Saturday morning

 I sound terrible.  One customer was asking me a lot of questions about policy - one of those "if I interrogate you the no will turn into a yes" people, getting progressively angrier when I nicely explained the answer was still no, said "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOUR VOICE?!"  I explained I had very bad allergies, he said "I have allergies and I'm not yelling!"  

I wasn't yelling.  I was talking in a normal tone of voice but my voice is very hoarse.  Most of my friends and people who know me find it hysterically funny as I have been told I have a very sweet normal voice.  I just said "The answer is still no" because that's what he needed to hear and he cursed me out, made a point of saying my name (as a threat, I guess, that he was going to report me, but management has been very clear on this policy), said "Bless your heart, Heather" in a very nasty tone, and stomped off.  

Other than that it was a fine night.  I did have one co worker tried to dump work on me.  

Here's the way to get me to help: be at least decent to me every day.  Say hello and how are you doing.  Talk to me in a moderate tone of voice.  Approach me when I'm not busy or wait until I can talk.  Ask, "Heather, when you get a minute, can you help me with this?" and odds are I'll do it.  

Here is how you don't get my help: trying to sneak work on me when my back is turned.  I had one coworker do it before I came in.   I reported her and showed the team leads the work she had dumped on me.  They knew it was her stuff.  If I catch you doing it (I had one who did this before I came in, and two who did it while I was working when my back was turned for a minute) I'm going to say "Get that crap out of here, I don't have time for that!"  One began whining "But it's only a little work" "If everyone on the team gives me 'a little work' I will be doing their work all night.  Do you want to help me with this?  No?  Then that's your answer, no."

Boundaries.  I used to wonder why my predecessors were so cynical and bitter.  I can see how it can happen if you're not a Christian.  

I did get some very good advice at work the other day, not to talk about the cats "on social media" (she was referring to my blog but didn't know it because I don't discuss the blog at work).  I thought that was a fine idea.  My friend made some very good points.  

That's it for now.