I was perusing one of the regular blogs I frequent (
Medium Large Phill) when I came across a post that triggered a 'Dispatching Memory'. The topic of the post in question is 'Ways to Misuse Office Supplies.' My advice to him was:
'What a great list. How about making an army or paperclip men, and stage 'battles' on your desk. Plan invasions of your co-workers desk.
(I did this once in an ambulance dispatch center. It's even more fun when you 'act out' the dialogue between the other dispatcher and the field units. Thanks for jogging my memory...I must blog about it! lol)'
Face it, while the Call Center can turn into a zoo, there are also times where time seems to drag on. And on. And on. And..well, you get the idea.
One particularly long slow afternoon, Tina and I were sitting in the com center waiting for the phone to ring, a crew to check in, paperwork to file, policies to go over, applicants to grill...anything. As I was making myself productive (farting around), my attention turned to the pack of paperclips in my drawer. I was watching Tina contort a paperclip into different shapes when a brilliant idea popped into my head.
I began to fashion 'people' out of paperclips and tape. An entire army materialized in minutes. I arranged my army into various platoons at my station, on the 'rollaway' storage unit between Tina and I , and on top of the computer monitors. Before she knew it, Tina was surrounded by a paperclip army.
- Me: Surrender now, and I shall be merciful!
- Tine: What in the WORLD are you DOING?
- Me: Diversion tactics will not work! Concede your defeat!
- Tina: NEVER! Viva la wheelchair! (She happened to be monitoring Wheelchair Van traffic.)
- Me: Have it your way!
Before long, Tina had my army outnumbered, and my troops were decimated. The massacre was horrible, with plenty of metal shed, and several brave paperclips were sent to their demise in a trash bin. Apparently, she had a lifelong habit of paperclip manipulation practice behind her, so I resorted to acting out all of her traffic with my former army. I even made 'wheelchair vans' out of the empty paperclip boxes and sharpies.
When Bryan (The Wheelchair department supervisor) walked in to the com center to ask us when we wanted to have a supervisory meeting, he simply shook his head at us and walked right back out. He muttered something about 'coming back later with straight jackets and a 5150 filled out', and wondering if 'there was something wrong with the circulation in the comcenter or our craniums'.
Doesn't EVERYONE find creative uses for office supplies?
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2 Comments:
Speaking of wasting time at work, let me leave a comment on your blog ;) I often bend and unwind paperclips when I'm staring at the computer screen or sometimes use them to pick at choclate under my nails, was that TMI? lol
And of course, I lost the challenge. :) I am constantly making paper clips into things at work. We have recently started having rubber band battles. It is almost like being back in school. It is surprisingly fun...
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