Don’t you just love those phone calls…

You know the ones…  Where the person on the other end is freaking out because something of some sort isn’t the way they thought it would be, and it’s just a major tragedy and it’s somehow your fault because you didn’t do what you were supposed to…   That is, they were freaking out at you until you pointed out that you did exactly what you were supposed to do….

Take today for example:

Ring goes the phone, and because I’m just not smart enough to ignore it, I answer it… and hear: (names changed to protect the annoying)

Caller: “Umm there’s a new Medic Class onboard this week, and Bill (no that’s not his name) just got the rooster and hasn’t created their computer user accounts and there’s nothing in the schedule for them and it’ll be a week before he can get their accounts created! AHHHHHH!”  (ok the AHHHH was just added for effect)

Me:  ”Well that doesn’t sound right let….”

Caller (interupting): ” Well yeah I know….”

Me: “Let me check the calendar, because I’m almost positve I scheduled that class for next month…. Yup, here it is, on May 15th the class advisor for the Medic class requested that we schedule them for July 10…”

Caller (sounding puzzled but frustrated and still in a bit of a panic):  “Well, Well, that doesn’t make any sense!  Call the class and advisor and confirm this with them…”

Me (thinking): “ Yes, because it can’t be that the class advisor did exactly what they wanted and oh by the way caller I DON’T WORK FOR YOU!, YOU’RE A CO-WORKER!!!!.”

However, I call the class advisor, and SURPRISE! I had the right info, we’re not supposed to do anything with his class for about a month…  Then I call my co-worker and lucky me get to hear the disappointment that I was in fact correct, and that there was no reason to flip out in the first place…  No apology…. nothing…

All personnel secure from panic attack level 1… 8)