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Warning-Venting Below

This morning I had a woman call our office for an appointment with our attorney. We couldn't help her out, so I gave her a couple of names of some lawyers in the area and wished her good luck with her case.

She calls back 20 minutes later and wants some more names. For some reason or other (according to her) the other lawyers wouldn't help her. I said that was all the referrals our office had, but if she needed more names she could try the State Bar Association hotline. She thanked me again and hung up.

An hour later, guess who calls. Only this time, as soon as I greet her, she starts SCREAMING at me. She's mad because she can't find an attorney, we're all bloodsucking roaches who are just trying to take advantage of a senior citizen (I didn't ask her in what way) and by GOD she was going to have my head for this and it was all MY fault no one could help her because I was a stupid bitch who was obviously calling all the other lawyers and telling them not to help me. Then she slams down her phone on something and hangs up.

Wow.

Now I'm pretty even tempered about things, and now I feel pretty sorry for this woman, but at the time I was ready to start breaking things. It was only the grace of a co-worker (who sent me a picture of a pile of kittens) that calmed me down.

END VENTING

So my question is, what do you all do for stress relievers at the office/home/school/whatever? Do you have those rubber squeezy ball things, or is there a word you say over and over? What do you recommend?

Warning-Venting Below

This morning I had a woman call our office for an appointment with our attorney. We couldn't help her out, so I gave her a couple of names of some lawyers in the area and wished her good luck with her case.

She calls back 20 minutes later and wants some more names. For some reason or other (according to her) the other lawyers wouldn't help her. I said that was all the referrals our office had, but if she needed more names she could try the State Bar Association hotline. She thanked me again and hung up.

An hour later, guess who calls. Only this time, as soon as I greet her, she starts SCREAMING at me. She's mad because she can't find an attorney, we're all bloodsucking roaches who are just trying to take advantage of a senior citizen (I didn't ask her in what way) and by GOD she was going to have my head for this and it was all MY fault no one could help her because I was a stupid bitch who was obviously calling all the other lawyers and telling them not to help me. Then she slams down her phone on something and hangs up.

Wow.

Now I'm pretty even tempered about things, and now I feel pretty sorry for this woman, but at the time I was ready to start breaking things. It was only the grace of a co-worker (who sent me a picture of a pile of kittens) that calmed me down.

END VENTING

So my question is, what do you all do for stress relievers at the office/home/school/whatever? Do you have those rubber squeezy ball things, or is there a word you say over and over? What do you recommend?

Smoke a cigarette and drink a cup of tea.

I have murderous thoughts. Wonderful.

Smoke a cigarette and drink a cup of tea.

Hmm, tea is a good idea. I don't smoke though.

last time I was at breaking point JuNii sent me some pretty hilarious jokes....

I like to browse Snopes, it's pretty funny sometimes.

I know what you mean about the angry phone calls though, people, random people, call me and yell at me about their taxes, usually people over 70, just because I am an enrolled agent with the IRS doesn't mean I work for the IRS, and then I get my clients who make poor decisions and blame me, when I told them before they did it "hey that's going to bite you in the ass come next year"

:rolleyes:

some people need someone to blame and yell at I guess.

Warning-Venting Below

This morning I had a woman call our office for an appointment with our attorney. We couldn't help her out, so I gave her a couple of names of some lawyers in the area and wished her good luck with her case.

She calls back 20 minutes later and wants some more names. For some reason or other (according to her) the other lawyers wouldn't help her. I said that was all the referrals our office had, but if she needed more names she could try the State Bar Association hotline. She thanked me again and hung up.

An hour later, guess who calls. Only this time, as soon as I greet her, she starts SCREAMING at me. She's mad because she can't find an attorney, we're all bloodsucking roaches who are just trying to take advantage of a senior citizen (I didn't ask her in what way) and by GOD she was going to have my head for this and it was all MY fault no one could help her because I was a stupid bitch who was obviously calling all the other lawyers and telling them not to help me. Then she slams down her phone on something and hangs up.

Wow.

Now I'm pretty even tempered about things, and now I feel pretty sorry for this woman, but at the time I was ready to start breaking things. It was only the grace of a co-worker (who sent me a picture of a pile of kittens) that calmed me down.

END VENTING

So my question is, what do you all do for stress relievers at the office/home/school/whatever? Do you have those rubber squeezy ball things, or is there a word you say over and over? What do you recommend?

Being American, I'd have thought you'd know the answer allready (http://www.hecklerkoch-usa.com/index.jsp?loc=221&SITEID=B&PartNumber=HK416)

Two words that I find help me

DINO RIOIT

Never work with the general public, they're stupid.


I work with truck drivers, they're horrid. Whiny immature, childish people, I'd of never thought it.

Last week I got a call from a place we delivered some furniture to in Florida (Sanford Florida to be precise). They weren't real sure if it'd ever been delivered. Weren't sure when it was supposed to be there. They couldn't find it in their warehouse inventory though and wanted me to track it down, with nothing but a purchase order number. Oh, and it shipped out over a month prior, meaning it probably delivered a month prior.

So I rummage through our files looking for the time frame, and go figure, since it was in December we'd already cleaned out our files of last year's stuff. So I had to dig through the box we'd put it all in. Imagine 150lbs of paper in a cardboard box and you're close to my nightmare. Find a dozen matches or close for the date, then I have to search every page for this one obscure number.


Dumb bastard, how do you lose three couches?!

Never work with the general public, they're stupid.


I work with truck drivers, they're horrid. Whiny immature, childish people, I'd of never thought it.

Last week I got a call from a place we delivered some furniture to in Florida (Sanford Florida to be precise). They weren't real sure if it'd ever been delivered. Weren't sure when it was supposed to be there. They couldn't find it in their warehouse inventory though and wanted me to track it down, with nothing but a purchase order number. Oh, and it shipped out over a month prior, meaning it probably delivered a month prior.

So I rummage through our files looking for the time frame, and go figure, since it was in December we'd already cleaned out our files of last year's stuff. So I had to dig through the box we'd put it all in. Imagine 150lbs of paper in a cardboard box and you're close to my nightmare. Find a dozen matches or close for the date, then I have to search every page for this one obscure number.


Dumb bastard, how do you lose three couches?!

Try working with Mechanics who feel that is it ok to use the F word in every sentence, not fun.

gee, with such a charming disposition, i can't imagine why she can't find someone to represent her...

as far as stress relief at work goes, i'd recommend mcsweeneys.net or improveverywhere.com. i can always find a laugh at one of those spots. or go for a walk.

Here's one way of stress relief!

http://home.maine.rr.com/waassaap/Forum%20Pictures/SOLUTION.jpg

.....I wouldn't recommend it though:p

I used to listen to the asshole song by Denis Leary every morning before opening the store. I also used to fantasize about working at Dick's Last Resort.

In the words of Randall "This job would be great if it wasn't for the customers."

I think the government has put crazy pills in everyone's water.

Tea, snopes, walk...got it. Phew.

I have murderous thoughts. Wonderful.

Hmm, tea is a good idea. I don't smoke though.

Murderous thoughts are good. :D And tea. And a cig, but I quit a year ago, so that's out. There are times I miss it, though. Venting to someone else - like us! Always a good idea. And just as a CYA, Morgana, explaining the incident to your boss couldn't hurt. You know, just in case she calls again and demands to speak to someone in authority.

Oh, and sex is good, but difficult to manage during the day at work. :p

Warning-Venting Below

This morning I had a woman call our office for an appointment with our attorney. We couldn't help her out, so I gave her a couple of names of some lawyers in the area and wished her good luck with her case.

She calls back 20 minutes later and wants some more names. For some reason or other (according to her) the other lawyers wouldn't help her. I said that was all the referrals our office had, but if she needed more names she could try the State Bar Association hotline. She thanked me again and hung up.

An hour later, guess who calls. Only this time, as soon as I greet her, she starts SCREAMING at me. She's mad because she can't find an attorney, we're all bloodsucking roaches who are just trying to take advantage of a senior citizen (I didn't ask her in what way) and by GOD she was going to have my head for this and it was all MY fault no one could help her because I was a stupid bitch who was obviously calling all the other lawyers and telling them not to help me. Then she slams down her phone on something and hangs up.

Wow.

Now I'm pretty even tempered about things, and now I feel pretty sorry for this woman, but at the time I was ready to start breaking things. It was only the grace of a co-worker (who sent me a picture of a pile of kittens) that calmed me down.

END VENTING

So my question is, what do you all do for stress relievers at the office/home/school/whatever? Do you have those rubber squeezy ball things, or is there a word you say over and over? What do you recommend?

I kick groins. :)

Murderous thoughts are good. :D And tea. And a cig, but I quit a year ago, so that's out. There are times I miss it, though. Venting to someone else - like us! Always a good idea. And just as a CYA, Morgana, explaining the incident to your boss couldn't hurt. You know, just in case she calls again and demands to speak to someone in authority.

Oh, and sex is good, but difficult to manage during the day at work. :p

Venting on NS...I like it!
My boss already knows about it, and basically we're not going to answer her calls anymore (we have caller ID) as she's not even a client of ours. We were doing this as a courtesy in hopes of getting her business in the future. Not anymore.
As for sex, there's always the lunchtime quickie :D

Venting on NS...I like it!
My boss already knows about it, and basically we're not going to answer her calls anymore (we have caller ID) as she's not even a client of ours. We were doing this as a courtesy in hopes of getting her business in the future. Not anymore.
As for sex, there's always the lunchtime quickie :D

Ah, good, it never hurts to be covered.

Lunchtime quickies, better than a cup of tea, I'll say that. :D

sex (or masturbation) is good against stress, but since you're at work that isn't an option i guess.

sex (or masturbation) is good against stress, but since you're at work that isn't an option i guess.

That depends entirely on how your office is set up. :D As long as you aren't a screamer ...

That depends entirely on how your office is set up. :D As long as you aren't a screamer ...

lol, but it would suck when your boss or a colleague walks in though.

and something i forgot to mention: massages also help, and hugs (i think my mom has never had as much hugs in her whole life then during the exams, wich end tomorow *parties*)

that woman probably had some sort of mental disorder, i wouldn't take it personally. as for stress relief at work, i usually just move away from where i'm working and get a glass of water and sip it slowly til i relax. i got accused of lying and stealing by a customer at work the other night, he managed to get a free drink plus two refunds out of me because my supervisor decided to just appease him rather than kick him out. that made me really angry. but a cool glass of water and some time out meant i relaxed enough to carry on working the rest of the night.

A :fluffle: to everyone. It's true what they say...people suck.

*showers rose petals and Doritos upon everyone*

When things like that happen to me, I put my phone on forward to voicemail, vent to coworkers, eat some chocolate and/or take a short stroll. Clients and potential clients can be a pain sometimes. :)

Warning-Venting Below

This morning I had a woman call our office for an appointment with our attorney. We couldn't help her out, so I gave her a couple of names of some lawyers in the area and wished her good luck with her case.

She calls back 20 minutes later and wants some more names. For some reason or other (according to her) the other lawyers wouldn't help her. I said that was all the referrals our office had, but if she needed more names she could try the State Bar Association hotline. She thanked me again and hung up.

An hour later, guess who calls. Only this time, as soon as I greet her, she starts SCREAMING at me. She's mad because she can't find an attorney, we're all bloodsucking roaches who are just trying to take advantage of a senior citizen (I didn't ask her in what way) and by GOD she was going to have my head for this and it was all MY fault no one could help her because I was a stupid bitch who was obviously calling all the other lawyers and telling them not to help me. Then she slams down her phone on something and hangs up.

Wow.

Now I'm pretty even tempered about things, and now I feel pretty sorry for this woman, but at the time I was ready to start breaking things. It was only the grace of a co-worker (who sent me a picture of a pile of kittens) that calmed me down.

END VENTING

So my question is, what do you all do for stress relievers at the office/home/school/whatever? Do you have those rubber squeezy ball things, or is there a word you say over and over? What do you recommend?

Call her back to tell her you're pressing charges and starting a civil suit against her for harassment. If you can, record the phonecall and post it on NS.

Call her back to tell her you're pressing charges and starting a civil suit against her for harassment. If you can, record the phonecall and post it on NS.

Now THAT'S a good idea! :D

Call her back to tell her you're pressing charges and starting a civil suit against her for harassment. If you can, record the phonecall and post it on NS.

And then have one of the lawyers in your office call her and offer to defend her.

That depends entirely on how your office is set up. :D As long as you aren't a screamer ...

And then have one of the lawyers in your office call her and offer to defend her.

And then invoke conflict of interest, and then it turns into a whole Three's Company misunderstanding with whacky hijinks. I like your style, Farnhamia :p

And then invoke conflict of interest, and then it turns into a whole Three's Company misunderstanding with whacky hijinks. I like your style, Farnhamia :p

Why, thanks, Morgana (you can call me Farny if you'd like, Not bad used to). The best part is, unlike in Three's Company, if things really work out well, you win a huge lawsuit and get to retire at a disgustingly young age.

That depends entirely on how your office is set up. :D As long as you aren't a screamer ...

Actually...Being a screamer might help...After an "incident" or two, coworkers would know better than to enter when they hear certain sounds.

Actually...Being a screamer might help...After an "incident" or two, coworkers would know better than to enter when they hear certain sounds.

True, but it might not go over well with clients. "Oh, that noise, Mrs. grundy? That's just Farny, one of our partners, she must be having a bad day." :D

Warning-Venting Below

This morning I had a woman call our office for an appointment with our attorney. We couldn't help her out, so I gave her a couple of names of some lawyers in the area and wished her good luck with her case.

She calls back 20 minutes later and wants some more names. For some reason or other (according to her) the other lawyers wouldn't help her. I said that was all the referrals our office had, but if she needed more names she could try the State Bar Association hotline. She thanked me again and hung up.

An hour later, guess who calls. Only this time, as soon as I greet her, she starts SCREAMING at me. She's mad because she can't find an attorney, we're all bloodsucking roaches who are just trying to take advantage of a senior citizen (I didn't ask her in what way) and by GOD she was going to have my head for this and it was all MY fault no one could help her because I was a stupid bitch who was obviously calling all the other lawyers and telling them not to help me. Then she slams down her phone on something and hangs up.

Wow.

Now I'm pretty even tempered about things, and now I feel pretty sorry for this woman, but at the time I was ready to start breaking things. It was only the grace of a co-worker (who sent me a picture of a pile of kittens) that calmed me down.

END VENTING

So my question is, what do you all do for stress relievers at the office/home/school/whatever? Do you have those rubber squeezy ball things, or is there a word you say over and over? What do you recommend?
almost a typical call for me.

I read web comics, NSG and make fun of her to other co=workers.

Warning-Venting Below

This morning I had a woman call our office for an appointment with our attorney. We couldn't help her out, so I gave her a couple of names of some lawyers in the area and wished her good luck with her case.

She calls back 20 minutes later and wants some more names. For some reason or other (according to her) the other lawyers wouldn't help her. I said that was all the referrals our office had, but if she needed more names she could try the State Bar Association hotline. She thanked me again and hung up.

An hour later, guess who calls. Only this time, as soon as I greet her, she starts SCREAMING at me. She's mad because she can't find an attorney, we're all bloodsucking roaches who are just trying to take advantage of a senior citizen (I didn't ask her in what way) and by GOD she was going to have my head for this and it was all MY fault no one could help her because I was a stupid bitch who was obviously calling all the other lawyers and telling them not to help me. Then she slams down her phone on something and hangs up.

Wow.

Now I'm pretty even tempered about things, and now I feel pretty sorry for this woman, but at the time I was ready to start breaking things. It was only the grace of a co-worker (who sent me a picture of a pile of kittens) that calmed me down.

END VENTING

So my question is, what do you all do for stress relievers at the office/home/school/whatever? Do you have those rubber squeezy ball things, or is there a word you say over and over? What do you recommend?

i tend to play flash games, or more often hit stuff. thankfully i work in a family business so its kinda tolerated(ish)

that said its often the fact that i work in a family business that creates the stress in the first place :p

I work with truck drivers, they're horrid. Whiny immature, childish people, I'd of never thought it.
Try working with Mechanics who feel that is it ok to use the F word in every sentence, not fun.

Heh. We work with nurses and doctors and are convinced those are the two most stupid and annoying groups of people ever.

So, looking at all the conflicting evidence, it stands to reason that people are the most stupid and annoying group of people ever. :p

Make out with a bottle when I get home, typically.

I know where I work we manage to get real loonies quite often, and dealing with them is phenomenally stressful. Especially when I'm worried they might go violent on me.

Make out with a bottle when I get home, typically.
It might be time to get off NSG for good. Or at least go to sleep...
I actually pictured you literally making out with a bottle for second. The bad part: I was only remotely interested and not even surprised. >.<