Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Idiot Conversation With General Contractor

Have I ever told you that I work in the construction industry?
Do you know what that is like? 
For most of my adult life the man to woman ratio in my worklife has been 200/1
That is a lot of men to deal with
The other day I had the following conversation with an idiot


Idiot Man: Vendor says they haven't gotten the check we sent you  (note it was a joint check which means it was made out to our vendor and to us and we had to endorse over to them and send to them to keep)
Me: I mailed it last week
Idiot: Well they don't have it
Me: (silence)
Idiot:  Do you have proof you mailed it?
Me:  No, I sent it regular mail
Idiot:  Did you take a copy of the envelope?
Me:  (OMG REALLY DO PEOPLE DO THAT?)  No
Idiot:  What are you going to do?
Me:  I guess you need to re-issue the check
Idiot:  But where is the check?
Me:  I mailed it.  I don't know where it is now, just that I do not have it.
Idiot:  Well, what are you going to do about it
Me:  (Banging head on wall)
Idiot: I was trying to help you out by sending that check.
Me:  I know and I appreciate that but I sent it in the mail and there is no way to know where it is so we will have to get a new one.
Idiot:  That will take a whole week.
Me:  (And........)
Me:  (Stapling my fingers to my earlob)
Me: (Stabbing myself in my eye)
Me: ( Giving myself paper cuts)
Moments pass
Idiot:  What are you going to do about the check?
Me: (Jumped Out My Office Window)

3 comments:

  1. You need to print out a manual and issue it to all and tell them to go to page 22. Page 22 being the checks that get lost in mail and what to do about it page.

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  2. So where is the check!!?!?!?

    Come on don't leave us hanging like that!!!

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  3. As they say, "you can't fix stupid."

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