My Boss is a Micromanager

Rev. Jesse

20:17 / 25.03.02

Hi there,

So I work on the phone, I am a customer service rep and for some reason some people have a hard time understanding my name. People call me "Jeffery" "Jeffe" and at least once a day, "Chuck." So as you can imagine, this is a little annoying and I am constantly corrected the people I talk to. I've said "Jesse, as in Jesse James," and people usually get the picture like that.

My boss doesn't like this; she has asked me to stop using Jesse James in favor of a nicer Jesse, like Jesse Owens (who no one knows) or Jesse Jackson. This so that the outlaw is not associated with our company.

Is this absurd or what?

-Jesse

Mazarine

20:45 / 25.03.02

You could always say Jesse Custer, and tell them to go read Preacher. That would end well. Micromanagers are creepy.

_pin

20:55 / 25.03.02

Fuck it, tell gher to read it while you're at it. That way next time she tells you off, you can have some, /ahem/ innovative swearing.

That'd be diverting.

Margin Walker

02:30 / 26.03.02

Whoops, premature post. We can still cuddle, right?

[ 26-03-2002: Message edited by: Margin Walker ]

Margin Walker

02:32 / 26.03.02

quote:Originally posted by Rev. Jesse:

My boss doesn't like this; she has asked me to stop using Jesse James in favor of a nicer Jesse, like Jesse Owens (who no one knows) or Jesse Jackson. This so that the outlaw is not associated with our company.

Jeez, talk about long-winded. "Hi, my name's Jesse, like Jesse Owens or Jesse Jackson. Exactly like them, only with nothing in common with either of those guys. Keep hope alive, holmes."

Maybe you should say "Jesse. Y'know, like Uncle Jesse from The Dukes of Hazzard--but not as fat & stupid."

Sax

05:21 / 26.03.02

I commiserate with your situation, however...

quote:Originally posted by Rev. Jesse:
[QB] Jesse Owens (who no one knows)

Um... what?

Mystery Gypt

05:23 / 26.03.02

you should say, "no, it's like jesse james, bitch" then pull a bandana over yr face and rob the company vaults with a blastin' 6-gun,

Johnson Chong

05:27 / 26.03.02

What the heck! Just tell your boss that he's a FARKTARD!

bio k9

07:06 / 26.03.02

Jesse the Body

Jesse Camp

"You know, like Burt and Jesse from Sesame Street"

The Return Of Rothkoid

08:11 / 26.03.02

"Remember Uncle Jesse Katsopolis from Full House? Played by John Stamos? I'm like that, only my name's not John, and I've never played instruments with the Beach Boys. But as far as the name goes, there y'have it."

The Planet of Sound

10:04 / 26.03.02

In this world, there is little more wearying than the officious, unctious and arrogant middle manager. Spell your name out very, very slowly, using the phonetic sounds, as if you were talking to a four-year-old, and explain that you have to do it that way because your boss is scared of cowboys.

Bear

10:19 / 26.03.02

I had trouble getting my user ID across to a guy at BT yesterday, "bear, like the animal I told him" - spent ages until I spelt it out with phonetics and found that he'd spelt it beer...wouldn't have minded but it was costing me 50p a minute..

Don't get me started with BT thought, they've banned me from the internet for using it too much, using the unlimited access too much I must add

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