Undiscovered Talent

You just never know when a new door is going to open or when possibility may be around the corner. I found out today that I have the voice of an automated voice mail service. Yes, indeed. Something to be proud of, really.

My "script" usually goes something like this: "Thank you for calling the Division of Commerce Training Department, this is Mamalicious."

My first caller of the day informed me that I had missed my calling and should in fact be working for AT&T or HSN doing their "press one for English" options.

Do you know how I hate those things? Espeically the ones that ask you to talk to them instead of pressing buttons. What was wrong with pressing buttons? No one has the rotary phone anymore anyway. It's embarassing to be sitting in your office or on your cell phone saying a loud "YES" or repeating your account number over and over again.

I did my best to take it as a compliment. I did suffer for years as a trainer in a call center, teaching people the ways in which to use tone and inflection to aide in customer service matters. I guess I really bought my own bullshit.