I don't know what it is about today, but I decided it is necessary to vent upon the listening ears of my few blog readers my pet peeves in the professional world. I suppose listening ears isn't quite appropriate since you are actually reading this, but I am not sure what else to say. Observing eyes perhaps? Anyways- I digress. The list that I am about to disclose is a short one, just a couple obscure things that never fail to make me question the intelligence of the people I am co-existing with in society.
#1. In my line of work, I listen to a lot of voice mails. On most messaging systems there is an option to leave your callback number, and you generally have to select a key to do so. The automated system will then repeat the number that you have called in on and ask if that is the number you would like to leave for your call back. I cannot tell you how many times I have written a callback number down at the beginning of a message only to have the caller verbally leave a different number to be called back at in their voicemail. Now, perhaps it is only in my slightly OCD mind that this makes no sense, but I fail to see why you would go through all that effort and push extra buttons before leaving your message if you are not even going to bother to enter the correct information!!!
#2. If you call an establishment to schedule an appointment and request the first available time and they tell you the next available appointment is Monday at 11, please don't reply- "Oh, that's the next appointment? There is nothing available sooner?" Let me think about that.... NO! Or they would have said, "The next available appointment is tomorrow at 3", or "Friday at 10", etc.!
Like I said, short and obscure, but truly irritating things that people do on a daily basis!
Thank you for listening...err reading that is. I feel so much better!
PS- If you would like to share any of your pet peeves I will be happy to indulge you and read about them!
My biggest pet peeve is people being late, if you say you are going to be somewhere at at certain time, then be there!!! Remember 5 minutes early is on time in my book. If you give yourself a little extra time to be somewhere, then it won't be a big deal when you hit that traffic light red!!!
ReplyDeleteIn my (humble) opinion if you show up late to anything, it shows me that you have better places to be, so why did you bother showing up in the first place!!!
(Pardon my rant :-))
hahaha! I totally understand, although as the single mother of and two and three year old, I can sympathize with those who are late. I try very hard to be on time, but sometimes we hit slight snags getting ready!!!
ReplyDeleteSince I have become a mom, I do have a little more understading for people with small children! It never fails you get puked on on pooped on right as you are trying to walk out the door!
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